The North American Review, Volume 95Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1862 - American fiction Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... South , and however important the persons captured might have been . " How far this assertion of the Secretary of State may be considered as an admission that Great Britain was justifiable or excusable in her claim of a right to impress ...
... South , and however important the persons captured might have been . " How far this assertion of the Secretary of State may be considered as an admission that Great Britain was justifiable or excusable in her claim of a right to impress ...
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... South , may be regarded as a concession on his part that Great Britain was entirely wrong when she alleged necessity as a plea for impressment in the one case , and for the violation of neutral territory and the burning of the steamer ...
... South , may be regarded as a concession on his part that Great Britain was entirely wrong when she alleged necessity as a plea for impressment in the one case , and for the violation of neutral territory and the burning of the steamer ...
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... South and the West have borne to the Northeastern States very much the same relation which the whole country has sustained to other lands . Even an axe - helve , it is said , must go North to be manufactured , to receive its perfect ...
... South and the West have borne to the Northeastern States very much the same relation which the whole country has sustained to other lands . Even an axe - helve , it is said , must go North to be manufactured , to receive its perfect ...
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... South of France , buoyed up with the hope that the softer air and more equable climate of that region . might restore him to vigor . There , although confined most of the time to his villa , he continued those studies which had mainly ...
... South of France , buoyed up with the hope that the softer air and more equable climate of that region . might restore him to vigor . There , although confined most of the time to his villa , he continued those studies which had mainly ...
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... South America ; 8,000 for the English colonies in North America ; 10,000 for California , New Mexico , Ore- gon , and Arkansas ; 10,000 for the State of New York ; and 20,000 for the other Eastern States ; which will swell the whole ...
... South America ; 8,000 for the English colonies in North America ; 10,000 for California , New Mexico , Ore- gon , and Arkansas ; 10,000 for the State of New York ; and 20,000 for the other Eastern States ; which will swell the whole ...
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Page 292 - An ordinance, to dissolve the union between the State of South Carolina and other States united with her, under the compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America." — We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us in convention on the...
Page 496 - We, the people of the State of South Carolina, in convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, that the ordinance adopted by us, in convention, on the 23d day of May, in the year of our Lord 1788, whereby the constitution of the United States of America...
Page 16 - Neutral goods, with the exception of contraband of war, are not liable to capture under an enemy's flag.
Page 12 - To preserve the commerce of neutrals from all unnecessary " obstruction, her Majesty is willing, for the present, to waive a " part of the belligerent rights appertaining to her by the Law of
Page 127 - The spirit of a man will sustain his infirmity ; but a wounded spirit who can bear ? 15 The heart of the prudent getteth knowledge ; and the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.
Page 61 - In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses, HOLINESS UNTO THE LORD • and the pots in the LORD'S house shall be like the bowls before the altar. Yea, every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the LORD...
Page 389 - The pleasure given by wine is always mounting, and tending to a crisis, after which it declines: that from opium, when once generated, is stationary for eight or ten hours...
Page 509 - Mississippi, and the navigable waters leading into the same, shall be common highways, and forever free as well to the inhabitants of said State, as to all other citizens of the United States, without any tax, duty, impost, or toll therefor, imposed by the said State of Iowa.
Page 398 - ... bringest an assuaging balm ; eloquent opium ! that with thy potent rhetoric stealest away the purposes of wrath ; and to the guilty man for one night...
Page 37 - Upon this footing Messrs. Mason and Slidell, who are expressly stated by Mr. Seward to have been sent as pretended ministers plenipotentiary from the southern States to the courts of St. James and of Paris, must have been sent, and would have been, if at all, received ; and the reception of these gentlemen upon this footing could not have been justly regarded, according to" the law of nations, as a hostile or unfriendly act towards the United States.