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Page 493
... possessed of , replied , that he hoped he had 493 enough to buy him two wives , to add to the two he already had acquired . When he had got the additional two , he would return to Sierra Leone and get more money . His father , who was ...
... possessed of , replied , that he hoped he had 493 enough to buy him two wives , to add to the two he already had acquired . When he had got the additional two , he would return to Sierra Leone and get more money . His father , who was ...
Page 513
... possessed . This made all ready to exert themselves with their best zeal and ability , in every part of their duty . With this corps I remained to the last , but had then the honour of fighting at the head of that company wherein I had ...
... possessed . This made all ready to exert themselves with their best zeal and ability , in every part of their duty . With this corps I remained to the last , but had then the honour of fighting at the head of that company wherein I had ...
Page 516
... possessed so large a territory ; the second was Ceawlin , king of the West Saxons ; the third was Ethelbert , king of Kent ; the fourth was Redwald , king of the East Angles ; the fifth was Edwin , king of the Northumbrians ;, the sixth ...
... possessed so large a territory ; the second was Ceawlin , king of the West Saxons ; the third was Ethelbert , king of Kent ; the fourth was Redwald , king of the East Angles ; the fifth was Edwin , king of the Northumbrians ;, the sixth ...
Page 520
... possessed each of these qualities , is to be ascribed the affection in which he was so universally held . In statesmen of inferior or mechanical abilities , it is the object of their education , and their sedulous study , to sink the ...
... possessed each of these qualities , is to be ascribed the affection in which he was so universally held . In statesmen of inferior or mechanical abilities , it is the object of their education , and their sedulous study , to sink the ...
Page 522
... possession of the best second business in the King's Bench ; by which is meant , that sort of business in which the lead is not given to the counsel who have not yet obtained a silk gown , and a seat within the bar of the court ; but an ...
... possession of the best second business in the King's Bench ; by which is meant , that sort of business in which the lead is not given to the counsel who have not yet obtained a silk gown , and a seat within the bar of the court ; but an ...
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Page 194 - And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs.
Page 319 - Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death, A universe of death ; which God by curse Created evil, for evil only good ; Where all life dies, death lives, and nature breeds, Perverse, all monstrous, all prodigious things, Abominable, unutterable, and worse Than fables yet have feign'd, or fear conceived, Gorgons, and Hydras, and Chimeras dire.
Page 561 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America.
Page 562 - ... is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us ; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy ; meeting, in all instances, the just claims of every power — submitting to injuries from none.
Page 562 - ... our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord. It is equally impossible, therefore, that we should behold such interposition, in any form, with indifference. If we look to the comparative strength and resources of Spain, and those new governments, and their distance from each other, it must be obvious that she can never subdue them. It is still the true policy of the United States to leave the parties to themselves, in the hope that other powers will pursue...
Page 194 - I have trodden the winepress alone ; and of the people there was none with me : for I will tread them in mine anger, and trample them in my fury ; and their blood shall be sprinkled upon my garments, and I will stain all my raiment. For the day of vengeance is in mine heart, and the year of my redeemed is come.
Page 527 - That we do hereby declare ourselves a free and independent people, are and of right ought to be a sovereign and selfgoverning association under the control of no power other than that of our God and the General Government of the Congress to the maintenance of which independence we solemnly pledge to each other our mutual co-operation our lives our fortunes and our most sacred honor.
Page 562 - ... principle satisfactory to themselves, to have interposed, by force, in the internal concerns of Spain. To what extent such interposition may be carried, on the same principle, is a question in which all independent powers whose governments differ from theirs are interested, even those most remote, and surely none more so than the United States.
Page 562 - In the war between those new governments and Spain we declared our neutrality at the time of their recognition, and to this we have adhered, and shall continue to adhere, provided no change shall occur which, in the judgment of the competent authorities of this Government, shall make a corresponding change on the part of the United States indispensable to their security.
Page 562 - Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers...