The Life and Writings of De Witt ClintonBaker and Scribner, 1849 - 381 |
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... treaty , to the citi- zens of the United States the right to deposit their goods at that place , and that she then interdicted it . In this de- bate Mr. Clinton took a prominent part , and he depreca- ted the passage of the resolutions ...
... treaty , to the citi- zens of the United States the right to deposit their goods at that place , and that she then interdicted it . In this de- bate Mr. Clinton took a prominent part , and he depreca- ted the passage of the resolutions ...
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... treaty , after the peace , was made at it . It contains a stone house which was picketted during the war and was called Fort Herkimer . The stone church was also used as a fort during that period , and the loop - holes for seeing ...
... treaty , after the peace , was made at it . It contains a stone house which was picketted during the war and was called Fort Herkimer . The stone church was also used as a fort during that period , and the loop - holes for seeing ...
Strona 76
... treaty of peace , until it was delivered up under Jay's treaty . As an important post , commanding the communication between the lakes and the waters that communicate with the Hudson , it must ever claim the attention of Government . It ...
... treaty of peace , until it was delivered up under Jay's treaty . As an important post , commanding the communication between the lakes and the waters that communicate with the Hudson , it must ever claim the attention of Government . It ...
Strona 124
... treaty . There are marks of shot in the rafters from a six- pounder , and which were fired at the siege under Sir Wm . Johnson . It is said that the French asked permission of the Indians to build a trading - house , and that they ...
... treaty . There are marks of shot in the rafters from a six- pounder , and which were fired at the siege under Sir Wm . Johnson . It is said that the French asked permission of the Indians to build a trading - house , and that they ...
Strona 189
... treaty with William Penn . There was a boy far gone in a consumption - which was a prevalent disease among them . Last winter they were severely pressed by famine ; and , admonished by experience , they intend to put in considerable ...
... treaty with William Penn . There was a boy far gone in a consumption - which was a prevalent disease among them . Last winter they were severely pressed by famine ; and , admonished by experience , they intend to put in considerable ...
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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.