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134. lappuse - But the same servant went out and found one of his fellow-servants which owed him an hundred pence, and he laid hands on him, and took him by the throat, saying, Pay me that thou owest ; and his fellowservant fell down at his feet and besought him, saying, Have patience with me, and I will pay thee all ; and he would not, but went and cast him into prison till he should pay the debt.
229. lappuse - ... a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it ; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our country from the rest or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
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176. lappuse - The great objects of humanity are best attained, when conformed to His laws and decrees, in the formation of governments as well as in all things else. Our Confederacy is founded upon principles in strict conformity with these laws. This stone which was rejected by the first builders, " is become the chief stone of the corner
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410. lappuse - United States on the subject. This government insists that the United States are one whole undivided nation, especially so far as foreign nations are concerned, and that France is, by the law of nations and by treaties, not a neutral power between two imaginary parties here, but a friend of the United States.
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| Nosaukums | America Before Europe: Principles and Interests |
| Autors | Agénor comte de Gasparin |
| Tulkoja | Mary Louise Booth |
| Izdevums: | 3 |
| Izdevējs | C. Scribner, 1862 |
| Oriģināls no | Kalifornijas universitāte |
| Digitalizēta | 29.11.2007 |
| Apjoms | 419 lappuses |
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