Text-book of Prose, from Burke, Webster, and Bacon, with Notes, and Sketches of the Authors' Lives, for Use in Schools and ClassesGinn, Heath, & Company, 1881 |
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Page 360
... Senate . Nevertheless he went back to Rome , ad annum urbis conditœ , and found the fathers of the Federalists 9 The allusion is to President Jackson , who had been an avowed Federalist all his life , and whom , for that reason ...
... Senate . Nevertheless he went back to Rome , ad annum urbis conditœ , and found the fathers of the Federalists 9 The allusion is to President Jackson , who had been an avowed Federalist all his life , and whom , for that reason ...
Page 364
... Senate , or elsewhere , to sneer at public merit , because it happens to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighbourhood ; when I refuse , for any such cause , or for any cause , the homage due to Amer- ican talent ...
... Senate , or elsewhere , to sneer at public merit , because it happens to spring up beyond the little limits of my own State or neighbourhood ; when I refuse , for any such cause , or for any cause , the homage due to Amer- ican talent ...
Page 371
... Senator as saying that , in his judgment , the embargo law was unconsti- tutional , and that therefore , in his opinion , the people were not bound to obey it . That , Sir , is perfectly constitutional lan- guage . An unconstitutional ...
... Senator as saying that , in his judgment , the embargo law was unconsti- tutional , and that therefore , in his opinion , the people were not bound to obey it . That , Sir , is perfectly constitutional lan- guage . An unconstitutional ...
Page 383
... stated the reasons of my dissent to the doctrines which have been advanced and maintained . I am conscious of having detained you and the Senate much too long . I was drawn into the debate with no SPEECH IN REPLY TO HAYNE . 383.
... stated the reasons of my dissent to the doctrines which have been advanced and maintained . I am conscious of having detained you and the Senate much too long . I was drawn into the debate with no SPEECH IN REPLY TO HAYNE . 383.
Page 403
... Senate could be assembled . An officer might become insane ; he might abscond : and from these and other supposable cases , it was said , the public service might materially suffer , if the President could not remove the incumbent . And ...
... Senate could be assembled . An officer might become insane ; he might abscond : and from these and other supposable cases , it was said , the public service might materially suffer , if the President could not remove the incumbent . And ...
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