Papers 1811-1820 of total 3969 found.
…taken by the brig. This document is Thomas Gedney's plea to the district court that he and his men are owed a salvage reward for "rescuing" the schooner and all those on board. This document vividly shows the mindset toward slaves through the eyes…
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…worked. The person who sparked her off to take action was Walter R. Vaughan. After reading one of his pamphlets: "Freedmen's Pension Bill: A Plea for American Freedman", she knew the approach to take in getting pensions for ex-slaves. House along with many…
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…services were not properly rewarded. In 1777, Congress promoted five officers, who were junior to Benedict, to major general. Only a personal plea from General George Washington kept him from resigning. He did receive a delayed promotion to major general, but he…
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…the prejudice discrimination, which is carried on throughout the play. Although Shylock is vilified by an anti-Semitic society, Shakespeare allows him an impassion plea for empathy with his now-famous speech; "I am a Jew. Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands…
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…) and this repetition suggests that he does not truly feel that he is innocent of blame. The final couplet of stanza three is a transcendent and poignant plea from the heart as the poet claims--in the romantic tradition--that love will absolve him of his sins, real…
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…the doctors called with a diagnosis of meningitis and a plea to come quick. After a 26-day siege marked by organ failure and limb amputations, Evan died in mid April. After he died, Evan's parents found out there was a vaccine. <Tab/>James Turner…
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…. Marihuana: The Forbidden Medicine. London: <Tab/>Yale University Press, 1997. Grinspoon, Lester and Bakalar, James B. "Marihuana as Medicine: A Plea for<Tab/>Reconstruction". Journal of the American Medical Association 273 (21…
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…have restored the High-Kingship and this may have prevented later evils (see the words of Malbeth the Seer, LOTR App. A (iv) p. 1087). War prevented either kingdom from aiding the other until in 1973 Arthedain sent urgent pleas for aid; the King of Gondor…
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…" Storyboard page ) The final show that I analysed was an episode of Star Trek. In the scene chosen, we find Captain Picard and Lieutenant Worf speaking with the Klingon Chancellor Gowron. Picard is issuing a plea to have Worf's good name restored in the Klingon…
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…. But what I did understand was the meaning of rage in his terms. He used rage as anger, frustration, storm. How anger can beauty hold a plea, in simpler terms. In later years of my life I will probably figure out what he means. I don't know how anyone could…
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