| Thomas Jefferson - Presidents - 1829 - 656 pages
...possession of the place would be hardly felt by us, and it would not, perhaps, be very long before some circumstance might arise, which might make. the...eternal friction with us, and our character, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high minded, despising wealth in competition... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1829 - 554 pages
...possession of the place would be hardly felt by us, and it would not, perhaps, be very long before some circumstance might arise, which might make the...eternal friction with us, and our character, which, though quiet, and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high minded, despising wealth in competition... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1829 - 1102 pages
...possession of the place would be hardly felt by us, and it would not, perhaps, be very long before some circumstance might arise, which might make the...eternal friction with us, and our character, which, though quiet, and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high minded, despising wealth in competition... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - Presidents - 1830 - 538 pages
...place would be hardly felt by us, and it would not, perhaps, be very long before some circumstances might arise, which might make the cession of it to...eternal friction with us, and our character, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded, despising wealth in competition... | |
| B. L. Rayner - Presidents - 1832 - 568 pages
...hardly felt by us, and it would >t, perhaps, be very long before some circumstances might arise, lich might make the cession of it to us the price of something of ire worth to her. Not so can it ever be in the hands of France : : impetuosity of her temper, the energy... | |
| B. L. Rayner - 1834 - 442 pages
...place would be hardly felt by us, and it would not, pe»haps, be very long before some circumstances might arise, which might make the cession of it to...character, placed in a point of eternal friction with us, whilst our character, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded,... | |
| George Tucker - 1837 - 608 pages
...pacific, and who might ere long find it convenient to exchange it for something of more value. " But as to France, the impetuosity of her temper, the energy...eternal friction with us — and our character, which, though quiet, and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded ; despising wealth in competition... | |
| Albert Bushnell Hart - United States - 1845 - 706 pages
...possession of the place would be hardly felt by us, and it would not, perhaps, be very long before some circumstance might arise, which might make the...character, placed in a point of eternal friction with us, ami our character, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded,... | |
| John Frost - 1851 - 1058 pages
...pacific, and who might ere long find it convenient to exchange it for something of more value. " But as to France, the impetuosity of her temper, the energy...eternal friction with us — and our character, which, though quiet, and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is highminded ; despising wealth in competition... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - United States - 1854 - 618 pages
...possession of the place would be hardly felt by us, and it would not, perhaps, be very long before some circumstance might arise, which might make the...eternal friction with us, and our character, which, though quiet and loving peace and the pursuit of wealth, is high-minded, despising wealth in competition... | |
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