The United States Magazine, and Literary and Political Repository, Issue 1, Volume 1Charles Wiley, 1823 - Literature |
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... ministers have the arduous task before them to govern without power ; nay , more , to obtain the power necessary to govern . They must persuade where others command ; and the strong phalanx of private interest , with the impetuous ...
... ministers have the arduous task before them to govern without power ; nay , more , to obtain the power necessary to govern . They must persuade where others command ; and the strong phalanx of private interest , with the impetuous ...
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... Minister Plenipotentiary , at a period the most critical and eventful , and continued there until he himself insisted on his recall ; and by Madison , he was placed at the head of the most important Department of the government , during ...
... Minister Plenipotentiary , at a period the most critical and eventful , and continued there until he himself insisted on his recall ; and by Madison , he was placed at the head of the most important Department of the government , during ...
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... minister ; Governeur Morris his ambassador to the French court ; and what equally establishes our conjecture , the offer made by him of a high employment ( not accepted ) to the acknowledged author of these very addresses . * Nor was ...
... minister ; Governeur Morris his ambassador to the French court ; and what equally establishes our conjecture , the offer made by him of a high employment ( not accepted ) to the acknowledged author of these very addresses . * Nor was ...
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... minister plenipotentiary near that re- public , and is now his ambassador at the court of Naples , will no doubt be sought for with avidity , and read with interest . The know- ledge possessed in Spain , of the character , resources ...
... minister plenipotentiary near that re- public , and is now his ambassador at the court of Naples , will no doubt be sought for with avidity , and read with interest . The know- ledge possessed in Spain , of the character , resources ...
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... minister to the United States . He arrived , after a dangerous voyage of 45 days , and has- tened to Washington to present his credentials . He was not received as minister . The reasons assigned for it , are stated explicitly by ...
... minister to the United States . He arrived , after a dangerous voyage of 45 days , and has- tened to Washington to present his credentials . He was not received as minister . The reasons assigned for it , are stated explicitly by ...
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Page 70 - What hands are here ? ha ! they pluck out mine eyes. Will all great Neptune's ocean wash this blood Clean from my hand ? No, this my hand will rather The multitudinous seas incarnadine, Making the green one red.
Page 20 - Oh, general ! An indecisive mind is one of the greatest misfortunes that can befall an army ; how often have I lamented it this campaign.
Page 20 - King's Bridge and the Plains. And I have no doubt, had you been here, the garrison of Mount Washington would now have composed a part of this army.
Page 65 - Prisoners to us than Death. Bear 'em speedily From our kind air (to them unkind), and minister What man to man may do ! for our sake, more ! Since I have known frights, fury, friends' behests, Love's provocations, zeal, a mistress...
Page 20 - I do not mean to flatter or praise you at the expense of any other ; but I confess, I do think that it is entirely owing to you, that this army and the liberties of America, so far as they are dependent on it, are not totally cut off.
Page 25 - If the army, in common with all other public creditors, insist on the grant of general permanent funds for liquidating all the public debts, there can be little doubt that such revenues will be obtained...
Page 25 - With the due exception of miracles, there is no probability that the states will ever make such grants unless the army be united and determined in the pursuit of it, and unless they be firmly supported by and as firmly support the other creditors.
Page 66 - I know she's his ; he has a tongue will tame Tempests, and make the wild rocks wanton. Come what can come, The worst is death ; I will not leave the kingdom...
Page 42 - I have since had sufficient reason for believing, that the object of the author was just, honorable, and friendly to the country, though the means suggested by him were certainly liable to much misunderstanding and abuse.
Page 70 - It is the very error of the moon ; She comes more near the earth than she was wont ; And makes men mad.