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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... party is glaringly apparent . That would be an unreasonable request . This is a bound- less subject and were you to engage in it , I know not how you would bring it to a con- clusion . Of one thing I am certain ; the topic would not ...
... party is glaringly apparent . That would be an unreasonable request . This is a bound- less subject and were you to engage in it , I know not how you would bring it to a con- clusion . Of one thing I am certain ; the topic would not ...
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... party . " And whether it were owing to a periodical fit of insanity to which we are subject , or whether what we are about to relate did actu . ally take place , we will not undertake to de- termine . Let the public judge . If we were ...
... party . " And whether it were owing to a periodical fit of insanity to which we are subject , or whether what we are about to relate did actu . ally take place , we will not undertake to de- termine . Let the public judge . If we were ...
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... party to those of the other . She wor- ships the rising sun , observes the course of the wind , and was never known to row against the tide . friends , " shall it be exposed as a prey to the birds and wild beasts ? " 66 Lay a staff near ...
... party to those of the other . She wor- ships the rising sun , observes the course of the wind , and was never known to row against the tide . friends , " shall it be exposed as a prey to the birds and wild beasts ? " 66 Lay a staff near ...
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... party already established , or set up a party of our own , ( in that case , we should soon have heard of Muscogulgce influence ) we might , if we do not overrate our own abilities , have made considerable noise in the world . Had such ...
... party already established , or set up a party of our own , ( in that case , we should soon have heard of Muscogulgce influence ) we might , if we do not overrate our own abilities , have made considerable noise in the world . Had such ...
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... party from which you may ex- pect to derive the most profit . " We told him that he was again mistaken ; that we were not so totally destitute of observation , as not to form an opinion on passing occurrences ; but that the intrigue ...
... party from which you may ex- pect to derive the most profit . " We told him that he was again mistaken ; that we were not so totally destitute of observation , as not to form an opinion on passing occurrences ; but that the intrigue ...
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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...
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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.