A Discourse Pronounced at the Capitol of the United States: In the Hall of Representatives, Before the American Historical Society, January 30, 1836P. Thompson, 1836 - 58 páginas |
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... opinions of society , —the feudal institutions are placed in promi- nent view , by this retrospect , among the causes , which have exercised the most decided influence upon the progress of na- tions in modern times : and , as this ...
... opinions of society , —the feudal institutions are placed in promi- nent view , by this retrospect , among the causes , which have exercised the most decided influence upon the progress of na- tions in modern times : and , as this ...
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... opinion , that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature . Knowledge is , in every country , the surest basis of public happiness . In one , in which the measures of government ...
... opinion , that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature . Knowledge is , in every country , the surest basis of public happiness . In one , in which the measures of government ...
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... opinion of artists , that the Venus de Med- icis is yet the model of statuary beauty . And the patriotic citizen , while he blesses God that he was born in the county of Warren , and Hancock , and Franklin , and Jeffer- son , casts a ...
... opinion of artists , that the Venus de Med- icis is yet the model of statuary beauty . And the patriotic citizen , while he blesses God that he was born in the county of Warren , and Hancock , and Franklin , and Jeffer- son , casts a ...
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... the establishment of a free and equal Government , and in the permanent political happiness of the French peo- ple . But while such was the universal wish in our country , • opinions were divided upon the result ; and the 21.
... the establishment of a free and equal Government , and in the permanent political happiness of the French peo- ple . But while such was the universal wish in our country , • opinions were divided upon the result ; and the 21.
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... opinions were divided upon the result ; and the patriot then at the head of the Government , in the exercise of his calm and inflexible judgment , soon discerned , in the course of events , signs of alarming portent , shadowing out that ...
... opinions were divided upon the result ; and the patriot then at the head of the Government , in the exercise of his calm and inflexible judgment , soon discerned , in the course of events , signs of alarming portent , shadowing out that ...
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Página 41 - A little one shall become a thousand, and a small one a strong nation : I the Lord will hasten it in his time.
Página 35 - Farewell the tranquil mind ! Farewell content ! Farewell the plumed troop, and the big wars, That make ambition virtue ! O, farewell ! Farewell the neighing steed, and the shrill trump, The spirit-stirring drum, the ear-piercing fife, The royal banner ; and all quality. Pride, pomp, and circumstance of glorious war ! And O, you mortal engines, whose rude throats The immortal Jove's dread clamours counterfeit, Farewell ! Othello's occupation's gone ! lago.
Página 17 - Nor am I less persuaded that you will agree with me in opinion that there is nothing which can better deserve your patronage than the promotion of science and literature.
Página 18 - See heaven its sparkling portals wide display, And break upon thee in a flood of day...
Página 35 - Having undertaken for the glory of God and the advancement of the Christian faith...
Página 5 - Society shall be to discover, procure, and preserve whatever may relate to the natural, civil, literary, and ecclesiastical history of the United States in general, and of this State in particular.
Página 28 - We were now treading that illustrious island which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish if it were possible.
Página 35 - ... undertaken, to plant the first colony in the Northern parts of Virginia, for the Glory of God, and the Advancement of the Christian Faith".
Página 40 - Virginia, describing the frenzy of the moment, says, " there was no thought, no discourse, no hope and no work, but to dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, and load gold.
Página 5 - Nominations of Corresponding Members may be made by the members of the Society ; but no member shall nominate more than one candidate at the same meeting ; and all nominations shall be made at a meeting previous to that at which the ballot is to be taken.