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... thefe tranfactions have effectually reftored her to that high eminence among the nations of Europe from which fhe had fuffered no fmall derogation through the lofs of her colonies , and other ill confequences of the American war . But thefe ...
... thefe tranfactions have effectually reftored her to that high eminence among the nations of Europe from which fhe had fuffered no fmall derogation through the lofs of her colonies , and other ill confequences of the American war . But thefe ...
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... Thefe furround the fenate - houses of Amfterdam and Rotterdam , purge them of those members who were adverse to their defigns , place all power in the hands of their own party , and establish a determined majority in the ftates of ...
... Thefe furround the fenate - houses of Amfterdam and Rotterdam , purge them of those members who were adverse to their defigns , place all power in the hands of their own party , and establish a determined majority in the ftates of ...
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... thefe negociations , during the time of their continu- ance , and for feveral months after , continual changes were taking place in the conduct , views , connection , and ftrength of the numberless par- ties and factions which were ...
... thefe negociations , during the time of their continu- ance , and for feveral months after , continual changes were taking place in the conduct , views , connection , and ftrength of the numberless par- ties and factions which were ...
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... thefe addreffes was returning thanks to the ftates for the efforts they had already made in oppofing the alarming progrefs of defpotifm , a ftrong recommendation to pro- ceed with vigour in their exertions to its final extermination ...
... thefe addreffes was returning thanks to the ftates for the efforts they had already made in oppofing the alarming progrefs of defpotifm , a ftrong recommendation to pro- ceed with vigour in their exertions to its final extermination ...
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... thefe opinions , and the party were generally difpofed to them , it was no very difficult nor unusual matter , that fome confider- able fhare of that abhorrence which was conceived against doctrines that were regarded as abominable ...
... thefe opinions , and the party were generally difpofed to them , it was no very difficult nor unusual matter , that fome confider- able fhare of that abhorrence which was conceived against doctrines that were regarded as abominable ...
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Page 261 - No person, except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the office of president: neither shall any person be eligible to that office who shall not have attained to the age of thirty five years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States.
Page 101 - 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 I rejoice at the beams of peace; but do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 101 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the Whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 255 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace, and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the General Government of the Union...
Page 258 - Each House may determine the Rules of its Proceedings, punish its Members for disorderly Behaviour, and, with the Concurrence of two thirds, expel a Member.
Page 117 - Require the borrow'd gloss of art ? Speak not of fate : ah ! change the theme, And talk of odours, talk of wine, Talk of the flowers that round us bloom : 'Tis all a cloud, 'tis all a dream ; To love and joy thy thoughts confine, Nor hope to pierce the sacred gloom.
Page 117 - That rosy cheek, that lily hand, • Would give thy poet more delight Than all Bocara's vaunted gold, Than all the gems of Samarcand. Boy, let yon liquid ruby flow...
Page 265 - Resolved, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Page 101 - In the autumn of the same year a decisive battle was fought at the mouth of the Great Kanhaway, between the collected forces of the Shawanese, Mingoes, and Delawares, and a detachment of the Virginia militia. The Indians were defeated, and sued for peace.