The Life and Writings of De Witt ClintonBaker and Scribner, 1849 - 381 |
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... side by side against France and her dependencies , and it seemed at times as if the fate of nations three thou- sand miles removed was to be decided by the hot con- tests of their armies amid the green forests of this xvi SKETCH OF THE ...
... side by side against France and her dependencies , and it seemed at times as if the fate of nations three thou- sand miles removed was to be decided by the hot con- tests of their armies amid the green forests of this xvi SKETCH OF THE ...
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... was a professor of Natural Law , History , and Languages in the college in which he was educated , and was also noted for his witty effusions on the side of roy- alty . The best imitator of Butler has incorporated their DE WITT CLINTON .
... was a professor of Natural Law , History , and Languages in the college in which he was educated , and was also noted for his witty effusions on the side of roy- alty . The best imitator of Butler has incorporated their DE WITT CLINTON .
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... side of America ; and , enthroned in the hearts of his countrymen , and distinguished for the courage which marks the German character , he rallied the de- sponding , animated the wavering , confirmed the doubtful , and encouraged the ...
... side of America ; and , enthroned in the hearts of his countrymen , and distinguished for the courage which marks the German character , he rallied the de- sponding , animated the wavering , confirmed the doubtful , and encouraged the ...
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... into this important department , have furnished perhaps the best school for a knowledge of the learned languages on this side of the Atlantic . It would perhaps be an unpardonable omission , not to COLUMBIA COLLEGE . 11.
... into this important department , have furnished perhaps the best school for a knowledge of the learned languages on this side of the Atlantic . It would perhaps be an unpardonable omission , not to COLUMBIA COLLEGE . 11.
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... side , and Nassau Hall on the other . Her endowments were disproportioned to her exigencies . The controversies about our independence entered into her walls , and the horn of civil discord was even sounded in the retreats of science ...
... side , and Nassau Hall on the other . Her endowments were disproportioned to her exigencies . The controversies about our independence entered into her walls , and the horn of civil discord was even sounded in the retreats of science ...
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Strona 1 - When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America ; when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Strona 200 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Strona 295 - For to say, that a blind custom of obedience should be a surer obligation than duty taught and understood; it is to affirm, that a blind man may tread surer by a guide than a seeing man can by a light.
Strona 321 - Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood ; Some mute, inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Strona 357 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged, than that her seat is the bosom of God, her voice the harmony of the world : all things in heaven and earth do her homage, the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power : both Angels and Men, and creatures of what condition soever, though each in different sort and manner, yet all, with uniform consent, admiring her as the Mother of their peace and joy.
Strona 344 - ... a couch whereupon to rest a searching and restless spirit; or a terrace for a wandering and variable mind to walk up and down with a fair prospect; or a tower of state for a proud mind to raise itself upon; or a fort or commanding ground for strife and contention; or a shop for profit or sale; and not a rich storehouse for the glory of the Creator and the relief of man's estate.
Strona 362 - We may go where we please, and carry with us whom we please, and buy and sell what we please : if your allies be your slaves, use them as such, command them to receive no other but your people.
Strona 246 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? PORTIUS.
Strona 225 - Heaven's height, and with the centre mix the pole. Silence, ye troubled waves, and thou deep, peace, Said then the omnific Word, your discord end.
Strona 361 - I thank you, in their name, for bringing back into their country the calumet, which your predecessor received from their hands. It was happy for you, that you left under ground that murdering hatchet that has been so often dyed in the blood of the French.