| Jonathan Elliot - Constitutional law - 1876 - 678 pages
...to hear that our councils are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel ; and that our slates are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for the purpose of cutting one another's throats. Thus I consent, sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because... | |
| Henry Barnard - Education - 1877 - 982 pages
...expected? It therefore astonishes me, sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it * Under the lead of the Rev. John Eliot, sundry Inhabitants of Roxbnry, in 1646, only fifteen ye counsels are confounded like those of the builders of Babel, and that our States are on the point of... | |
| Education - 1877 - 972 pages
...expected? It therefore astonishes me, sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear, that our counsels are confounded like those of the builders of Babel, and that our States are on the point of... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - Printers - 1884 - 556 pages
...expected ? It therefore astonishes me, Sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear, that our counsels are confounded like those of the builders of Babel, and that our States are on the point of... | |
| United States - 1886 - 190 pages
...expected ? It, therefore, astonishes me, sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who...councils are confounded, like those, of the builders of Babel, and that our States are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for the purpose of... | |
| Caroline Matilda Kirkland - Readers - 1866 - 402 pages
...presidency. THE FEDEEAL CONSTITUTION. 137 our counsels are confounded, like those of the builders of Babel, and that our States are on the point of separation,...only to meet hereafter for the purpose of cutting one another's throats. Thus I consent, Sir, to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because... | |
| Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States. Ohio Commandery - United States - 1888 - 542 pages
...expected ? " It, therefore, astonishes me, sir, to see this system approaching so near perfection as it does ; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who...councils are confounded like those of the builders af Babylon, and that our states are on the point of separation, only to meet hereafter for the purpose... | |
| Augustus Wood Clason - Constitutional conventions - 1888 - 190 pages
...and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting to hear that our councils are confounded, and that our States are on the point of separation,...only to meet hereafter for the purpose of cutting one another's throats. I consent to this Constitution, because I expect no better, and because I am... | |
| William A. Campbell - Readers - 1890 - 514 pages
...expected ? It, therefore, astonishes me, Sir, to find this system approaching so near to perfection as it does; and I think it will astonish our enemies, who are waiting with confidence to hear that our counsels are confounded like those of the builders of Babel, and that our States are on the point of... | |
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