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 349
... land . It is proposed to construct a road in or through one of the new States , in which this government possesses large quantities of land . Have the United States no right , or , as a great and un- taxed proprietor , are they under no ...
... land . It is proposed to construct a road in or through one of the new States , in which this government possesses large quantities of land . Have the United States no right , or , as a great and un- taxed proprietor , are they under no ...
Page 350
... lands for particular objects rest ; while I maintain , at the same time , that it is all a common fund , for the common benefit . And reasons like these , I presume , have in- fluenced the votes of other gentlemen from New England ...
... lands for particular objects rest ; while I maintain , at the same time , that it is all a common fund , for the common benefit . And reasons like these , I presume , have in- fluenced the votes of other gentlemen from New England ...
Page 356
... lands , in which his success , perhaps , had been neither distin- guished nor satisfactory , and letting go , also , of the topic of the cariff , he sallied forth in a general assault on the opinions , poli- tics , and parties of New ...
... lands , in which his success , perhaps , had been neither distin- guished nor satisfactory , and letting go , also , of the topic of the cariff , he sallied forth in a general assault on the opinions , poli- tics , and parties of New ...
Page 357
... lands ? Has he disproved a fact , refuted a proposition , weakened an argument , maintained by me ? Has he come within beat of drum of any position of mine ? O , no ! but he has " carried the war into the enemy's country ! " Yes , Sir ...
... lands ? Has he disproved a fact , refuted a proposition , weakened an argument , maintained by me ? Has he come within beat of drum of any position of mine ? O , no ! but he has " carried the war into the enemy's country ! " Yes , Sir ...
Page 359
... lands , in regard to which the attack was begun ; and it has nothing to do with those sentiments and opinions which , I ... land is somewhat more abundant than South Carolina ; and for that reason the chance of finding here and there an ...
... lands , in regard to which the attack was begun ; and it has nothing to do with those sentiments and opinions which , I ... land is somewhat more abundant than South Carolina ; and for that reason the chance of finding here and there an ...
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