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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Página 45
... means he employs , for that purpose , totally what will he gain , we replied , by useless re- nugatory by denying him a disposition to listen pinings ? If he have a high opinion of his to complaints of distress ? Are we to suppose own ...
... means he employs , for that purpose , totally what will he gain , we replied , by useless re- nugatory by denying him a disposition to listen pinings ? If he have a high opinion of his to complaints of distress ? Are we to suppose own ...
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... mean grovelling arts now in use , have added cent to cent until they have amassed a considerable sum , are eager to shake off ... means . Should any one ex- press an inclination to have his son instructed in Hebrew , Greek , or Latin , I ...
... mean grovelling arts now in use , have added cent to cent until they have amassed a considerable sum , are eager to shake off ... means . Should any one ex- press an inclination to have his son instructed in Hebrew , Greek , or Latin , I ...
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... means of its destruc- tion . Should any one desire to hear my opinion of the respective merits of Homer and Virgil , I give , without hesitation , a decided opinion in favor of the former . I assert , with the greatest promptitude ...
... means of its destruc- tion . Should any one desire to hear my opinion of the respective merits of Homer and Virgil , I give , without hesitation , a decided opinion in favor of the former . I assert , with the greatest promptitude ...
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... mean , Piomingo ? do you argue in favor of civilization ? Piomingo . I do not argue : I merely suggest those ... means in his possession , he may become a senator without being able to read the consti- tion of the state which he ...
... mean , Piomingo ? do you argue in favor of civilization ? Piomingo . I do not argue : I merely suggest those ... means in his possession , he may become a senator without being able to read the consti- tion of the state which he ...
Página 84
... mean ? Frank . Do not , I beseech thee , do not inter . rupt me . - Give ear , O heavens ! hearken , O earth ! - Piomingo , What do you mean ! Frank . These are savage interruptions , Pio mingo . You have ruined a sublime apostro phe ...
... mean ? Frank . Do not , I beseech thee , do not inter . rupt me . - Give ear , O heavens ! hearken , O earth ! - Piomingo , What do you mean ! Frank . These are savage interruptions , Pio mingo . You have ruined a sublime apostro phe ...
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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.