 Tyranny, like hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives everything its value.  An American Bible - Page 83edited by - 1918 - 372 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Evert Augustus Duyckinck - 1866 - 714 pages
...Tis dcarness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows liow to set n proper price 1.|юп its goods; and it would be strange indeed, if so celestial an article as Knttoosi should not be • S>nme time before his death, he became vf ry melancholy— »abject to stmngo... | |
 | Lurton Dunham Ingersoll - 1873 - 744 pages
...of our revolutiary era, "we esteem too lightly; 'tis dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods;...an article as FREEDOM should not be highly rated." The price paid for the maintenance of the American Union, with freedom for all its inhabitants, was... | |
 | Thomas Paine - 1894 - 476 pages
...we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly : it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods...US in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER," and if being bound in tliat manner, is not slavery, then is there not such a thing as slavery upon earth. Even the expression... | |
 | george rice carpenter - 1898 - 498 pages
...What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly: it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods;...declared that she has a right (not only to TAX) but " to BINT) us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER," and if being bound in that manner, is not slavery, then there is... | |
 | John Clark Ridpath - 1898 - 596 pages
...we esteem too lightly ; 'tis dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to set a proper price upon its goods ; and it would be strange,...has a right not only to tax, but to "bind us in all eases whatsoever ;" and if being boundm that manner is not slavery, then there is not such a thing... | |
 | George Rice Carpenter - 1898 - 494 pages
...we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly : it is dearness only that gives every thing its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods...enforce her tyranny, has declared that she has a right (riot only to . TAX) but " to BIND us in ALL CASES WHATSOEVER," and if being bound in that manner,... | |
 | 1898 - 1292 pages
...easily conquered. Yet we have this consolation, what we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly. * * Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods ; and it would indeed seem strange if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated. ***** "I love... | |
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