The Quarterly Review, Volume 111John Murray, 1862 - English literature |
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... Porte were contracted under the name of Capitulations . These and some additional treaties , which are still in vigour , constitute the legal securities of our countrymen for the enjoyment of justice and friendly treatment wherever the ...
... Porte were contracted under the name of Capitulations . These and some additional treaties , which are still in vigour , constitute the legal securities of our countrymen for the enjoyment of justice and friendly treatment wherever the ...
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... Porte to com- mercial adventurers from abroad , and carried even to the extreme of allowing the Ambassador and Consuls of each friendly nation to exercise an independent judicial authority within the Turkish dominions ? At all events ...
... Porte to com- mercial adventurers from abroad , and carried even to the extreme of allowing the Ambassador and Consuls of each friendly nation to exercise an independent judicial authority within the Turkish dominions ? At all events ...
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Porte into an arrangement which promised to have the effect of closing a breach in her dominions favourable to Russian aggres- sion , and of realizing a system of reform required for the recovery of her independence and internal ...
Porte into an arrangement which promised to have the effect of closing a breach in her dominions favourable to Russian aggres- sion , and of realizing a system of reform required for the recovery of her independence and internal ...
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... Porte . The names of the mediating plenipotentiaries were formally inserted in each of the preambles . Again , in 1712 , it appears from a letter addressed by Sultan Achmet III . to Charles XII . of Sweden , * that England , together ...
... Porte . The names of the mediating plenipotentiaries were formally inserted in each of the preambles . Again , in 1712 , it appears from a letter addressed by Sultan Achmet III . to Charles XII . of Sweden , * that England , together ...
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... Porte . In 1739 the war , which had commenced between Russia and the Porte three years before , and somewhat later between the Porte and Austria , was brought to a conclusion , not indeed by the mediation of England , but with the ...
... Porte . In 1739 the war , which had commenced between Russia and the Porte three years before , and somewhat later between the Porte and Austria , was brought to a conclusion , not indeed by the mediation of England , but with the ...
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Page 253 - Every state shall abide by the determinations of the United States in congress assembled, on all questions which, by this confederation, are submitted to them. And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every state ; and the Union shall be perpetual.
Page 241 - I have no purpose, directly or indirectly, to interfere with the institution of slavery in the States where it exists. I believe I have no lawful right to do so, and I have no inclination to do so.
Page 345 - Who from our mother's arms Hath blessed us on our way With countless gifts of love, And still is ours to-day. 2 O may this bounteous God Through all our life be near us, With ever joyful hearts And blessed peace to cheer us ; And keep us in His grace, And guide us when perplexed, And free us from all ills In this world and the next.
Page 245 - Kansas, and when admitted as a state or states, the said territory, or any portion of the same, shall be received into the union with or without slavery, as their constitution may prescribe at the time of their admission...
Page 491 - Whatever blooms in torrid tracts appear, Whose bright succession decks the varied year ; Whatever sweets salute the northern sky With vernal lives, that blossom but to die ; These here disporting own the kindred soil, Nor ask luxuriance from the planter's toil ; While sea-born gales their gelid wings expand To winnow fragrance round the smiling land.
Page 323 - Thou dost conduct Thy people Through torrents of temptation ; Nor will we fear, while Thou art near, The fire of tribulation : The world, with sin and Satan, In vain our march opposes ; By Thee we shall break through them all, And sing the song of Moses.
Page 241 - I understand a proposed amendment to the Constitution — which amendment, however, I have not seen— has passed Congress, to the effect that the federal government shall never interfere with the domestic institutions of the States, including that of persons held to service.
Page 342 - O hope of every contrite heart ! O joy of all the meek! To those who fall, how kind thou art ! How good to those who seek ! 4 But what to those who find ? Ah ! this Nor tongue nor pen can show, The love of Jesus, what it is, None but his loved ones know.
Page 349 - DISCIPLINE THROW away Thy rod, Throw away Thy wrath : 0 my God, Take the gentle path. For my heart's desire Unto Thine is bent : 1 aspire To a full consent. Not a word or look I affect to own, But by book, And Thy book alone.
Page 254 - Virginia declare and make known that the powers granted under the Constitution being derived from the People of the United States may be resumed by them whensoever the same shall be perverted to their injury or oppression...