Speech of Ephraim Banks, Esq., of Mifflin: Delivered in the Convention, to Amend the Constitution of Pennsylvania, December 22, 1837. In Support of an Amendment to Prohibit Banks from Issuing Notes of a Less Denomination Than Ten Dollars, as Offered by Mr. Read of SusquehannaJ. Wilbank, 1838 - 15 páginas |
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... judge ; Phlege- thon has ceased to burn ; and the frogs of hell have desisted from croaking . The wheel of Ixion revolves no longer ; the Danaides have filled their urns ; and Sisy- phus rests from his labors . The pythia is not forced ...
... judge ; Phlege- thon has ceased to burn ; and the frogs of hell have desisted from croaking . The wheel of Ixion revolves no longer ; the Danaides have filled their urns ; and Sisy- phus rests from his labors . The pythia is not forced ...
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... judge , " when they might the most dignified nature . Who knows but make use of the dignified appellation of " Lord some enterprising genius may spring up in the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ? " Why western world and convert his ...
... judge , " when they might the most dignified nature . Who knows but make use of the dignified appellation of " Lord some enterprising genius may spring up in the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court ? " Why western world and convert his ...
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... judge . If we were mad , there was " method in our madness , " as you will perceive when we relate our story . And why should it be thought strange that we should see the devil ? It is only what thousands of old women have done ; and ...
... judge . If we were mad , there was " method in our madness , " as you will perceive when we relate our story . And why should it be thought strange that we should see the devil ? It is only what thousands of old women have done ; and ...
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... judges to be difficult of attainment : and the directions that are laid down to guide us in the pursuit of this excellence appear to be defective We are told that the style must be easy and natural ; and that we should use nearly the ...
... judges to be difficult of attainment : and the directions that are laid down to guide us in the pursuit of this excellence appear to be defective We are told that the style must be easy and natural ; and that we should use nearly the ...
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... judge of mankind from our own feelings , we should instantly conclude that there is not one man in ten thousand , who would not desert , with joy ap . proaching to rapture , the pleasures and amuse- ments of the world , and all the gay ...
... judge of mankind from our own feelings , we should instantly conclude that there is not one man in ten thousand , who would not desert , with joy ap . proaching to rapture , the pleasures and amuse- ments of the world , and all the gay ...
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Página 9 - And they said, Go to, let us build us a city, and a tower whose top may reach unto heaven, and let us make us a name, lest we be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.
Página 113 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
Página 80 - Whoe'er has travell'd life's dull round, Where'er his stages may have been, May sigh to think he still has found The warmest welcome at an inn.
Página 41 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
Página 2 - These are the times that try men's souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of his country; but he that stands it now, deserves the love and thanks of man and woman.
Página 40 - And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank. 26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
Página 10 - Yet, Freedom ! yet thy banner, torn, but flying, Streams like the thunder-storm against the wind; Thy trumpet voice, though broken now and dying, The loudest still the tempest leaves behind; Thy tree hath lost its blossoms, and the rind...
Página 7 - Take the wings Of morning, pierce the Barcan wilderness, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings —yet the dead are there...
Página 23 - Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator...
Página 6 - ... of the mutual and solemn pledge to protect and defend each other, given by the states respectively, on entering into the constitutional compact, which formed the union and as such are a manifest breach of faith, and a violation of the most solemn obligations, moral and religious.