Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America: During 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802T. Ostell, 1803 - 454 من الصفحات |
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... behold the concluding page of the one with the same eye of sorrow , that the Traveller in the woods of America casts upon the sun's departing ray ; but the other is task - reading , and , in perusing it , I consult more the taste of the ...
... behold the concluding page of the one with the same eye of sorrow , that the Traveller in the woods of America casts upon the sun's departing ray ; but the other is task - reading , and , in perusing it , I consult more the taste of the ...
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... Behold the Welch Tourist ! He crosses the New Ferry , enters the ale - house on its border— calls for pen and ink - lugs out his enormous common - place book - awes the family into silence by the profound wisdom of his looks and ...
... Behold the Welch Tourist ! He crosses the New Ferry , enters the ale - house on its border— calls for pen and ink - lugs out his enormous common - place book - awes the family into silence by the profound wisdom of his looks and ...
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... behold the portrait of a man whom I consi- der so great a benefactor to Literature , that he is scarcely less illustrious than its munificent patrons of Italy ; his soul has certainly been ad- mitted to the company of the congenial ...
... behold the portrait of a man whom I consi- der so great a benefactor to Literature , that he is scarcely less illustrious than its munificent patrons of Italy ; his soul has certainly been ad- mitted to the company of the congenial ...
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... the most valuable Latin authors , " and a great number of modern mathematicians , with all the " three editions of Newton , Dr. Wallis , Halley , & c . scarce , " JAMES LOGAN . " to his lips no theatre invited the idle to behold D 2 43.
... the most valuable Latin authors , " and a great number of modern mathematicians , with all the " three editions of Newton , Dr. Wallis , Halley , & c . scarce , " JAMES LOGAN . " to his lips no theatre invited the idle to behold D 2 43.
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... behold the mimic monarch strut his hour upon the stage ; the dice lay neglected on the gaming - table , nor did the dancing - room re - echo with the steps of the dancer : man was now humbled ! Death was whetting his arrows , and the ...
... behold the mimic monarch strut his hour upon the stage ; the dice lay neglected on the gaming - table , nor did the dancing - room re - echo with the steps of the dancer : man was now humbled ! Death was whetting his arrows , and the ...
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الصفحة 292 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it. I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance: for my country 1 rejoice at the beams of peace.
الصفحة 179 - I believe this, on the contrary, the strongest government on earth. I believe it...
الصفحة 177 - All too will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable ; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal laws must protect, and to violate would be oppression.
الصفحة 214 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
الصفحة 177 - During the contest of opinion through which we have passed, the animation of discussions and of exertions has sometimes worn an aspect which might impose on strangers unused to think freely, and to speak and to write what they think; but this being now decided by the voice of the nation, announced according to the rules of the constitution all will of course arrange themselves under the will of the law, and unite in common efforts for the common good.
الصفحة 178 - But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists.
الصفحة 177 - Let us then, fellow-citizens, unite with one heart and one mind; let us restore to social intercourse that harmony and affection without which liberty, and even life itself, are but dreary things. 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.
الصفحة 179 - 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.
الصفحة 210 - And when Abraham saw that the man blessed not God, he said unto him, " Wherefore dost thou not worship the most high God, Creator of heaven and earth...
الصفحة 211 - The old man told him that he worshipped the fire only, and acknowledged no other god. At which answer Abraham grew so zealously angry that he thrust the old man out of his tent, and exposed him to all the evils of the night and an unguarded condition. When the old man was gone, God called to Abraham, and asked him where the stranger was. He replied, 'I thrust him away because he did not worship thee.