 | United States. Congress - 1830 - 692 sidor
...help to perpt-tnate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus; but I doubt whether one single law of anyJawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting' character, than the ordinance of '87. That instrument was drawn by SENATE.] Mr. Foot's Resolution. 20, 1830. Nathan... | |
 | 1836 - 522 sidor
...'to praise the lawgivers of antiquity ; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus ; but I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of a more distinct, marked and lasting character than the Ordinance of '87. That instrument was drawn... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1830 - 518 sidor
...sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus; but I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient...effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character, than the ordinance of '87. That instrument was drawn by Nathan Dane, then, and now a citizen of Massachusetts.... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1830 - 692 sidor
...sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus; but he cession of the lands in question: that the Government...energy for the patronage and protection of the ri than the ordinance of '87. That instrument was drawn by SEXATÏ.] Mr, Fool's Resolution. [JAK. 20,... | |
 | Edwin Martin Stone - 1843 - 348 sidor
..." to praise the lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus ; but I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of a more distinct and marked and lasting character than the ordinance of '87. That instrument was drawn... | |
 | 1852 - 268 sidor
...doubt," said Mr. Webster, on one of the most intensely interesting occasions of his public life, " whether one single law of any law-giver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of a more distinct and marked and lasting character than the ordinance of '87, — and certainly it has... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853 - 574 sidor
...Sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity ; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus ; but I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient...effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787. That instrument was drawn by Nathan Dane, then and now a citizen of Massachusetts.... | |
 | Thomas Hart Benton - 1854 - 784 sidor
...sir, to praise the lawgivers of antiquity ; w* help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus ; but I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient...effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character, than the ordinance of '87. That instrument, was drawn by Nathan Dane, then, and now, a citizen of Massachusetts.... | |
 | Thomas Hart Benton - 1854 - 762 sidor
...to praise the lawgivers of antiquity ; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lyeurgns ; but 1 doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient...effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character, than the ordinance of '87. That instrument, was drawn by Nathan Dane, then, and now, a citizen of Massachusetts.... | |
 | 1856 - 654 sidor
...he, "to praise the lawgivers of antiquity; we help to perpetuate the fame of Solon and Lycurgus; bat I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient...effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character, than the Ordinance of 1 787." This tribute to the crowning work of the old Congress of the Confederation... | |
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I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787. 
