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Historical Sketch of the Second War Between the United States of America ... - Page 493
by Charles Jared Ingersoll - 1845
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Niles' National Register, Volume 6

1814 - 466 pages
...deliberating mind — as follows — "Horn, sir, in a land of r'icrtu, having early learned its valufi— my anxious recollections, my sympathetic feelings}...irresistibly attracted, whensoever in any country, I sec nn oppressed uatiou IMIf'url tlie banners of freedom. I!ut above all, the events nf the French...
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The Columbian Union: Consisting of General and Particular Explanations of ...

Simon Willard - 1814 - 504 pages
...PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S ANSWER. Born, Sir, in a land of liherty ; having early learned its value ; havmg engaged in a perilous conflict to defend it.; having, in a word, devoted the hest years of tay life to secure it a permanent estahlishment in my own country ; mv anxious recollections,...
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The Columbian Union: Consisting of General and Particular Explanations of ...

Simon Willard - 1815 - 212 pages
...surrounding kings. WASHINGTON'S ADDRESS. "Born, sir, in a land of liberty ; having early learn« ed its value ; having engaged in a perilous conflict "to defend it; having, in a word, devoted the best t' years of my life to secure it a permanent establish« ment in my own country ; my anxious recollections,...
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State Papers and Publick Documents of the United States, from the Accession ...

1817 - 512 pages
...Plenipotentiary of the French Republick, on hit presenting the colours of France to the United States. BORN, sir, in a land of liberty ; having early learned its Value...establishment in my own country ; my anxious recollections, my sympathetick feelings, and my best wishes are irresistibly excited, whensoever, in any country, I see...
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Dissertation on the first principles of government

Thomas Paine - 1819 - 758 pages
...by saying the finest fliingfe of hlriiself. u Born, Sir," said' he, " in a land of liberty; having learned its value; having engaged in a perilous conflict...defend it; having, in a word, devoted the best years df my life to secure its permanent establishment in my own country; irig anxious recollections, my...
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The Columbian Orator: Containing a Variety of Original and Selected Pieces ...

Caleb Bingham - 1821 - 312 pages
...prepared for liberty, by aiding them to acquire thejr own. PRESIDENT WASHINGTON'S ANSWER. BORN, Sir, in a land of liberty ; having early learned its value...conflict to defend it ; having, in a word, devoted the beft years of my life to fecure it a permanent eftablifhment in my own country ; my anxious recollections,...
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The Life of George Washington, Commander in Chief of the American ..., Volume 2

Aaron Bancroft - 1826 - 234 pages
...prejudice towards belligerent powers. The following was the reply of the President. '• Born, sir, in a land of liberty ; having early learned its value...establishment in my own country ; my anxious recollections, my sympathetick feelings, and my best wishes are irresistibly attracted, whensoever, in any country, I...
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The Speeches of Henry Clay: Delivered in the Congress of the United States ...

Henry Clay - 1827 - 452 pages
...He would say, in the language of the venerated father of his country, " Born in a land of liberty, my anxious recollections, my sympathetic feelings, and my best wishes, are irresistibly excited, whensoever, in any country, I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom." For...
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The Register of Pennsylvania: Devoted to the Preservation of Facts ..., Volume 8

Samuel Hazard - 1828 - 476 pages
...first magnanimous allies of our nation, just springing from their first struggle with arbitrary power: ""My anxious recollections, my sympathetic feelings, and my best wishes, are irresistibly excited, whensoever, in any country, I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom." And...
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Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania, Volume 8

1832 - 460 pages
...magilanimous allies of our nation, just springing from their first struggle with arbitrary power: "•' My anxious recollections, my sympathetic feelings, and my best wishes, are irresistibly excited, whensoever, in any country, I see an oppressed nation unfurl the banners of freedom." And...
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