The Republican Court: Or, American Society in the Days of WashingtonD. Appleton, 1855 - 408 من الصفحات |
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... agreeable . They were true friends , tender husbands , almost idolatrous parents , and kind masters . The grim young republican heard in some houses the piano forte , and exclaimed , " God grant that the Boston women may never , like ...
... agreeable . They were true friends , tender husbands , almost idolatrous parents , and kind masters . The grim young republican heard in some houses the piano forte , and exclaimed , " God grant that the Boston women may never , like ...
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... struck with the occasion of it : it was to celebrate the birth of a Dauphin of France . " The Doctor indulges in some agreeable reflections on the change of feeling toward France , induced by 20 THE REPUBLICAN COURT .
... struck with the occasion of it : it was to celebrate the birth of a Dauphin of France . " The Doctor indulges in some agreeable reflections on the change of feeling toward France , induced by 20 THE REPUBLICAN COURT .
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... nous , the girls of New York excel us Philadelphians in that particular , and in their forms ) , a sweet countenance and an agreeable smile ...... Her sister Kitty is the belle of the family , 22 THE REPUBLICAN COURT .
... nous , the girls of New York excel us Philadelphians in that particular , and in their forms ) , a sweet countenance and an agreeable smile ...... Her sister Kitty is the belle of the family , 22 THE REPUBLICAN COURT .
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... agreeable objects the Bridewell , the Poor House , the Gaol and the Gallows . Towards the west , however , there was nothing to obstruct the view of the North River , but two low houses at the corner of Vesey street , and the College ...
... agreeable objects the Bridewell , the Poor House , the Gaol and the Gallows . Towards the west , however , there was nothing to obstruct the view of the North River , but two low houses at the corner of Vesey street , and the College ...
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... agreeable , though some- what grave . Observe too his dress , remarkable for its plainness , yet as remarkable for its neatness . He is consistently religious , and has all the piety of the best Puritan without any of the acerbity which ...
... agreeable , though some- what grave . Observe too his dress , remarkable for its plainness , yet as remarkable for its neatness . He is consistently religious , and has all the piety of the best Puritan without any of the acerbity which ...
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الصفحة 143 - In this conflict of emotions, all I dare aver is, that it has been my faithful study, to collect my duty from a just appreciation of every circumstance by which it might be affected.
الصفحة 144 - ... of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency ; and in the important revolution just accomplished in the system of their united government, the tranquil deliberations and voluntary consent of so many distinct communities, from which the event has resulted, cannot be compared with the means by which most governments have been established, without some return of pious gratitude,...
الصفحة 5 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping.
الصفحة 5 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
الصفحة 356 - ... 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.
الصفحة 182 - Now therefore I do recommend and assign Thursday the 26th day of November next to be devoted by the People of these States to the service of that great and glorious Being, who is the beneficent Author of all the good that was, that is, or that will be.
الصفحة 143 - Such being the impressions under which I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit, in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being, who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential...
الصفحة 143 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the Invisible Hand which conducts the affairs of men more than those of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency...
الصفحة 142 - I was summoned by my country, whose voice I can never hear but with veneration and love, from a retreat which I had chosen with the fondest predilection, and, in my flattering hopes, with an immutable decision, as the asylum of my declining years...
الصفحة 75 - Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.