Essays and Letters, Volume 2R. & W.A.Bartow & Company, 1822 - American essays |
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Page 21
... sent a very short harvest to some other countries of Europe . I thought this might be in favour of Old England ; and that now we should get a good price for our grain , which would bring millions among us , and make us flow in money ...
... sent a very short harvest to some other countries of Europe . I thought this might be in favour of Old England ; and that now we should get a good price for our grain , which would bring millions among us , and make us flow in money ...
Page 33
... service , for which he refused to be paid . My wife , understanding that he had a daughter , sent her a present of a new - fashioned cap . Three years after , this skipper being at my house with an COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL . 333.
... service , for which he refused to be paid . My wife , understanding that he had a daughter , sent her a present of a new - fashioned cap . Three years after , this skipper being at my house with an COMMERCIAL AND POLITICAL . 333.
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... sent me , was one , entitled Thoughts on Executive Justice . In return for that , I send you a French one on the same sub- ject , " Observations concernant l'execution de l ' article II de la déclaration sur le vol . " They are both ...
... sent me , was one , entitled Thoughts on Executive Justice . In return for that , I send you a French one on the same sub- ject , " Observations concernant l'execution de l ' article II de la déclaration sur le vol . " They are both ...
Page 66
... sent to exchange my liberty of abusing others , for the privilege of not being abused myself . By whom the Court is commissioned or constituted . It is not by any commission from the supreme executive council , who might previously ...
... sent to exchange my liberty of abusing others , for the privilege of not being abused myself . By whom the Court is commissioned or constituted . It is not by any commission from the supreme executive council , who might previously ...
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... sent to govern ; have no estate , natural connexion , or relation there , to give them an affection for the country ; that they come only to make money as fast as they can ; are some- times men of vicious characters and broken fortunes , ...
... sent to govern ; have no estate , natural connexion , or relation there , to give them an affection for the country ; that they come only to make money as fast as they can ; are some- times men of vicious characters and broken fortunes , ...
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