The Life of John Randolph of Roanoke, Volumen2D. Appleton, 1850 |
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... took fire - the family were at church - very little saved . " I lost , " says he , " a valuable collection of books . In it was a whole body of infi- delity , the Encyclopedia of Diderot and D'Alembert , Voltaire's works , VOL . II . 1 ...
... took fire - the family were at church - very little saved . " I lost , " says he , " a valuable collection of books . In it was a whole body of infi- delity , the Encyclopedia of Diderot and D'Alembert , Voltaire's works , VOL . II . 1 ...
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... took to Virginia with him , defrayed the expenses of his education for a number of years , and watched over him with the care and anxiety of a father . On his arrival in Richmond , he thus writes to Mr. Key : RICHMOND , March 9 , 1815 ...
... took to Virginia with him , defrayed the expenses of his education for a number of years , and watched over him with the care and anxiety of a father . On his arrival in Richmond , he thus writes to Mr. Key : RICHMOND , March 9 , 1815 ...
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... took up yesterday a work , which I never met with before , the Christian Observer . ' In a critique of Scott , vol . XII . , upon the Bishop of Lincoln's Refutation of Calvinism , ' it is stated that no man is converted to the truth of ...
... took up yesterday a work , which I never met with before , the Christian Observer . ' In a critique of Scott , vol . XII . , upon the Bishop of Lincoln's Refutation of Calvinism , ' it is stated that no man is converted to the truth of ...
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... took occasion to say , that he had listened to the honorable gentleman with pleasure . He was glad to see a cause so important in hands so able . He promised the honorable gentleman , though he might not agree with his mode of remedying ...
... took occasion to say , that he had listened to the honorable gentleman with pleasure . He was glad to see a cause so important in hands so able . He promised the honorable gentleman , though he might not agree with his mode of remedying ...
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... took upon himself the charge and the responsibility of two other orphan boys . " I have just returned from Baltimore , where I went to meet the sons of my deceased friend Bryan , consigned to my care . They are fine boys , but have been ...
... took upon himself the charge and the responsibility of two other orphan boys . " I have just returned from Baltimore , where I went to meet the sons of my deceased friend Bryan , consigned to my care . They are fine boys , but have been ...
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Página 126 - That in all that territory ceded by France to the United States, under the name of Louisiana, which lies north of thirty-six degrees and thirty minutes north latitude, not included within the limits of the State contemplated by this act, slavery and involuntary servitude, otherwise than in the punishment of crimes whereof the parties shall have been duly convicted, shall be, and is hereby, forever prohibited...
Página 181 - But let my due feet never fail To walk the studious cloisters pale, And love the high embow-ed roof, With antique pillars massy proof, And storied windows richly dight, Casting a dim religious light.
Página 70 - And the king was much moved, and went up to the chamber over the gate, and wept: and as he went, thus he said, O my son Absalom, my son, my son Absalom!
Página 303 - Knowledge dwells In heads replete with thoughts of other men, Wisdom in minds attentive to their own. Knowledge, a rude unprofitable mass, The mere materials with which wisdom builds, Till smoothed and squared and fitted to its place, Does but encumber whom it seems to enrich.
Página 211 - This power, like all others vested in congress, is complete in itself, may be exercised to its utmost extent, and acknowledges no limitations other than are prescribed in the constitution.
Página 245 - While foreign nations, less blessed with that freedom which is power than ourselves, are advancing with gigantic strides in the career of public improvement, were we to slumber in indolence, or fold up our arms and proclaim to the world that we are palsied by the will of our constituents, would it not be to cast away the bounties of Providence, and doom ourselves to perpetual inferiority?
Página 234 - And wi' the lave ilk merry morn Could rank my rig and lass, Still shearing, and clearing The tither stocked raw, Wi' claivers, an' haivers, Wearing the day awa : Ev'n then a wish, (I mind its power,) A wish that to my latest hour Shall strongly heave my breast ; That I for poor auld Scotland's sake, Some usefu' plan, or beuk could make, Or sing a sang at least.
Página 211 - The power of Congress, then, comprehends navigation, within the limits of every State in the Union ; so far as that navigation may be, in any manner, connected with "commerce with foreign nations, or among the several States, or with the Indian tribes.
Página 133 - tis not so deep as a well, nor so wide as a church door ; but 'tis enough, 'twill serve : ask for me to-morrow, and you shall find me a grave man. I am peppered, I warrant, for this world. A plague o...
Página 119 - ... and that the States so formed shall be distinct republican States, and admitted members of the Federal Union, having the same rights of sovereignty, freedom, and independence as the other States...