The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Volume 28Langtree and O'Sullivan, 1851 - United States |
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... thing . Against this her honor is staked by the great principle on which her national existence is based . 1 We subjoin the provisions of the Nicaraguan treaty to which Mr. Bul- wer objects : “ Art . 2d . And inasmuch as a contract was ...
... thing . Against this her honor is staked by the great principle on which her national existence is based . 1 We subjoin the provisions of the Nicaraguan treaty to which Mr. Bul- wer objects : “ Art . 2d . And inasmuch as a contract was ...
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... thing more than a temporary bending to the whirlwind of our own raising , we must make restitution to the South , by a division of California at the latitude of 36 ° 30 ' ; some ten millions of dollars given for which , will bless ...
... thing more than a temporary bending to the whirlwind of our own raising , we must make restitution to the South , by a division of California at the latitude of 36 ° 30 ' ; some ten millions of dollars given for which , will bless ...
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... thing as a " balance , " unless as in the years 1835-6 , large quanti- ties of goods are sold to persons who consume them on long credit ; when that is the case , no rate of duty can check sales - they go on until as then -they end in ...
... thing as a " balance , " unless as in the years 1835-6 , large quanti- ties of goods are sold to persons who consume them on long credit ; when that is the case , no rate of duty can check sales - they go on until as then -they end in ...
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... things , and others of the same complexion in immense abundance , determined me to quit the profession as soon as I could obtain my father's permission . I did so , and have found it more to my taste to endeavor , as I have been doing ...
... things , and others of the same complexion in immense abundance , determined me to quit the profession as soon as I could obtain my father's permission . I did so , and have found it more to my taste to endeavor , as I have been doing ...
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... things in various countries , and had studied the institutions and history of most ancient and modern nations , he was really a recluse for the greater part of his life . The oracle of a clique , the founder of a sect , the head of a ...
... things in various countries , and had studied the institutions and history of most ancient and modern nations , he was really a recluse for the greater part of his life . The oracle of a clique , the founder of a sect , the head of a ...
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Page 16 - It is at all times difficult to draw with precision the line between those rights, which must be surrendered, and those, which may be reserved; and on the present occasion this difficulty was increased by a difference among the several states, as to their situation, extent, habits, and particular interests.
Page 291 - Commander ; he, above the rest In shape and gesture proudly eminent, Stood like a tower ; his form had yet not lost All her original brightness, nor appeared Less than Archangel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured...
Page 291 - Less than arch-angel ruined, and the excess Of glory obscured: as when the sun, new risen, Looks through the horizontal misty air Shorn of his beams; or from behind the moon, In dim eclipse, disastrous twilight sheds On half the nations, and with fear of change Perplexes monarchs.
Page 16 - Constitution, which we now present, is the result of a spirit of amity, and of that mutual deference and concession which the peculiarity of our political situation rendered indispensable.
Page 252 - ... erect or maintain any fortifications commanding the same or in the vicinity thereof, or occupy, or fortify or colonize, or assume or exercise any dominion over Nicaragua, Costa Rica, the Mosquito coast, or any part of Central America...
Page 11 - The credit of the State shall not, in any manner, be given or loaned to, or in aid of, any individual, association or corporation.
Page 17 - The General Assembly shall, at Its first session under the amended constitution, pass such laws as will effectually prohibit free persons of color from immigrating to and settling In this State: and to effectually prevent the owners of slaves from bringing them into this State for the purpose of setting them free.
Page 11 - ... provide for the collection of a direct annual tax to pay, and sufficient to pay the interest on such debt as it falls due, and also to pay and discharge the principal of such debt within eighteen years from the time of the contracting thereof.
Page 199 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Page 168 - Be that word our sign of parting, bird or fiend!' I shrieked, upstarting 'Get thee back into the tempest and the Night's Plutonian shore! Leave no black plume as a token of that lie thy soul hath spoken! Leave my loneliness unbroken! - quit the bust above my door! Take thy beak from out my heart, and take thy form from off my door!