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Page 333 - They are themselves mistaken who take him to be a madman He is cool, collected, and indomitable, and it is but just to him to say, that he was humane to his prisoners And he inspired me with great trust in his integrity as a man of truth. He is a fanatic, vain and garrulous,
Page 281 - That the Parliament had, and of right ought to have, power to bind the Colonies in all cases whatsoever.
Page 299 - Divine service shall be performed to-morrow in the different brigades and divisions. The commander-in-chief recommends that all the troops that are not upon duty do assist at it with a serious deportment, and that sensibility of heart which the recollection of the surprising and particular interposition of Divine Providence in our favor claims.
Page 303 - The other principal officers, at the first organization of the government, were Thomas Jefferson, Secretary of State ; Alexander Hamilton, Secretary of the Treasury ; Henry Knox, Secretary of War ; Edmund Randolph, Attorney-General ; Samuel Osgood, Postmaster-General ; and John Jay, Chief Justice of the United States.
Page 114 - If these writings of the Greeks agree with the book of God, they are useless, and need not be preserved; if they disagree, they are pernicious, and ought to be destroyed.
Page 340 - ... that on the first day of january in the year of our lord one thousand eight hundred and sixtythree all persons held as slaves within any state or designated part of a state the people whereof shall then be in rebellion against the united states shall be then thenceforward and forever free...
Page 210 - May it please your majesty, I have neither eyes to see, nor tongue to speak in this place, but as the House is pleased to direct me...
Page 134 - Charlemagne affords a solitary restingplace between two long periods of turbulence and ignominy, deriving the advantages of contrast both from...
Page 283 - Congress, was composed of 55 members, most of whonrwere men of distinguished character and talents. They published a declaration of the rights of the Colonies ; agreed to suspend all commercial intercourse with Great Britain ; and drew up an address to the king, another to the people of Great Britain, and a third to the Colonies. These able state papers were highly applauded by Lord Chatham in the British parliament. 20. The disparity between the two contending parties was immense. Great Britain...
Page 161 - Napoleon issued his Berlin decree, declaring the British islands in a state of blockade, and prohibiting all commerce, and communication with them.