...uction For the Independent Journal. HAMILTON To the People of the State of New York: After an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the sub- sis... ...on For the Independent Journal. HAMILTON To the People of the State of New York: After an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the sub- sisting... ...he sub- sisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its o... ...fluence For the Independent Journal. JAY To the People of the State of New York: When the people of America reflect that they are now called upon to d... ...best and wisest citizens have been constantly directed to that object. But politicians now appear, who in- sist that this opinion is erroneous, and th... ...he same proportion as such a malady is more likely to taint a particu- lar county or district, than an entire State. In the extent and proper structur... ...ed with the State of New Y ork will doubt that the active wealth of King’s County bears a much greater proportion to that of Montgomery than it would ... .... But it was not till the revolution in 1688, which elevated the Prince of Orange to the throne of Great Britain, that English liberty was completely ... ...e Declaration of Right presented by the Lords and Commons to the Prince of Orange in 1688, and afterwards thrown into the form of an act of parliament...

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... don’t, I mean, as a rule, get it all so superlatively together. To be the county family, to look the county family, to be so appropriately and per- f... ...t remark of hers the remark of a harlot, or is it what every decent woman, county family or not county family, thinks at the bottom of her heart? Or t... ... man in Philadelphia. They had never been to Philadelphia and they had the New England conscience. You see, the first thing they said to me when I cal... ...h Street, which was then still residential. I don’t know why I had gone to New York; I don’t know why I had gone to the tea. I don’t see why Florence ... ...reet, which was then still residential. I don’t know why I had gone to New York; I don’t know why I had gone to the tea. I don’t see why Florence shou... ...he voyage. And it struck him that the things to take for that purpose were oranges—because California is the orange country—and comfortable folding ch... ...nd comfortable folding chairs. So he bought I don’t know how many cases of oranges—the great cool California oranges, and half-a-dozen folding chairs ... ...es cheaper from a firm in Burlington Arcade than from my own people in New York. And I have bought my ties from that firm ever since. Otherwise I shou... ...haps, they imagined that I wanted to buy a newspaper, for they were either politicians or reporters, which, of course, comes to the same thing. As a m...

...ng they will meet the approval of the reader. U. S. Grant Mount MacGregor, New York, July 1, 1885 CHAPTER I ANCESTRY—BIRTH—BOYHOOD MY FAMILY IS AMERIC... ...hey will meet the approval of the reader. U. S. Grant Mount MacGregor, New York, July 1, 1885 CHAPTER I ANCESTRY—BIRTH—BOYHOOD MY FAMILY IS AMERICAN, ... ...d was a widower at the close. Soon after this he emigrated to Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, and settled near the town of Greensburg in that count... ...r set up for himself in business, establishing a tan- nery at Ravenna, the county seat of Portage County. In a few years he removed from Ravenna, and ... ...ountered a ferocious dog that frightened the horses and made them run. The new animal kicked at every jump he made. I got the horses stopped, however,... ... of visiting the two great cities of the continent, Phila- delphia and New York. This was enough. When these places were visited I would have been gla... ...t of this incident since when I have heard the noise of a few disappointed politicians who had deserted their associates. There are always more of the... ...he United States, we halted in the evening in a tropical climate where the orange and banana, the coffee and the sugar-cane were flourishing. We had b... ...tions. There are two roads, good for that part of Virginia, run- ning from Orange Court House to the battle-field. The most southerly of these roads i...

... I am that you did not come too; really Tibby is too tiresome, he starts a new mortal disease every month. How could he have got hay fever in London? ... ...ubled meadows and the dreamy flow of Tewin Water. She skirted the parks of politicians. At times the Great North 15 EM Forster Road accompanied her, ... ...rminate note. Into which country will it lead, England or Suburbia? It was new, it had is- land platforms and a subway, and the superficial comfort ex... ... were scones for tea. He warmed the teapot—almost too deftly— rejected the orange pekoe that the parlour-maid had provided, poured in five spoonfuls o... ...ng Naples, of the movements of Mr. Wilcox and Evie, who were mo- toring in Yorkshire. Margaret could not bear being bored. She grew inattentive, playe... ..., “Father! I say! look who’s here.” “Evie, dearest girl, why aren’t you in Yorkshire?” “No—motor smash—changed plans—father’s coming.” “Why, Ruth!” cr... ...the North Road, with its accreting suburbs; the sunset beyond, scarlet and orange, winking at him beneath brows of grey; the church; the plantations; ... ...destination. And Leonard had reached the destina- tion. He had visited the county of Surrey when dark- ness covered its amenities, and its cosy villas... ...Howards End it? and if Westmoreland can be missed, it will fare ill with a county whose delicate structure particu- larly needs the attentive eye. Her...

...ht forward in their support. Several of the opinions at all events, if not new, are for the present as little likely to meet with general acceptance a... ...asily, what they are al ready used to; but people also learn to do things new to them. Familiarity is a great help; but much dwelling on an idea will... ...greater political phenomena depend, are not ame nable to the direction of politicians or philosophers. The government of a country, it is affirmed, i... ...at the time of the Persian inva sion, or of the first or third William of Orange. It would be absurd to construct institutions for the mere purpose o... ...ole country; not merely from the assortment of two or three perhaps rotten oranges, which may be the only choice offered to him in his local market. U... ...inciple of their political clas 107 J S Mill sification. The notion that Yorkshire and Middlesex have rights apart from those of their inhabitants, ... ...embers (two), whether it be little Dela ware or the “Empire State” of New York. These members are not chosen by the population, but by the State Legi... ...e principles which are the foundation of represen tative government. In a County Board there is not the same justification as in Boards of Guardians ... ... admix ture of ex officio with elected members, since the business of a county being on a sufficiently large scale to be an object of interest and ...