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Side 4
... present to your highness compressed into the present small treatise . And although my sober judgment tells me , that this work is not worthy of its patron , yet , from a knowledge of his benevolence , I doubt not he will be graciously ...
... present to your highness compressed into the present small treatise . And although my sober judgment tells me , that this work is not worthy of its patron , yet , from a knowledge of his benevolence , I doubt not he will be graciously ...
Side 10
... present , conquests insecure ; the one the little faith he could repose in his army , the other the uncertainty of ... presents of robes , money and horses , and so great was his ad- dress , and so profound their security , that they ...
... present , conquests insecure ; the one the little faith he could repose in his army , the other the uncertainty of ... presents of robes , money and horses , and so great was his ad- dress , and so profound their security , that they ...
Side 11
... present danger , by having arms in his own hands , and by having , in a great measure , destroyed those of the neighbouring powers who could hurt him , saw that France was the only obstacle to his future conquests , for he well knew ...
... present danger , by having arms in his own hands , and by having , in a great measure , destroyed those of the neighbouring powers who could hurt him , saw that France was the only obstacle to his future conquests , for he well knew ...
Side 12
... present pope , that he might be able of himself to withstand the first at- tack at least of the future pope . " Of these four things he had brought three to bear at the time of Alex- ander's death , and even the fourth he had nearly ...
... present pope , that he might be able of himself to withstand the first at- tack at least of the future pope . " Of these four things he had brought three to bear at the time of Alex- ander's death , and even the fourth he had nearly ...
Side 23
... present instance , often attacks men of straw . In his examen of the thirteenth chapter the king of Prussia re- marks on the atrocious act of Hiero tyrant of Syracuse , in causing the destruction of his auxiliary forces . " Similar ...
... present instance , often attacks men of straw . In his examen of the thirteenth chapter the king of Prussia re- marks on the atrocious act of Hiero tyrant of Syracuse , in causing the destruction of his auxiliary forces . " Similar ...
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Side 266 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States...
Side 23 - How many are the days of the years of thy life? And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years : few and evil have been the days of the years of my life...
Side 245 - Frugality may be termed the daughter of prudence, the sister of temperance, and the parent of liberty. He that is extravagant will quickly become poor, and po'verty will enforce dependence, and invite corruption...
Side 153 - And opened on a narrow green, Where weeping birch and willow round With their long fibres swept the ground; Here, for retreat in dangerous hour, Some chief had framed a rustic bower.
Side 326 - For time is like a fashionable host, That slightly shakes his parting guest by the hand, And with his arms outstretch'd, as he would fly, Grasps in the comer : welcome ever smiles, And farewell goes out sighing.
Side 269 - The Congress shall have Power 1 To lay and collect Taxes, Duties, Imposts and Excises, to pay the Debts and provide for the common Defence and general Welfare of the United States; but all Duties, Imposts and Excises shall be uniform throughout the United States...
Side 141 - In short, every summer one lives in a state of mutiny and murmur, and I have found the reason: it is because we will affect to have a summer, and we have no title to any such thing. Our poets learnt their trade of the Romans, and so adopted the terms of their masters. They talk of shady groves, purling streams, and cooling breezes, and we get sore throats and agues with attempting to realize these visions.
Side 269 - To borrow Money on the credit of the United States ; 3 To regulate Commerce with foreign Nations, and among the several States, and with the Indian Tribes...
Side 316 - ... sudden fits of inadvertency will surprise vigilance, slight avocations will seduce attention, and casual eclipses of the mind will darken learning; and that the writer shall often in vain trace his memory at the moment of need for that which yesterday he knew with intuitive readiness, and which will come uncalled into his thoughts tomorrow.
Side 302 - And yet it fills me with wonder, that, in almost all countries, the most ancient poets are considered as the best; whether it be that every other kind of knowledge is an acquisition gradually attained, and poetry is a gift conferred at once...