Hartford in History: A Series of Papers by Resident Authors...Willis I. Twitchell Plimpton mfg. Company, 1907 - 268 páginas |
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Hartford in History: A Series of Papers by Resident Authors (1899) Willis I. Twitchell Sin vista previa disponible - 2008 |
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Página 157 - This well may be The Day of Judgment which the world awaits; But, be it so or not, I only know My present duty, and my Lord's command To occupy till he come. So at the post Where he hath...
Página 127 - The powers of the government of the State of Alabama shall be divided into three distinct departments; and each of them confided to a separate body of magistracy to wit, those which are legislative, to one; those which are executive to another, and those which are judicial to another.
Página 75 - They who have the power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in their power, also, to set the bounds and limitations of the power and place unto which they call them.
Página 267 - Laser Print natural white, a 60 # book weight acid-free archival paper which meets the requirements of ANSI/NISO Z39.48-1992 (permanence of paper) Preservation photocopying and binding by Acme Bookbinding Charlestown, Massachusetts CD 1995 The borrower must return this item on or before the last date stamped below.
Página 126 - I am against an adjournment. The day of Judgment is either approaching, or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for an adjournment : if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish therefore that candles may be brought.
Página 89 - Give strong drink unto him that is ready to perish, and wine unto those that be of heavy hearts. Let him drink and forget his poverty and remember his misery no more.
Página 199 - New-England or any of them, upon the subjects of their public grievances and concerns, and upon the best means of preserving our resources, and of defence against the enemy, and to devise and suggest for adoption by those respective states, such measures as they may deem expedient: and also to take measures, if they shall think proper, for procuring a convention of all the United States, in order to revise the constitution thereof, and more effectually to secure the support and attachment of all...
Página 75 - Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
Página 109 - By this time, great numbers of people were assembled, and men sufficiently bold to enterprise whatever might be necessary or expedient. The lights were instantly extinguished, and one captain Wadsworth, of Hartford, in the most silent and secret manner, carried off the charter, and secreted it in a large hollow tree, fronting the house of the honorable Samuel Wyllys, then one of the magistrates of the colony.
Página 72 - ... the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser.