Life of Daniel Webster, Volumen1D. Appleton, 1872 |
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... reason was not put to work upon the farm so much as his brother ; yet he lived to be a man whose physical constitution and frame seemed to be a fitting tabernacle for so great an intellect ; and his last illness , in his seventy - first ...
... reason was not put to work upon the farm so much as his brother ; yet he lived to be a man whose physical constitution and frame seemed to be a fitting tabernacle for so great an intellect ; and his last illness , in his seventy - first ...
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... public or private See the letter of James H. Bing- the extract quoted above , from J. W. ham , Esq . ( Correspondence , i . , 54 ) ; and McGaw , Esq . · life . ' He has nowhere assigned any reason 1796. ] 21 LEAVES EXETER .
... public or private See the letter of James H. Bing- the extract quoted above , from J. W. ham , Esq . ( Correspondence , i . , 54 ) ; and McGaw , Esq . · life . ' He has nowhere assigned any reason 1796. ] 21 LEAVES EXETER .
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George Ticknor Curtis. · life . ' He has nowhere assigned any reason why he was removed from Exeter . His progress ... reasons , his father determined , in February , 1797 , to place him with the Rev. Samuel Wood , the minister of the ...
George Ticknor Curtis. · life . ' He has nowhere assigned any reason why he was removed from Exeter . His progress ... reasons , his father determined , in February , 1797 , to place him with the Rev. Samuel Wood , the minister of the ...
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... reason back- ward , from what we have known of it in its maturity , to the times and the processes through which it began to approach the perfect stature in which it has stood before us . We can no more reason in this way , concerning ...
... reason back- ward , from what we have known of it in its maturity , to the times and the processes through which it began to approach the perfect stature in which it has stood before us . We can no more reason in this way , concerning ...
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... reason for relying on his own statements respecting himself . He was an emi- nently just man ; and he never was accused of vanity . He was not unconscious of what he was , or insensible to what he had done in the world , or indifferent ...
... reason for relying on his own statements respecting himself . He was an emi- nently just man ; and he never was accused of vanity . He was not unconscious of what he was , or insensible to what he had done in the world , or indifferent ...
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Página 476 - He never stooped to the arena of partisan discussions, but in the consideration of important subjects, especially that of the removal of the public deposits from the Bank of the United States, he proved himself to be a statesman of high rank, and a most accomplished debater.
Página 575 - That Congress have no authority to interfere in the emancipation of slaves, or in the treatment of them within any of the States ; it remaining with the several States alone to provide any regulations therein, which humanity and true policy may require.
Página 170 - ... shall our State Legislatures be allowed to take that which is not their own, to turn it from its original use, and apply it to such ends or purposes as they, in their discretion, shall see fit...
Página 379 - I may be in some degree useful in investigating and discovering the truth respecting this most extraordinary murder. It has seemed to be a duty incumbent on me, as on every other citizen, to do my best and my utmost to bring to light the perpetrators of this crime.
Página 170 - The argument ended. Mr. Webster stood for some moments silent before the court, while every eye was fixed intently upon him. At length, addressing the Chief Justice, Marshall, he proceeded thus: 'This, sir, is my case ! It is the case not merely of that humble institution; it is the case of every college in our land. It is more. It is the case of every eleemosynary institution throughout...
Página 429 - ... what shall constitute treason against the State, and by a bill of pains and penalties compel obedience and punish disobedience to your own laws, are points too obvious to require any discussion. In one word, you must, survey the whole ground. You must, look to and provide for all possible contingencies. In your own limits your own courts of judicature must not only be supreme, but you must look to the ultimate issue of any conflict of jurisdiction and power between them and the courts of the...
Página 362 - Let their last, feeble, and lingering glance rather behold the gorgeous ensign of the republic, now known and honored throughout the earth, still full high advanced, its arms and trophies streaming in their original lustre, not a stripe erased or polluted, nor a single star obscured; bearing for its motto no such miserable interrogatory as, What is all this worth...
Página 98 - France and their dependencies, and for other purposes," that '!in case either France or Great Britain shall so revoke or modify her edicts as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States...
Página 449 - States is the final interpreter. 4. That an attempt by a State to abrogate, annul, or nullify an act of Congress, or to arrest its operation within her limits, on the ground that, in her opinion, such law is unconstitutional, is a direct usurpation on the just powers of the General Government, and on the equal rights of other States, a plain violation of the constitution, and a proceeding essentially revolutionary in its character and tendency.