The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History and Biography of America, Volume 13

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Henry B. Dawson, 1868 - United States
 

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Page 279 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 83 - ... the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser.
Page 308 - I remember the sea-fight far away, How it thundered o'er the tide! And the dead captains as they lay In their graves o'erlooking the tranquil bay Where they in battle died. And the sound of that mournful song Goes through me with a thrill: "A boy's will is the wind's will, And the thoughts of youth are long, long thoughts.
Page 261 - In civil actions between Citizens of different States every issue of fact arising in Actions at common law shall be tried by a Jury if the parties or either of them request it.
Page 259 - First, that it be explicitly declared that all Powers not expressly delegated by the aforesaid Constitution are reserved to the several States to be by them exercised.
Page 79 - The laws of a nation form the most instructive portion of its history...
Page 261 - And as it is the opinion of this Convention, that certain amendments and alterations in the said Constitution would remove the fears and quiet the apprehensions of many of the good people of this Commonwealth, and more effectually guard against an undue administration of the federal government, the Convention do therefore recommend that the following alterations and provisions be introduced into the said Constitution.
Page 218 - But know, that I alone am king of me. I am as free as nature first made man, Ere the base laws of servitude began, When wild in woods the noble savage ran.
Page 238 - Sober Remarks on a Book lately Reprinted at Boston, entituled A Modest Proof of the Order and Government settled by Christ and his Apostles in the Church, 2nd Ed.
Page 355 - The appeal lay to the sword, and the only question was whether the spirit and the resources of the people would hold out till the object should be accomplished.

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