The Republic: History of the life, administration, and times of Thomas Jefferson. 1886Fairbanks and Palmer publishing Company, 1887 |
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... lands after- wards the glebe of the parish . He had three sons ; Thomas who died young , Field who settled on the waters of the Roanoke and left numerous descendants , and Peter , my father , who settled on the lands I still own ...
... lands after- wards the glebe of the parish . He had three sons ; Thomas who died young , Field who settled on the waters of the Roanoke and left numerous descendants , and Peter , my father , who settled on the lands I still own ...
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... lands on which I was born and live . " Thus it is seen that this family had its origin in Wales , and some of its ... land in the neighborhood of Charlottesville , then in Goochland , afterwards in Albemarle County . To this he added ...
... lands on which I was born and live . " Thus it is seen that this family had its origin in Wales , and some of its ... land in the neighborhood of Charlottesville , then in Goochland , afterwards in Albemarle County . To this he added ...
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... land , which , at all events , introduced her to those Christian formalisms that she sought to impress upon her children in that shape thought best to serve them in after - life . It is probably to be regretted that so little is now ...
... land , which , at all events , introduced her to those Christian formalisms that she sought to impress upon her children in that shape thought best to serve them in after - life . It is probably to be regretted that so little is now ...
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... land proprietors lived in style , and a winter in Williamsburg , under the lead of some of the royal governors , was a strange affair , made more so by a sort of barbarous magnificence which was thrown around the royal court by the aris ...
... land proprietors lived in style , and a winter in Williamsburg , under the lead of some of the royal governors , was a strange affair , made more so by a sort of barbarous magnificence which was thrown around the royal court by the aris ...
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... land of darkness and the shadow of death . ' But the old fellows say we must read to gain knowledge , and gain knowledge to make us happy and admired . Mere jargon ! Is there any such thing as happiness in this world ? No. And as for ...
... land of darkness and the shadow of death . ' But the old fellows say we must read to gain knowledge , and gain knowledge to make us happy and admired . Mere jargon ! Is there any such thing as happiness in this world ? No. And as for ...
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Página 161 - ... hereafter shall be formed in the said territory; to provide also for the establishment of states, and permanent government therein, and for their admission to a share in the federal councils on an equal footing with the original states, at as early periods as may be consistent with the general interest...
Página 59 - For cutting off our trade with all parts of the world : For imposing taxes on us without our consent : For depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury: For transporting us beyond seas to be tried for pretended offenses : For abolishing the free system of English laws in a neighboring province...
Página 163 - And whenever any of the said States shall have sixty thousand free inhabitants therein, such State shall be admitted by its delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States, in all respects whatever ; and shall be at liberty to form a permanent constitution and State government...
Página 227 - I know, indeed, that some honest men fear that a republican government cannot be strong, that this government is not strong enough. But would the honest patriot, in the full tide of successful experiment, abandon a government which has so far kept us free and firm, on the theoretic and visionary fear that this government, the world's best hope, may by possibility want energy to preserve itself? I trust not. I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest government on earth.
Página 163 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Página 226 - And let us reflect that, having banished from our land that religious intolerance under which mankind so long bled and suffered, we have yet gained little if we countenance a political intolerance as despotic, as wicked, and capable of as bitter and bloody persecutions.
Página 268 - The day that France takes possession of New Orleans, fixes the sentence which is to restrain her forever within her low-water mark. It seals the union of two nations, who, in conjunction, can maintain exclusive possession of the ocean. From that moment we must marry ourselves to the British fleet and nation.
Página 214 - ... deliberate, palpable and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the states who are parties thereto have the right, and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the...
Página 162 - ... to be apportioned on them by congress, according to the same common rule and measure by which apportionments thereof shall be made on the other states...
Página 158 - ... may be conveyed by lease and release, or bargain and sale, signed, sealed, and delivered, by the person, being of full age, in whom the estate may be, and attested by two witnesses, provided such wills be duly proved, and such conveyances be acknowledged, or the execution thereof duly proved, and be recorded within one year after proper magistrates, courts, and registers, shall be appointed for that purpose...