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An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of ..., Volume 4 William Winterbotham Affichage du livre entier - 1796 |
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Page 109 - a country in this world, it muft be any other in preference to that in which he is born to live and labour for another; in which he muft lock up the faculties of his nature, contribute as far as depends
Page 207 - in General Affembly freely given. XVII. That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of the State ; and as (landing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military
Page 110 - I would not have a flave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I fleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That
Page 114 - of the whole fcheme of education would be the teaching all the children of the State reading, writing, and common arithmetic ; turning out ten annually of fuperior genius, well taught in Greek, Latin, geography, and the higher branches of arithmetic ; turning out ten others annually, of
Page 206 - laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without the confent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not
Page 115 - Hiftory, by apprifing them of the paft, will enable them to judge of the future ; it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations ; it will qualify them
Page 207 - and as (landing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military fhould be kept under
Page 115 - is more important, none more legitimate, than that of rendering the people the fafe, as they are the ultimate, guardians of their own liberty : for this purpofe, the reading in the
Page 210 - and continue to pofTefs in the county which he reprefents, not lefs than one hundred acres of land in fee, or for the term of his own life. VII. That all freemen of the age of twenty-one years, who have been inhabitants of any one county within the State twelve months immediately preceding the day of any election, and
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| Titre | An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Volume 3 Volume 3 de An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America, William Winterbotham An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, William Winterbotham Wymberley Jones De Renne Georgia Library collection |
| Auteur | William Winterbotham |
| Éditeur | Tiebout and O'Brien, 1796 |
| Original provenant de | la New York Public Library |
| Numérisé | 1 févr. 2006 |
| Longueur | 519 pages |
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