Lives of Celebrated Americans: Comprising Biographies of Three Hundred and Forty Eminent PersonsBelknap, 1869 - 448 páginas |
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Comprising Biographies of Three Hundred and Forty Eminent Persons Benson John Lossing. Eng LIVES OF CELEBRATED AMERICANS : COMPRISING BIOGRAPHIES OF THREE HUNDRED. Phot by Brady . By J.C. Buttre . INDEX . Adams , Samuel Adams , John Adams ,
Comprising Biographies of Three Hundred and Forty Eminent Persons Benson John Lossing. Eng LIVES OF CELEBRATED AMERICANS : COMPRISING BIOGRAPHIES OF THREE HUNDRED. Phot by Brady . By J.C. Buttre . INDEX . Adams , Samuel Adams , John Adams ,
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... John Adams , John Q. Allerton , Isaac Allison , Francis • • • A. Alexander , William Allen , Ethan Allston , Washington Ames , Fisher Anderson , Richard C. Armstrong , John Arnold ,, Benedict Asbury , Francis . Ashe , John Ashmun ...
... John Adams , John Q. Allerton , Isaac Allison , Francis • • • A. Alexander , William Allen , Ethan Allston , Washington Ames , Fisher Anderson , Richard C. Armstrong , John Arnold ,, Benedict Asbury , Francis . Ashe , John Ashmun ...
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... John Downing , Andrew J. Drayton , William H. Dunlap , William Dwight , Timothy E. Edwards , Jonathan Eliot , John Ellsworth , Oliver Everett , Edward Ferguson , Catharine F. Fitch , John Flint , Timothy Franklin , Benjamin Franklin ...
... John Downing , Andrew J. Drayton , William H. Dunlap , William Dwight , Timothy E. Edwards , Jonathan Eliot , John Ellsworth , Oliver Everett , Edward Ferguson , Catharine F. Fitch , John Flint , Timothy Franklin , Benjamin Franklin ...
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... John Langdon , John Laurens , Henry Lawrence , James Lawrence , Abbot Ledyard , John Lee , Ann • L. PAGE . 66 Morris , George P. 274 Morgan , Daniel 306 Motte , Rebecca Moultrie , William Muhlenberg , Peter 287 Murray , Lindley 263 154 ...
... John Langdon , John Laurens , Henry Lawrence , James Lawrence , Abbot Ledyard , John Lee , Ann • L. PAGE . 66 Morris , George P. 274 Morgan , Daniel 306 Motte , Rebecca Moultrie , William Muhlenberg , Peter 287 Murray , Lindley 263 154 ...
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... John Red Jacket Reed , Joseph Rittenhouse , David Rivington , James Robinson , Edward Rodgers , John • Rogers , Robert Ruggles , Timothy Rumford , Count Rush , Benjamin Rutledge , John St. Clair S. Schoolcraft , Henry B. Schuyler ...
... John Red Jacket Reed , Joseph Rittenhouse , David Rivington , James Robinson , Edward Rodgers , John • Rogers , Robert Ruggles , Timothy Rumford , Count Rush , Benjamin Rutledge , John St. Clair S. Schoolcraft , Henry B. Schuyler ...
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Página 411 - Seest thou a man diligent in his business? he shall stand before kings ; he shall not stand before mean men...
Página 326 - And they all wept sore, and fell on Paul's neck, and kissed him, sorrowing most of all for the words which he spake, that they should see his face no more.
Página 401 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Página 28 - This advice, thus beat into my head, has frequently been of use to me; and I often think of it, when I see pride mortified, and misfortunes brought upon people by their carrying their heads too high.
Página 162 - Otis was a flame of fire ; with a promptitude of classical allusions, a depth of research, a rapid summary of historical events and dates, a profusion of legal authorities, a prophetic glance of his eyes into futurity, and a rapid torrent of impetuous eloquence, he hurried away all before him. American Independence was then and there born.
Página 432 - With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive to finish the work we are in...
Página 154 - Lincoln had been a member of the Convention that framed the Constitution of the United States...
Página 157 - In 1787 he was a member of the Convention that framed the Federal Constitution. In October 1788 he succeeded Franklin in the chair of the Executive Council of the state.
Página 76 - Whether it be lawful to resist the Supreme Magistrate^ if the Commonwealth cannot otherwise be preserved...
Página 188 - Whoever supposes that shouts and hosannas will terminate the trials of this day entertains a childish fancy. He must be grossly ignorant of the importance and value of the prize for which we contend; we must be equally ignorant of the power of those who have combined against us; we must be blind to that malice, inveteracy, and insatiable revenge which actuate our enemies, public and private, abroad and in our...