Speeches and Forensic Arguments, Volume 1Perkins & Marvin, 1838 |
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... - er under the existing Federal Government , it is not invidious to say , that few or none are more conspicuous . Endowed by nature with extraordinary powers , he has cultivated them in a PREFACE . manner and to an extent , most propitious.
... - er under the existing Federal Government , it is not invidious to say , that few or none are more conspicuous . Endowed by nature with extraordinary powers , he has cultivated them in a PREFACE . manner and to an extent , most propitious.
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... nature prompts , and teaches to be proper among children of the same Eternal Parent , to the contem- plation of the myriads of fellow beings , with which his goodness has peopled the infinite of space ; -so neither is it false or vain ...
... nature prompts , and teaches to be proper among children of the same Eternal Parent , to the contem- plation of the myriads of fellow beings , with which his goodness has peopled the infinite of space ; -so neither is it false or vain ...
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... nature ; and , more than all , a government , and a country , were to commence , with the very first foundations ... natural objects are associated with interesting scenes and high efforts , obtain a hold on human feeling , and demand ...
... nature ; and , more than all , a government , and a country , were to commence , with the very first foundations ... natural objects are associated with interesting scenes and high efforts , obtain a hold on human feeling , and demand ...
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... nature and force of the feeling which I have endeavoured to describe . As a son , leaving the house of his father for his own , finds , by the order of nature , and the very law of his being , nearer and dearer objects around which his ...
... nature and force of the feeling which I have endeavoured to describe . As a son , leaving the house of his father for his own , finds , by the order of nature , and the very law of his being , nearer and dearer objects around which his ...
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... flatter ourselves , too , that literature and taste have not been stationary , and that some advancement has been made in the elegant , as well as in the useful arts . The nature and constitution of society and government , in 45.
... flatter ourselves , too , that literature and taste have not been stationary , and that some advancement has been made in the elegant , as well as in the useful arts . The nature and constitution of society and government , in 45.
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