A History of the United States: On a New Plan : Adapted to the Capacity of Youth : to which is Added, the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United StatesDurrie & Peck, 1839 - 288 pages |
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... prisoner twelve years in the tower of London . He was afterwards commissioned to go and explore the gold mines of Guiana ; but shortly after his return he was basely condemned on his former sentence of treason , and beheaded in 1618. He ...
... prisoner twelve years in the tower of London . He was afterwards commissioned to go and explore the gold mines of Guiana ; but shortly after his return he was basely condemned on his former sentence of treason , and beheaded in 1618. He ...
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... prisoner by the Turks ; but by killing his master , he escaped into Russia , and returned to England . Ile joined the ex- pedition fitted out by the London company , to make a settlement in America , and was named as one of the council ...
... prisoner by the Turks ; but by killing his master , he escaped into Russia , and returned to England . Ile joined the ex- pedition fitted out by the London company , to make a settlement in America , and was named as one of the council ...
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... prisoner . His exulting captors conducted him in triumph to Powhattan , the principal chieftain of Virginia . After many ceremonies and consultations , they decided to put him to death . They looked upon him as a man whose courage and ...
... prisoner . His exulting captors conducted him in triumph to Powhattan , the principal chieftain of Virginia . After many ceremonies and consultations , they decided to put him to death . They looked upon him as a man whose courage and ...
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... prisoner . Shortly after , he was tried before a self - created court of his sub- jects . and condemned and executed in 1643. From the death of Charles L. to the elevation of his son , Charles II . to the throne in 1660 , the government ...
... prisoner . Shortly after , he was tried before a self - created court of his sub- jects . and condemned and executed in 1643. From the death of Charles L. to the elevation of his son , Charles II . to the throne in 1660 , the government ...
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... prisoners , and twenty - five lost their hands and feet by the cold . These and other savage cruelties , led the English colonists to combine their forces against Cana- da . Sir William Phips , * with a large fleet , sailed up the St ...
... prisoners , and twenty - five lost their hands and feet by the cold . These and other savage cruelties , led the English colonists to combine their forces against Cana- da . Sir William Phips , * with a large fleet , sailed up the St ...
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Page 272 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Page 277 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected.
Page 271 - Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided. 5. The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a president pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice-President, or when he shall exercise the office of President of the United States. 6. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments: when sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief-Justice shall preside; and no person shall be convicted...
Page 280 - Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Page 130 - Caesar had his Brutus, Charles the First his Cromwell, and George the Third" — " Treason !" cried the speaker — " Treason, treason !" echoed from every part of the house.
Page 277 - Congress may determine the time of choosing the electors, and the day on which they shall give their votes ; which day shall be the same throughout the United States. 5. No person, except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this constitution, shall be eligible to the office of president ; neither...
Page 277 - Term, be elected as follows: 2. Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress...
Page 283 - A quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. 3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of president shall be eligible to that of vice-president of the United States.
Page 272 - ... Each House shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications of its own members; and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day. and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties, as each House may provide. 2. Each House may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behavior, and, with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a...
Page 263 - It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the SUPREME BEING, the great Creator and Preserver of the universe.