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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... political warfare and sook for relaxation and repose in the wigwam of Piomingo , shall meet with a friendly recep- tion . He will produce the calumet of peace , and bring forth for their entertainment " things new and old . " Piomingo ...
... political warfare and sook for relaxation and repose in the wigwam of Piomingo , shall meet with a friendly recep- tion . He will produce the calumet of peace , and bring forth for their entertainment " things new and old . " Piomingo ...
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... political , and philo- sophical . and public feasts , and all unite in amusements imagine that they will continue for ever . But interesting to all ; where every heart is light , immediately upon entering into the world this and every ...
... political , and philo- sophical . and public feasts , and all unite in amusements imagine that they will continue for ever . But interesting to all ; where every heart is light , immediately upon entering into the world this and every ...
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... political sagacity , historical research , and philosophical profundity , which will be there displayed . · of acquiring knowledge ; were he to burn his cities and flee to the woods ; expose himself to the inclemencies of the seasons ...
... political sagacity , historical research , and philosophical profundity , which will be there displayed . · of acquiring knowledge ; were he to burn his cities and flee to the woods ; expose himself to the inclemencies of the seasons ...
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... political disquisi- tion . One would talk of the price of stocks ; and another would expatiate on the merits of a favorite horse . The glass circulates , and the confusion becomes general . The Tower of Babel would be an excellent sign ...
... political disquisi- tion . One would talk of the price of stocks ; and another would expatiate on the merits of a favorite horse . The glass circulates , and the confusion becomes general . The Tower of Babel would be an excellent sign ...
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... Politics . Our savage education and barbarous prepos . sessions having given us an unconquerable aversion to every species of political intrigue and tergiversation , we felt it incumbent on us , in our preliminary address , to announce ...
... Politics . Our savage education and barbarous prepos . sessions having given us an unconquerable aversion to every species of political intrigue and tergiversation , we felt it incumbent on us , in our preliminary address , to announce ...
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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.