Addresses and Proceedings at the Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding of the American Whig Society: Of the College of New Jersey, Princeton, N. J., June 29th, 1869 |
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... become a body corporate in law , the Trustees of the said College shall and will legally transfer the said share . ” I regret to add that in the financial crisis of 1837 this legacy was reduced to one - tenth of its original value , and ...
... become a body corporate in law , the Trustees of the said College shall and will legally transfer the said share . ” I regret to add that in the financial crisis of 1837 this legacy was reduced to one - tenth of its original value , and ...
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... become ob- noxious on account of his patriotism , was arrested and subjected to the hardships and sufferings usual- ly inflicted upon the imprisoned patriots of our Rev- olution . He died , shortly after his release , HISTORY OF THE ...
... become ob- noxious on account of his patriotism , was arrested and subjected to the hardships and sufferings usual- ly inflicted upon the imprisoned patriots of our Rev- olution . He died , shortly after his release , HISTORY OF THE ...
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... become the greatest son . He entered Nassau Hall early in the summer term of 1769. He came from Virginia where the public mind was agitated with that true patriotism which soon culminated in those celebra- ted Resolutions of the House ...
... become the greatest son . He entered Nassau Hall early in the summer term of 1769. He came from Virginia where the public mind was agitated with that true patriotism which soon culminated in those celebra- ted Resolutions of the House ...
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... become a member of the Virginia House of Delegates . These two great men then began a friendship that was destined to continue and strengthen for half a century . elder thus expressed his opinion of the younger : " Mr. Madison came into ...
... become a member of the Virginia House of Delegates . These two great men then began a friendship that was destined to continue and strengthen for half a century . elder thus expressed his opinion of the younger : " Mr. Madison came into ...
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... become a violent partisan and hence , although the ablest statesman if not the leader of the republi- can opposition , he retained the respect of the Fed- eral party and , above all , the confidence and warm friendship of Washington ...
... become a violent partisan and hence , although the ablest statesman if not the leader of the republi- can opposition , he retained the respect of the Fed- eral party and , above all , the confidence and warm friendship of Washington ...
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Page 166 - Others more mild, Retreated in a silent valley, sing With notes angelical to many a harp Their own heroic deeds and hapless fall By doom of battle ; and complain that fate ' Free virtue should enthrall to force or chance.
Page 55 - ... here the guardian shade, And sent soft waters murmuring by; Thus quietly thy summer goes, Thy days declining to repose. Smit with those charms, that must decay, I grieve to see your future doom; They died — nor were those flowers more gay, The flowers that did in Eden bloom; Unpitying frosts, and Autumn's power Shall leave no vestige of this flower. From morning suns and evening dews At first thy little being came: If nothing once, you nothing lose, For when you die you are the same; The space...
Page 170 - ... in the entrance of philosophy, when the second causes, which are next unto the senses, do offer themselves to the mind of man, if it dwell and stay there, it may induce some oblivion of the highest cause ; but when a man passeth on...
Page 167 - Others apart sat on a hill retired, In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high Of providence, foreknowledge, will, and fate; Fix'd fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute: And found no end, in wandering mazes lost.
Page 62 - From thence he went to Congress, then consisting of few members. Trained in these successive schools, he acquired a habit of self-possession, which placed at ready command the rich resources of his luminous and discriminating mind, and of his extensive information, and rendered him the first of...
Page 54 - FAIR flower, that dost so comely grow, Hid in this silent, dull retreat, Untouched thy honied blossoms blow, Unseen thy little branches greet: No roving foot shall crush thee here, No busy hand provoke a tear. By Nature's self in white arrayed, She bade thee shun the vulgar eye, And planted here the guardian shade, And sent soft waters murmuring by; Thus quietly thy summer goes, Thy days declining to repose.
Page 51 - At Eutaw Springs the valiant died; Their limbs with dust are covered o'er— Weep on, ye springs, your tearful tide; How many heroes are no more! If in this wreck of ruin, they Can yet be thought to claim a tear, O smite your gentle breast, and say The friends of freedom slumber here!
Page 69 - That the said report with the resolutions and letter accompanying the same be transmitted to the several legislatures in order to be submitted to a convention of delegates chosen in each state by the people thereof in conformity to the resolves of the convention made and provided in that case.
Page 171 - ... national plan for training young children to virtuous habits, and thereby rooting out crimes from the land. And this interdict, under which both parties join in laying their country, is by each pronounced to be necessary for the sacred interests of religion. Of religion ! Oh, gracious God ! Was ever the name of thy holy ordinances so impiously profaned before? Was ever before, thy best gift to man — his reason — so bewildered by blind bigotry, or savage intolerance, or wild fanaticism ; bewildered...
Page 51 - That proves the evening shall be clear. They saw their injured country's woe; The flaming town, the wasted field; '* Then rushed to meet the insulting foe; They took the spear — but left the shield.