Observations on the Writings of Thomas Jefferson: With Particular Reference to the Attack They Contain on the Memory of the Late Gen. Henry Lee ; in a Series of LettersJ. Dobson, 1839 - 262 páginas |
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... took care to suppress the mention of his name ; thus attempting an injury , and withholding at the same time all means of its redress . It was hardly possible that Gen. Wash- ington should repeat such vague and scurrilous language - and ...
... took care to suppress the mention of his name ; thus attempting an injury , and withholding at the same time all means of its redress . It was hardly possible that Gen. Wash- ington should repeat such vague and scurrilous language - and ...
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... took place , Mr. Jefferson car- ried with him into retirement the same high opinion of " his talents and disposition to serve his country , " and the same degree of " pri- vate regard " and public confidence , which had prompted Gen ...
... took place , Mr. Jefferson car- ried with him into retirement the same high opinion of " his talents and disposition to serve his country , " and the same degree of " pri- vate regard " and public confidence , which had prompted Gen ...
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... took their origin , as may be supposed , in the nature of man and in the character of our institutions , and were modified in their progress by the policy of foreign states , by cir- cumstances in our domestic situation , and by the ...
... took their origin , as may be supposed , in the nature of man and in the character of our institutions , and were modified in their progress by the policy of foreign states , by cir- cumstances in our domestic situation , and by the ...
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... took in administer- ing the government , had been among the most zealous of those statesmen who assisted in its formation , in recommending it to the acceptance of the American people , and in vindicating it against the objections of Mr ...
... took in administer- ing the government , had been among the most zealous of those statesmen who assisted in its formation , in recommending it to the acceptance of the American people , and in vindicating it against the objections of Mr ...
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... took their ground . They both returned , however , shortly after - when in consequence of the political zeal and abili- ties which Mr. Adams had displayed in various important situa- tions , together with his geographical position , he ...
... took their ground . They both returned , however , shortly after - when in consequence of the political zeal and abili- ties which Mr. Adams had displayed in various important situa- tions , together with his geographical position , he ...
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Página 257 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.
Página 127 - That no man, or set of men, are entitled to exclusive or separate emoluments or privileges from the community, but in consideration of public services ; which not being descendible, neither ought the offices of magistrate, legislator, or judge, to be hereditary.
Página 39 - Texas by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Página 190 - York. He was incapable of fear, meeting personal dangers with the calmest unconcern. Perhaps the strongest feature in his character was prudence, never acting until every circumstance, every consideration, was maturely weighed; refraining if he saw a doubt, but, when once decided, going through with his purpose, what1 ever obstacles opposed.
Página 79 - By this unprincipled facility of changing the state as often and as much and in as many ways as there are floating fancies or fashions, the whole chain and continuity of the commonwealth would be broken. No one generation could link with the other. Men would become little better than the flies of a summer.
Página 188 - What a triumph for our enemies to verify their predictions ! What a triumph for the advocates of despotism to find, that we are incapable of governing ourselves, and that systems founded on the basis of equal liberty are merely ideal and fallacious ! Would to God, that wise measures may be taken in time to avert the consequences we have but too much reason to apprehend.
Página 254 - It is a melancholy truth, that a suppression of the press could not more completely deprive the nation of its benefits, than is done by its abandoned prostitution to falsehood. Nothing can now be believed which is seen in a newspaper. Truth itself becomes suspicious by being put into that polluted vehicle.
Página 12 - ... every act of my administration would be tortured, and the grossest and most insidious misrepresentations of them be made, by giving one side only of a subject, and that, too, in such exaggerated and indecent terms as could scarcely be applied to a Nero, a notorious defaulter, or even to a common pickpocket.
Página 81 - It would give you a fever were I to name to you the apostates who have gone over to these heresies, men who were Samsons in the field and Solomons in the council, but who have had their heads shorn by the harlot England.
Página 189 - His mind was great and powerful, without being of the very first order; his penetration strong, though not so acute as that of a Newton, Bacon, or Locke; and as far as he saw, no judgment %vas ever sounder. It was slow in operation, being little aided by invention or imagination, but sure in conclusion.