New York and Its Institutions, 1609-1872

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E. B. Treat, 1872 - 526 pàgines
 

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Pàgina 302 - Blessings are upon the head of the just: but violence covereth the mouth of the wicked. 7: The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Pàgina 56 - But to conclude: the question before the court, and you, gentlemen of the jury, is not of small nor private concern; it is not the cause of a poor printer, nor of New York alone, which you are now trying. No! It may in its consequence affect every freeman that lives under a British government on the main of America! It is the best cause. It is the cause of liberty...
Pàgina 386 - Washington stood when he took the oath of office as first President of the United States.
Pàgina 169 - ... for the purpose of encouraging and maintaining schools in the several cities and towns in this state, in which the children of the inhabitants residing in the state, shall be instructed in the English language, or be taught English grammar, arithmetic, mathematics, and such other branches of knowledge as are most useful and necessary to complete a good English education.
Pàgina 57 - British government on the main of America. It is the best cause. It is the cause of liberty; and I make no doubt but your upright conduct, this day, will not only entitle you to the love and...
Pàgina 57 - ... every man who prefers freedom to a life of slavery, will bless and honor you, as men who have baffled the attempt of tyranny ; and by an impartial and uncorrupt verdict, have laid a noble foundation for securing to ourselves, our posterity, and our neighbors, that, to which nature and the laws of our country have given us a right — the liberty, both of exposing and opposing arbitrary power, in these parts of the world at least, by speaking and writing truth.
Pàgina 54 - ... to be judges of the law, as well as of the facts in the case, and that they were not to be trammelled by the interpretation of the court. Hamilton's address was so ingenious and pertinent that we cannot forbear introducing a few extracts from it. " If," said he, " a libel is understood in the large and unTHE TRIAL AND TRIUMPH OF LIBERTY.
Pàgina 322 - Inasmuch as ye have done it unto the least of these, ye have done it unto Me.
Pàgina 56 - Men who injure and oppress the people under their administration provoke them to cry out and complain, and then make that very complaint the foundation for new oppressions and prosecutions.
Pàgina 369 - The original charter title was the " Society of the Hospital in the City of New York in America," but by an act in 1810 the name was changed to the " Society of the New York Hospital.

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