Miscellaneous Letters & Essays: On Various SubjectsR. Carlile, 1819 - 261 páginas |
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... ports contained accounts of crimes shocking to human nature , that the most infamous designs had been carried into execution by perfidy and murder . He recapitulated the wretched situation of the East - Indian princes , who held their ...
... ports contained accounts of crimes shocking to human nature , that the most infamous designs had been carried into execution by perfidy and murder . He recapitulated the wretched situation of the East - Indian princes , who held their ...
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... port resembles blood - each glass is strangely meta- morphosed to a man in armour , and every bowl appears a to me . definition of the Hon . Gentleman ( General Burgoyne , ) and of this House , is that the state , as expressed in these ...
... port resembles blood - each glass is strangely meta- morphosed to a man in armour , and every bowl appears a to me . definition of the Hon . Gentleman ( General Burgoyne , ) and of this House , is that the state , as expressed in these ...
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... port at the ensuing election , by the united voice of your com- mittees collected from each of the towns in the county , viz . FOR SENATORS . Moses Vail , of the county of Rensselaer , Stephen Lush , of the city and county of Albany ...
... port at the ensuing election , by the united voice of your com- mittees collected from each of the towns in the county , viz . FOR SENATORS . Moses Vail , of the county of Rensselaer , Stephen Lush , of the city and county of Albany ...
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... port of Government , we now see the lordly Virginian roll- ing over his plantation in his gilded coach , in the free use of all the luxuries of life , but exempt from taxes ; while we are obliged to pay a duty on the necessaries of life ...
... port of Government , we now see the lordly Virginian roll- ing over his plantation in his gilded coach , in the free use of all the luxuries of life , but exempt from taxes ; while we are obliged to pay a duty on the necessaries of life ...
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... ports within six months , but having obtained peace she refused to fulfil the conditions , and kept possession of the posts and embroiled herself in an Indian war . In her treaty of peace with France , she engaged to evacuate Malta ...
... ports within six months , but having obtained peace she refused to fulfil the conditions , and kept possession of the posts and embroiled herself in an Indian war . In her treaty of peace with France , she engaged to evacuate Malta ...
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Página 156 - The inhabitants of the ceded territory shall be incorporated in the Union of the United States, and admitted, as soon as possible, according to the principles of the federal constitution, to the enjoyment of all the rights, advantages, and immunities of citizens of the United States ; and, in the mean time, they shall be maintained and protected in the free enjoyment of their liberty, property, and the religion which they profess.
Página 257 - It was to bring forward and establish the representative system of government, as the work itself will show, that was the leading principle with me in writing that work, and all my other works, during the progress of the revolution: And I followed the same principle in writing the Rights of Man in England.
Página 18 - There is nothing which obtains so general an influence over the manners and morals of a people as the Press; from that, as from a fountain, the streams of vice or virtue are poured forth over a country: And of all publications, none are more calculated to improve or infect than a periodical One.
Página 94 - But let us now look calmly and confidentially forward, and success is certain. It is no longer the paltry cause of kings, or of this, or of that individual, that calls France and her armies into action. It is the great cause of ALL. It is the establishment of a new cera, that shall blot despotism from the earth, and fix, on the lasting principles of peace and citizenship, the great Republic of Man.
Página 179 - THE CAUSE OF THE YELLOW FEVER, AND THE MEANS OF PREVENTING IT IN PLACES NOT YET INFECTED WITH IT. Addressed to the Board of Health in America} A GREAT deal has been written respecting the Yellow Fever. First, with respect to its causes, whether domestic or imported. Secondly, on the mode of treating it. What I am going to suggest in this essay is, to ascertain some point to begin at, in order to arrive at the cause, and for this purpose some preliminary observations at™ necessary.
Página 124 - MEMORY, like a beauty that is always present to hear herself flattered, is flattered by every one. But the absent and silent goddess, Forgetfulness, has no votaries, and is never thought of: yet we owe her much. She is the goddess of ease, though not of pleasure. When the mind is like a room hung with black, and every corner of it...
Página 38 - My defence will be heard at that bar ; but before I sit down, I have one request to make to the House, — that, when they come to decide upon my honour, they will not forget their own.
Página 128 - Pen and ink were then of no use to me: no good could be done by writing, and no printer dared to print; and whatever I might have written for my private amusement, as anecdotes of the times, would have been continually exposed to be examined, and tortured into any meaning that the rage of party might fix upon it; and as to softer subjects, my heart was in distress at the fate of my friends, and my harp hung upon the weeping willows.
Página 106 - Kings ; we have been the wretched victims that have never ceased to suffer either for them or by them. The catalogue of their oppressions was complete, but to complete the sum of their crimes, treason was yet wanting. Now the only vacancy is filled up, the dreadful list is full ; the system is exhausted ; there are no remaining errors for them to commit ; their reign is consequently at an end.
Página 108 - ... submitting this proposition, I consider myself as a citizen of both countries. I submit it as a citizen of America, who feels the debt of gratitude which he owes to every Frenchman. I submit it also as a man, who, although the enemy of kings, cannot forget that they are subject to human frailties. I support my proposition as a citizen of the French Republic, because it appears to me the best, the most politic measure that can be adopted.