Chronicle of the conquest of GranadaHenry G. Bohn, 1859 |
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1343 페이지
... duty , directed that he should be reinstated in it , which was done . ' It was therefore arranged that Colonel Gimat's battalion should lead the van and be followed by that of Hamilton , and that the latter should command the whole ...
... duty , directed that he should be reinstated in it , which was done . ' It was therefore arranged that Colonel Gimat's battalion should lead the van and be followed by that of Hamilton , and that the latter should command the whole ...
1347 페이지
Washington Irving. sickness and death , and exhausted by constant watching and severe duty . Unwilling to expose the residue of the brave troops which had stood by him so faithfully to the dangers and horrors of an assault , which could ...
Washington Irving. sickness and death , and exhausted by constant watching and severe duty . Unwilling to expose the residue of the brave troops which had stood by him so faithfully to the dangers and horrors of an assault , which could ...
1350 페이지
... duty should universally attend , with that seriousness of deportment and gratitude of heart which the recognition of such reiterated and astonishing interpositions of Providence demands of us . ” Cornwallis felt deeply the humiliation ...
... duty should universally attend , with that seriousness of deportment and gratitude of heart which the recognition of such reiterated and astonishing interpositions of Providence demands of us . ” Cornwallis felt deeply the humiliation ...
1359 페이지
... duty obliged Washington to do violence to his natural impulses , and he declares in one of his letters that the situation of Captain Asgill often filled him with the keenest anguish . " I felt for him on many accounts ; and not the ...
... duty obliged Washington to do violence to his natural impulses , and he declares in one of his letters that the situation of Captain Asgill often filled him with the keenest anguish . " I felt for him on many accounts ; and not the ...
1369 페이지
... duty which forbade you from meeting on the third day of the week have forbidden you from meeting on the seventh ? Is not the same subject held up to your view ? and has it not passed the seal of office , and taken all the solemnity of ...
... duty which forbade you from meeting on the third day of the week have forbidden you from meeting on the seventh ? Is not the same subject held up to your view ? and has it not passed the seal of office , and taken all the solemnity of ...
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1679 페이지 - Will it not be their wisdom to rely for the preservation of these advantages on the union by which they were procured? Will they not henceforth be deaf to those advisers, if such there are, who would sever them from their brethren, and connect them with aliens?
1684 페이지 - And can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period a great nation to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence. Who can doubt that in the course of time and things the fruits of such a plan would richly repay any temporary advantages which might be lost by a steady adherence to it? Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity...
1688 페이지 - THOUGH in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am, nevertheless, too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils, to which they may tend. I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence...
1682 페이지 - A just estimate of that love of power and proneness to abuse it which predominates in the human heart is sufficient to satisfy us of the truth of this position. The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power by dividing and distributing it into different depositories...
1675 페이지 - The unity of government, which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you. It is justly so; for it is a main pillar in the edifice of your real independence, the support of your tranquillity at home, your peace abroad; of your safety; of your prosperity; of that very liberty which you so highly prize.
1679 페이지 - Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true "liberty. -The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. — But, the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.
1684 페이지 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct: and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
1681 페이지 - The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual ; and sooner or later, the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation, on the ruins of public liberty.
1673 페이지 - I beg you at the same time to do me the justice to be assured that this resolution has not been taken without a strict regard to all the considerations appertaining to the relation which binds a dutiful citizen to his country; and that in withdrawing the tender of service, which silence in my...
1679 페이지 - This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support.