The National Portrait Gallery of Distinguished Americans, Volumen2H. Perkins, 1835 |
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... reputation ; the project was very profitable , and afforded him an opportunity of distinguishing himself as a political writer . He also opened a shop for the sale of books and stationery . In 1732 , having had leisure for both reading ...
... reputation ; the project was very profitable , and afforded him an opportunity of distinguishing himself as a political writer . He also opened a shop for the sale of books and stationery . In 1732 , having had leisure for both reading ...
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... reputation , both at home and abroad , and he received the additional appointment of agent for the provinces of Massachusetts , Maryland , and Georgia . The degree of doctor of laws was now conferred on him by the university of Oxford ...
... reputation , both at home and abroad , and he received the additional appointment of agent for the provinces of Massachusetts , Maryland , and Georgia . The degree of doctor of laws was now conferred on him by the university of Oxford ...
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... reputation , the ease , gaiety , and richness of his conversation - all contributed to render him an object of admiration to courtiers , fashionable ladies and savans . He regularly attended the meetings of the Academy 12 NATIONAL ...
... reputation , the ease , gaiety , and richness of his conversation - all contributed to render him an object of admiration to courtiers , fashionable ladies and savans . He regularly attended the meetings of the Academy 12 NATIONAL ...
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... reputation in society . This plan is prefaced by the fol- lowing reflections . " Those who write of the art of poetry , teach us , that if we would write what would be worth the reading , we ought always before we begin , to form a ...
... reputation in society . This plan is prefaced by the fol- lowing reflections . " Those who write of the art of poetry , teach us , that if we would write what would be worth the reading , we ought always before we begin , to form a ...
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... reputation . The former resided for half a century at Lexington , in the county of Middlesex ; a spot which subsequently became hallowed ground , in conjunction with Concord , the adjoining town , by having witnessed the first battle of ...
... reputation . The former resided for half a century at Lexington , in the county of Middlesex ; a spot which subsequently became hallowed ground , in conjunction with Concord , the adjoining town , by having witnessed the first battle of ...
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Página 6 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the state governments in all their rights, as the most competent administration for our domestic concerns, and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government
Página 4 - and my father having, among his instructions to me when a boy, frequently repeated a proverb of Solomon, ' Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men;' I thence considered industry as a mean of obtaining
Página 6 - trials by juries impartially selected. " These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us, and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. To the attainment of them," he concludes, " have been devoted the wisdom of our sages, and the blood of our
Página 7 - they should be the creed of our political faith, the text of civil instruction, the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust: and, should we wander from them in moments of error or of alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety.
Página 10 - to the virtues of such men, man owes His portion in the good that Heaven bestows; And when recording history displays, Feats of renown, though wrought in ancient days; Tells of a few stout hearts, that fought and died Where duty placed them, at their country's side; The man that is not moved
Página 1 - upon their ruins of a general consolidated government, will be the inevitable consequence; That the principle and construction contended for by sundry of the state legislatures, that the general government is the exclusive judge of the extent of the powers delegated to it, stop nothing short of
Página 13 - condition of a clerk, to which my fortune condemns me, and would willingly risk my life, though not my character, to exalt my station; I mean to prepare the way for futurity.
Página 11 - the author of the declaration of independence, of the statutes of Virginia for religious freedom, and the father of the university." On Monday, the following day, he inquired of those around him with much solicitude, what was the day of the month; they told him it was the
Página 4 - second to no astronomer living; that in genius he must be the first, because he is self-taught. As an artist, he has exhibited as great a proof of mechanical genius as the world has ever produced. He has not indeed made a world; but he has, by imitation, approached nearer his Maker than any mere man who has lived from the creation to