 | Noah Webster - 1804 - 232 sider
...barbarians— a whiff of tobacco fmoke or a firing of beads gives not merely binding force but fanflity to treaties. Even in Algiers, a truce may be bought...for money, but when ratified, even Algiers, is too wife or too juft to difown and annul its obligation. Thus we fee neither the ignorance of favages,... | |
 | Fisher Ames - 1809 - 576 sider
...by barbarians : a whiff of tobacco smoke, or a string of beads, gives not merely binding force, but sanctity to treaties. Even in Algiers, a truce may...engagements. If, sir, there could be a resurrection from the foot of the gallows, if the victims of justice could live again, collect together and form a society,... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1809 - 202 sider
....smoke, or a string of beads, gives not merely binding force but sanctity to treaties. Even jn Al^ giers, a truce may be bought for money, but when ratified,...too just to disown and annul its obligation. Thus ^ye see neither the ignorance of savages, nor the principles of an association for piracy and rapine,... | |
 | Noah Webster - 1814 - 240 sider
...barbarians — a whiff of tobacco s:noke, or a string of beads, gives not merely binding force but sanctity to treaties. Even in Algiers, a truce may...engagements. If, sir, there could be a resurrection from the foot of the gallows, if the victims of justice could live again, collect together and form a society,... | |
 | Stephen Cullen Carpenter - 1815 - 534 sider
...barbarians: a whiff of tobacco smoke, or a string of beads, gives not merely binding force, but sanction to treaties. Even in Algiers, a truce may be bought...ratified, even Algiers is too wise or too just to disown or annul its obligation. Thus we see, neither the ignorance of savages, nor the principles of an association... | |
 | 1827 - 532 sider
...barbarians — a whiff of tobacco smoke, or a string of beads, gives not merely binding force, but sanctity to treaties. Even in Algiers, a truce may...engagements. If, sir, there could be a resurrection from the foot of the gallows, if the victims of justice could live again, collect together and form a society,... | |
 | 1827 - 524 sider
...or a string of beads, gives not mgrelyjbinding force, but sanctity to treaties. Even in 7J2g3eScs, a truce may be bought for money, but when ratified,...engagements. If, sir, there could be a resurrection from the foot of the gallows, if the victims of justice could live again, collect together and form a society,... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 558 sider
...barbarians — a whifT of tobacco smoke, or a string of beads, gives not merely binding force, but sanctity to treaties. Even in Algiers, a truce may...rapine, permit a nation to despise its engagements. " Will the tendency to Indian hostilities," he added, " be contested by any one ? Experience gives... | |
 | Timothy Pitkin - 1828 - 552 sider
...barbarians — a whiff of tobacco smoke, or a string of beads, gives not merely binding force, but sanctity to treaties. Even in Algiers, a truce may...disown and annul its obligation. Thus we see neither tlte ignorance of savages, nor the principles of an association for piracy and rapine, permit a nation... | |
 | George Barrell Cheever - 1830 - 96 sider
...of politics, the religion of governments. It is observed by barbarians; a whiff of tobacco sinok«, or a string of beads, gives not merely a binding force,...rapine, permit a nation to despise its engagements. If, fir, there could be a resurrection from the foot of the gallows, if the victims of Justice could live... | |
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It is observed by barbarians — a whiff of tobacco smoke, or a string of beads, gives not merely binding force, but sanctity to treaties. Even in Algiers, a truce may be bought for money, but when ratified, even Algiers is too wise, or too just, to disown... 
