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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... single vote . The debate on it was most bloody . I was then but a student , and stood at the door of communication between the house and the lobby during the whole debate and vote ; and I well remember , that , after the numbers , on ...
... single vote . The debate on it was most bloody . I was then but a student , and stood at the door of communication between the house and the lobby during the whole debate and vote ; and I well remember , that , after the numbers , on ...
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... single vote : for one vote would have divid- ed the House , and Robinson was in the chair , who he knew would have negatived the resolution . " " It was in the midst of this magnificent appeal , so electrifying to his impassioned ...
... single vote : for one vote would have divid- ed the House , and Robinson was in the chair , who he knew would have negatived the resolution . " " It was in the midst of this magnificent appeal , so electrifying to his impassioned ...
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... single interposition of an interested indi- vidual against a law , was scarcely ever known to fail of success , though in the opposite scale were placed the interests of a whole country . This was Mr. Jefferson's first measure of reform ...
... single interposition of an interested indi- vidual against a law , was scarcely ever known to fail of success , though in the opposite scale were placed the interests of a whole country . This was Mr. Jefferson's first measure of reform ...
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... single exception . The impetus thus given to the heroic example of Massachusetts , by a remote Province , carried it home to the breast of every Colony . The non - importation agreement became general . All the lux- uries , and many of ...
... single exception . The impetus thus given to the heroic example of Massachusetts , by a remote Province , carried it home to the breast of every Colony . The non - importation agreement became general . All the lux- uries , and many of ...
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... single exception , halted , as the ne plus ultra of colo- nial right , he only called the half - way house . ' A brief memoran- dum , which he himself has left of that period , explains the ground which he occupied , and the precise ...
... single exception , halted , as the ne plus ultra of colo- nial right , he only called the half - way house . ' A brief memoran- dum , which he himself has left of that period , explains the ground which he occupied , and the precise ...
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