Sketches of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of Thomas Jefferson: With Selections of the Most Valuable Portions of His Voluminous and Unrivaled Private CorrespondenceA. Francis and W. Boardman, 1832 - 556 Seiten |
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... occasion of Independence , and from the probability , or rather certainty , that a like knowledge of them is not to be expect- ed from any other source . Appended to the Memoir , or within the body of it , are a variety of ancient ...
... occasion of Independence , and from the probability , or rather certainty , that a like knowledge of them is not to be expect- ed from any other source . Appended to the Memoir , or within the body of it , are a variety of ancient ...
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... occasion , in the freedom of unrestrained confidence , and spreading over a period of fifty years , have opened the folding - doors to the character of Mr. Jefferson , and introduced us into the sanctuary of his most secret meditations ...
... occasion , in the freedom of unrestrained confidence , and spreading over a period of fifty years , have opened the folding - doors to the character of Mr. Jefferson , and introduced us into the sanctuary of his most secret meditations ...
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... occasion was not long wanting , which was fitted to evoke the master passion of his nature in bold and prominent relief . His faculties were just fledging into manhood ; they had begun to assume their distinctive flight , and to ...
... occasion was not long wanting , which was fitted to evoke the master passion of his nature in bold and prominent relief . His faculties were just fledging into manhood ; they had begun to assume their distinctive flight , and to ...
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... occasion which gave it birth . Not so with Jefferson ; the sensations which it excited in him were purely intellectual ; it composed his reflective mind into a deep and settled reverie , which the lapse of half a cen- tury had not ...
... occasion which gave it birth . Not so with Jefferson ; the sensations which it excited in him were purely intellectual ; it composed his reflective mind into a deep and settled reverie , which the lapse of half a cen- tury had not ...
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... occasion adequate to disclose the immensity of his technical preparation , or the extent of his abilities as an advocate . The out- break of the Revolution , which was followed by a general occlusion of the Courts of Justice , trod ...
... occasion adequate to disclose the immensity of his technical preparation , or the extent of his abilities as an advocate . The out- break of the Revolution , which was followed by a general occlusion of the Courts of Justice , trod ...
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