The Life of Thomas Jefferson: Esq., LL. D., Late Ex President of the United StatesPrinted on the Vertical Press, by D. & S. Neall, 1826 - 111 páginas |
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... thought . Who among us does not rejoice at the great and lasting blessings derived from a learned faculty in the healing art ? I consider the learned physician as the Hierophant of nature , who explains her mysteries and records her ...
... thought . Who among us does not rejoice at the great and lasting blessings derived from a learned faculty in the healing art ? I consider the learned physician as the Hierophant of nature , who explains her mysteries and records her ...
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... thought , to such as he deemed more advan- tageous . He was peculiarly fitted to be the great presiding genius of a country , and his great contemporaries should have been his ministers ; and he will undoubtedly gain in reputa- tion as ...
... thought , to such as he deemed more advan- tageous . He was peculiarly fitted to be the great presiding genius of a country , and his great contemporaries should have been his ministers ; and he will undoubtedly gain in reputa- tion as ...
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... thought much inferior to Fielding as a describer of human nature . Demosthenes was his favourite orator . Plutarch's writings he professed to admire beyond those of any other . He preferred Euripides to Sophocles among the dramatists ...
... thought much inferior to Fielding as a describer of human nature . Demosthenes was his favourite orator . Plutarch's writings he professed to admire beyond those of any other . He preferred Euripides to Sophocles among the dramatists ...
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... thought of absolute independence for their country ; but this they certainly had in view , that as encroachment might follow encroachment , and irritation for a long time continue , that the public mind should be enlightened , and the ...
... thought of absolute independence for their country ; but this they certainly had in view , that as encroachment might follow encroachment , and irritation for a long time continue , that the public mind should be enlightened , and the ...
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... thoughts in full and clear proportion : free from affectation , and frequently beautiful ; strong without effort , and adapted to the occasion ; nervous in argument , burning in passion , and capable of matching the loftiest flights of ...
... thoughts in full and clear proportion : free from affectation , and frequently beautiful ; strong without effort , and adapted to the occasion ; nervous in argument , burning in passion , and capable of matching the loftiest flights of ...
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Página 44 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it ; I have killed many ; I have fully glutted my vengeance ; for my country 1 rejoice at the beams of peace.
Página 77 - ... that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order...
Página 76 - ... to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical; that even the forcing him to support this or that teacher of his own religious persuasion, is depriving him of the comfortable liberty of giving his contributions to the particular pastor, whose morals he would make his pattern...
Página 75 - Almighty power to do; that the impious presumption of legislators and rulers, civil as well as ecclesiastical, who, being themselves but fallible and uninspired men have assumed dominion over the faith of others...
Página 75 - Almighty God hath created the mind free; that all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments or burdens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the Holy Author of our religion...
Página 78 - ... the rights hereby asserted are of the natural rights of mankind, and that if any act shall be hereafter passed to repeal the present, or to narrow its operation, such act will be an infringement of natural right.
Página 96 - ... an inflexible determination to maintain peace and inviolable faith with all nations, and that system of neutrality and impartiality among the belligerent powers of Europe which has been adopted by this government...
Página ii - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
Página 77 - THAT NO MAN SHALL BE COMPELLED to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burdened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.
Página 77 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested, or burthened in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in no wise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.