Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C., Volumen9The Society, 1906 |
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... interest as the first legislative move- ment in favor of a free public library in Washington , the only one in fact that marked the decade between the war and the Centennial of 1876 . 39TH CONGRESS , 2D SESSION . S. 472. IN THE SENATE ...
... interest as the first legislative move- ment in favor of a free public library in Washington , the only one in fact that marked the decade between the war and the Centennial of 1876 . 39TH CONGRESS , 2D SESSION . S. 472. IN THE SENATE ...
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... interest to government clerks . This association appears to have attempted , not the union of the department libraries in one public library , but the establishment of a public library to be composed of such miscellaneous works in the ...
... interest to government clerks . This association appears to have attempted , not the union of the department libraries in one public library , but the establishment of a public library to be composed of such miscellaneous works in the ...
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... interest with me when the shades and lights of the principal character are not accurately and faithfully detailed . . . . I can no more sympathize with a mere eulogist , than I can with a ranting hero upon the stage . " -Life of Sir ...
... interest with me when the shades and lights of the principal character are not accurately and faithfully detailed . . . . I can no more sympathize with a mere eulogist , than I can with a ranting hero upon the stage . " -Life of Sir ...
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... interest of Wray fought with short swords . This is the time the beautiful Duchess of Devonshire bought of a butcher his vote for Fox by the promise of a kiss , and what was better for the butcher , paid the consideration . • Duane , in ...
... interest of Wray fought with short swords . This is the time the beautiful Duchess of Devonshire bought of a butcher his vote for Fox by the promise of a kiss , and what was better for the butcher , paid the consideration . • Duane , in ...
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... interests of the people of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania . " The Committee of Privileges , to which the subject had been referred , saw in the publi- cation that which tended " to defame the Senate of the United States , and to bring ...
... interests of the people of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania . " The Committee of Privileges , to which the subject had been referred , saw in the publi- cation that which tended " to defame the Senate of the United States , and to bring ...
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Página 16 - If a life be delayed till interest and envy are at an end, we may hope for impartiality, but must expect little intelligence; for the incidents which give excellence to biography are of a volatile and evanescent kind, such as soon escape the memory, and are rarely transmitted by tradition.
Página 92 - But these considerations, however powerfully they address themselves to your sensibility, are greatly outweighed by those which apply more immediately to your interest ; here every portion of our country finds the most commanding motives for carefully guarding and preserving the union of the whole.
Página 57 - Born in America, in Europe bred, In Afric traveled, and in Asia wed ; Where long he lived and thrived, in London dead. Much good, some ill, he did ; so hope all's even, And that his soul through mercy's gone to Heaven.
Página 67 - I, AB, do swear, that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure, as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murthered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Página 44 - Millions of Spirits for his fault amerced* Of Heaven, and from eternal splendours flung For his revolt; yet faithful how they stood, Their glory withered: as when Heaven's fire Hath scathed the forest oaks, or mountain pines, With singed top their stately growth though bare Stands on the blasted heath.
Página 184 - Pyrenees ; so shall it be with yours. You may carry them to the loftiest peaks of the Cordilleras, they may wave with insolent triumph in the Halls of the Montezumas, the armed men of Mexico may quail before them, but the weakest hand in Mexico^ uplifted in prayer to the God of Justice, may call down against you a Power, in the presence of which, the iron hearts of your warriors shall be turned into ashes. Mr. President, if the history of our race has established any truth, it is but a confirmation...
Página 51 - When a retrospect is taken of the Washingtonian administration for eight years, it is a subject of the greatest astonishment that a single individual should have cankered the principles of republicanism in an enlightened people, just emerged from the gulf of despotism, and should have carried his designs against the public liberty so far, as to have put in jeopardy its very existence. Such however are the facts, and with these staring us in the face, this day ought to be a JUBILEE in the United States.
Página 117 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin...
Página 89 - Let it be impressed upon your minds, let it be instilled into your children, that the liberty of the press is the palladium of all the civil, political, and religious rights of an Englishman...
Página 220 - That on the first Monday in December, in the year 1800, the seat of the Government of the United States shall, by virtue of this act, be transferred to the district and place aforesaid. And all offices attached to the said seat of government shall accordingly be removed thereto by their respective holders and shall, after the said day, cease to be exercised elsewhere...