A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett, Volume 2Taylor & Dodd, 1840 |
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... exercise of his great talents and acquirements . The death of such a man , of great wisdom and worth , whose whole life has been passed in the public service , and whose history is interwoven with that of our country in some of its ...
... exercise of his great talents and acquirements . The death of such a man , of great wisdom and worth , whose whole life has been passed in the public service , and whose history is interwoven with that of our country in some of its ...
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... exercise of high official functions , had done all in his power to change the character of the government from popular to monarchical , should be suddenly cut off by death , would it be unjustifiable in those who deprecated his opinions ...
... exercise of high official functions , had done all in his power to change the character of the government from popular to monarchical , should be suddenly cut off by death , would it be unjustifiable in those who deprecated his opinions ...
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... exercise of truth and reason . But whether we are right or wrong in these opinions , we hold fast , nevertheless , to the inviolability of the law , and exert our voice with all possible earnestness against the 24 OF POLITICAL WRITINGS.
... exercise of truth and reason . But whether we are right or wrong in these opinions , we hold fast , nevertheless , to the inviolability of the law , and exert our voice with all possible earnestness against the 24 OF POLITICAL WRITINGS.
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... fearfully dangerous power has been withheld from the Postmaster General , that func- tionary is in favour of its exercise by his subordinates , > and instead of reprehending Mr. Gouverneur for his law 38 POLITICAL WRITINGS OF.
... fearfully dangerous power has been withheld from the Postmaster General , that func- tionary is in favour of its exercise by his subordinates , > and instead of reprehending Mr. Gouverneur for his law 38 POLITICAL WRITINGS OF.
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... supposed , whether in a religious or moral , a political or social respect . But while the Postmaster General is so anxious to shift from his own head all responsibility for this discretionary exercise WILLIAM 43 LEGGETT .
... supposed , whether in a religious or moral , a political or social respect . But while the Postmaster General is so anxious to shift from his own head all responsibility for this discretionary exercise WILLIAM 43 LEGGETT .
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A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett ..., Volume 2 William Leggett Visualização integral - 1840 |
A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett ..., Volume 2 William Leggett Visualização integral - 1840 |
A Collection of the Political Writings of William Leggett, Volume 2 William Leggett Visualização integral - 1840 |
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Página 135 - Ye friends to truth, ye statesmen, who survey The rich man's joys increase, the poor's decay, 'Tis yours to judge how wide the limits stand Between a splendid and a happy land.
Página 62 - This study renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defence, full of resources. In other countries, the people, more simple and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance. Here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle. They augur misgovernment at a distance ; and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.
Página 55 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Página 270 - All bonds, bills, notes, assurances, conveyances, all other contracts or securities whatsoever, except bottomry and respondentia bonds and contracts, and all deposits of goods or other things whatsoever, whereupon or whereby there shall be reserved or taken, or secured or agreed to be reserved or taken, any greater sum, or greater value, for the loan or forbearance of any money, goods or other things in action, than is above prescribed, shall be void.
Página 203 - For who knows not that Truth is strong, next to the Almighty; she needs no policies, nor stratagems, nor licensings to make her victorious, those are the shifts and the defences that Error uses against her power.
Página 270 - Imlac, what thou wilt not without difficulty credit. I have possessed for five years the regulation of the weather and the distribution of the seasons ; the sun has listened to my dictates, and passed from tropic to tropic by my direction ; the clouds, at my call, have poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command ; I have restrained the rage of the dog-star, and mitigated the fervours of the crab.
Página 210 - ... this obstructing violence meets for the most part with an event utterly opposite to the end which it drives at; instead of suppressing sects and schisms, it raises them and invests them with a reputation. ' The punishing of wits enhances their authority...
Página 278 - But let concealment like a worm i' th' bud Feed on her damask cheek: she pin'd in thought, And with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like Patience on a Monument, Smiling at grief.
Página 271 - The clouds at my call have poured their waters, and the Nile has overflowed at my command. I have restrained the rage of the Dog-star, and mitigated the fervours of the Crab. The winds alone of all the elemental powers have hitherto refused my authority; and multitudes have perished by equinoctial tempests, which I found myself unable to prohibit or restrain.
Página 209 - You owe me no subscription: then let fall Your horrible pleasure: here I stand, your slave, A poor, infirm, weak, and despised old man: But yet I call you servile ministers, That have with two pernicious daughters join'd Your high engender'd battles 'gainst a head So old and white as this.