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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... thing that ever came from that remarkable man ; and by another considerable portion , with a corresponding degree of dissatisfaction , always to be expect- ed from the well known opinions of the Author on certain funda- mental points of ...
... thing that ever came from that remarkable man ; and by another considerable portion , with a corresponding degree of dissatisfaction , always to be expect- ed from the well known opinions of the Author on certain funda- mental points of ...
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... thing could give stability to those principles , which form alike the basis of his renown , and the elements of the splendid structure of free government which he was chiefly instru- mental in establishing , it would be such an ...
... thing could give stability to those principles , which form alike the basis of his renown , and the elements of the splendid structure of free government which he was chiefly instru- mental in establishing , it would be such an ...
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... thing , that he made himself master of the Anglo - Saxon , as a root of the English , and " an element in legal Philology . " But it was the acquaintances which he had the good fortune to form , while in college , which probably ...
... thing , that he made himself master of the Anglo - Saxon , as a root of the English , and " an element in legal Philology . " But it was the acquaintances which he had the good fortune to form , while in college , which probably ...
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... things in which we are placed . Fortunately , the philosophical chair became vacant soon after my arrival at college ... thing that could have been wished for by Virginia , under the royal government . Generous , lib- eral , elegant in ...
... things in which we are placed . Fortunately , the philosophical chair became vacant soon after my arrival at college ... thing that could have been wished for by Virginia , under the royal government . Generous , lib- eral , elegant in ...
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... thing of a popular orator . " It is true , " contin- ues the writer , " he was not distinguished in popular debate ; why he was not so , has often been matter of surprise to those who have seen his eloquence on paper , and heard it in ...
... thing of a popular orator . " It is true , " contin- ues the writer , " he was not distinguished in popular debate ; why he was not so , has often been matter of surprise to those who have seen his eloquence on paper , and heard it in ...
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