Speech of Ephraim Banks, Esq., of Mifflin: Delivered in the Convention, to Amend the Constitution of Pennsylvania, December 22, 1837. In Support of an Amendment to Prohibit Banks from Issuing Notes of a Less Denomination Than Ten Dollars, as Offered by Mr. Read of SusquehannaJ. Wilbank, 1838 - 15 sidor |
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... Frank Fluent . We have known Frank several years , and are not ignorant of his faults ; but there is something so amusing in his ob servations that we are always rather pleased than otherwise when we partake of his so- ciety . Frank ...
... Frank Fluent . We have known Frank several years , and are not ignorant of his faults ; but there is something so amusing in his ob servations that we are always rather pleased than otherwise when we partake of his so- ciety . Frank ...
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... Frank . Wealth is power but if a man be an idiot , and make no use of the power he possesses , he then becomes an instrument in the hands of some one who is more enterpri- sing and ambitious ; and that influence , which he has neglected ...
... Frank . Wealth is power but if a man be an idiot , and make no use of the power he possesses , he then becomes an instrument in the hands of some one who is more enterpri- sing and ambitious ; and that influence , which he has neglected ...
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... Frank . It is a representative democracy in appearance ; but in reality , a representative plutocracy or government of wealth . Piomingo . Really , Frank , you are a perfect savage ! I am amazed that any one who has tasted the sweets of ...
... Frank . It is a representative democracy in appearance ; but in reality , a representative plutocracy or government of wealth . Piomingo . Really , Frank , you are a perfect savage ! I am amazed that any one who has tasted the sweets of ...
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... Frank . I imagine not . Observe neighbor Smoothly's dress : it is composed of the richest materials ; and though there appears to be nothing superfluous about him , yet the sum that was expended on those vestments would have bought two ...
... Frank . I imagine not . Observe neighbor Smoothly's dress : it is composed of the richest materials ; and though there appears to be nothing superfluous about him , yet the sum that was expended on those vestments would have bought two ...
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... Frank . However agreeable their opinions , on this point , may be to the doctrines of pri- mitive christianity , they will not suit the pre- sent situation of the world . Could our harm- less sheep graze in safety surrounded by tigers ...
... Frank . However agreeable their opinions , on this point , may be to the doctrines of pri- mitive christianity , they will not suit the pre- sent situation of the world . Could our harm- less sheep graze in safety surrounded by tigers ...
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Sida 113 - To the very moment that he bade me tell it; Wherein I spake of most disastrous chances, Of moving accidents by flood and field, Of hair-breadth 'scapes i...
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Sida 41 - The world recedes; it disappears! Heaven opens on my eyes! my ears With sounds seraphic ring: Lend, lend your wings! I mount! I fly! O Grave! where is thy victory? O Death! where is thy sting?
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Sida 40 - And he said, Bring it near to me, and I will eat of my son's venison, that my soul may bless thee. And he brought it near to him, and he did eat: and he brought him wine, and he drank. 26 And his father Isaac said unto him, Come near now, and kiss me, my son.
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Sida 7 - Take the wings Of morning, pierce the Barcan wilderness, Or lose thyself in the continuous woods Where rolls the Oregon, and hears no sound Save his own dashings —yet the dead are there...
Sida 23 - Surely every medicine is an innovation, and he that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator...
Sida 6 - ... of the mutual and solemn pledge to protect and defend each other, given by the states respectively, on entering into the constitutional compact, which formed the union and as such are a manifest breach of faith, and a violation of the most solemn obligations, moral and religious.