The Life of James Otis, of Massachusetts: Containing Also, Notices of Some Contemporary Characters and Events, from the Year 1760 to 1775Wells and Lilly, 1823 - 508 páginas |
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... never fell to the lot of a braver , more humane , or more virtuous people to contend in a cause , that would ultimately effect the condition of every coun- try . Their leaders were fitted for the station that was assigned to them , and ...
... never fell to the lot of a braver , more humane , or more virtuous people to contend in a cause , that would ultimately effect the condition of every coun- try . Their leaders were fitted for the station that was assigned to them , and ...
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... never overlook the petty infirmities which come within their scope of intellect ; and are quite incapable of estimating the character of eminent men , whose memory will be preserved , when the surrounding crowds shall have passed into ...
... never overlook the petty infirmities which come within their scope of intellect ; and are quite incapable of estimating the character of eminent men , whose memory will be preserved , when the surrounding crowds shall have passed into ...
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... never from the first to have formed any comprehensive plan , and this original defect has proportionally increased with ill succcss ; perplexed and confounded with the mazes and dangers into which they have run , like child- ren , they ...
... never from the first to have formed any comprehensive plan , and this original defect has proportionally increased with ill succcss ; perplexed and confounded with the mazes and dangers into which they have run , like child- ren , they ...
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... never known a man whose love of his country was more ardent or sincere ; never one who suffered so much ; never one , whose services for any ten years of his life , were so important and essential to the cause of his country , as those ...
... never known a man whose love of his country was more ardent or sincere ; never one who suffered so much ; never one , whose services for any ten years of his life , were so important and essential to the cause of his country , as those ...
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... sively to reading law . The learning he acquired in this preparatory study , was afterwards of the great- est use to him . He inculcated on his pupils as a maxim , " that a lawyer ought never to be LIFE OF JAMES OTIS . g.
... sively to reading law . The learning he acquired in this preparatory study , was afterwards of the great- est use to him . He inculcated on his pupils as a maxim , " that a lawyer ought never to be LIFE OF JAMES OTIS . g.
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