The Life of Thomas Jefferson, Volumen1Derby & Jackson, 1858 |
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... . 44 ORIGINAL DRAFT OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE , 172 SPECIMEN OF ACCOUNTS KEPT WHILE MR . JEFFERSON'S RIGHT WRIST WAS BROKEN , 456 A LETTER TO HIS OLDEST DAUGHTER , 476 PREFACE . MANY of the explanations usually given in a.
... . 44 ORIGINAL DRAFT OF DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE , 172 SPECIMEN OF ACCOUNTS KEPT WHILE MR . JEFFERSON'S RIGHT WRIST WAS BROKEN , 456 A LETTER TO HIS OLDEST DAUGHTER , 476 PREFACE . MANY of the explanations usually given in a.
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Henry Stephens Randall. PREFACE . MANY of the explanations usually given in a preface will be found in the body of the following work . This Biography has swelled far beyond our original contemplation . Mr. Jefferson was more than half a ...
Henry Stephens Randall. PREFACE . MANY of the explanations usually given in a preface will be found in the body of the following work . This Biography has swelled far beyond our original contemplation . Mr. Jefferson was more than half a ...
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... and oftener if he materially changed his views instead of attempting to convey the substance in any sis of our own . briefer synop- We have pursued the same course towards his con- PREFACE . ix spicuous adversaries , where we have given.
... and oftener if he materially changed his views instead of attempting to convey the substance in any sis of our own . briefer synop- We have pursued the same course towards his con- PREFACE . ix spicuous adversaries , where we have given.
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Henry Stephens Randall. PREFACE . ix spicuous adversaries , where we have given their opinions ; or we have distinctly cited the work and the page where those opinions are to be found . We have desired in no case to take refuge from ...
Henry Stephens Randall. PREFACE . ix spicuous adversaries , where we have given their opinions ; or we have distinctly cited the work and the page where those opinions are to be found . We have desired in no case to take refuge from ...
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... given - Chairman of Committee on Lord North's " Conciliatory Proposition " -Extracts from the Report- Congress adjourns - Virginia Convention - Jefferson re - chosen to Congress - Attorney- General John Randolph - Jefferson's First ...
... given - Chairman of Committee on Lord North's " Conciliatory Proposition " -Extracts from the Report- Congress adjourns - Virginia Convention - Jefferson re - chosen to Congress - Attorney- General John Randolph - Jefferson's First ...
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Página 204 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place, or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinion in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities...
Página 161 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither.
Página 87 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us!
Página 161 - Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative for suppressing every legislative attempt to prohibit or to restrain this execrable commerce...
Página 160 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
Página 81 - The abolition of domestic slavery is the great object of desire in those colonies, where it was, unhappily, introduced in their infant state. But previous to the enfranchisement of the slaves we have, it is necessary to exclude all further importations from Africa.
Página 264 - We know the forest round us, As seamen know the sea. We know its walls of thorny vines, Its glades of reedy grass, Its safe and silent islands Within the dark morass. Woe to the English soldiery That little dread us near! On them shall light at midnight A strange and sudden fear : When, waking to their tents on fire, They grasp their arms in vain, And they who stand to face us Are beat to earth again...
Página 25 - Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third ('Treason!' cried the Speaker. 'Treason! treason!' echoed the House;) may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it.
Página 71 - ... we cooked up a resolution, somewhat modernizing their phrases, for appointing the 1st day of June, on which the port bill was to commence, for a day of fasting, humiliation, and prayer, to implore Heaven to avert from us the evils of civil war, to inspire us with firmness in support of our rights, and to turn the hearts of the King and Parliament to moderation and justice.
Página 264 - Tis life to feel the night-wind That lifts the tossing mane. A moment in the British camp — A moment — and away Back to the pathless forest, Before the peep of day.