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... become unwieldy will sepa- rate , and reform itself into two wholesome wholes . It is well that this should be so , for the people are not homogeneous , as a people should be who are called to live together as one na- tion . They have ...
... become unwieldy will sepa- rate , and reform itself into two wholesome wholes . It is well that this should be so , for the people are not homogeneous , as a people should be who are called to live together as one na- tion . They have ...
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Anthony Trollope. gone so far that the clipping would become a work necessarily to be done from without . But it is ten times better for all parties that it should be done from within ; and as the cocks are now clipping their own combs ...
Anthony Trollope. gone so far that the clipping would become a work necessarily to be done from without . But it is ten times better for all parties that it should be done from within ; and as the cocks are now clipping their own combs ...
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... become the possessor of one of these " villa residences , ' but I do not think that I should have " gone in " for hotel life at Newport . " " We hired saddle - horses , and rode out nearly the length of the island . It was all very well ...
... become the possessor of one of these " villa residences , ' but I do not think that I should have " gone in " for hotel life at Newport . " " We hired saddle - horses , and rode out nearly the length of the island . It was all very well ...
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... become an American art , and hence the awkwardness of American horses . " Lord bless you , sir ! they don't give an ... becomes used to bright colours , in carriage aprons as well as in architecture , and I soon learned to like them ...
... become an American art , and hence the awkwardness of American horses . " Lord bless you , sir ! they don't give an ... becomes used to bright colours , in carriage aprons as well as in architecture , and I soon learned to like them ...
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... become the Canadas to rebel and assert their independence at some future period ; -unless it be conceded to them without such rebellion . Who , on looking back , can now refuse to ad- mire the political aspirations of the English ...
... become the Canadas to rebel and assert their independence at some future period ; -unless it be conceded to them without such rebellion . Who , on looking back , can now refuse to ad- mire the political aspirations of the English ...
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Page 612 - Legislature thereof, for six years ; and each senator shall have one vote. 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year ; of the second class...
Page 605 - No State shall lay any imposts or duties which may interfere with any stipulations in treaties entered into by the United States in Congress assembled with any king, prince, or state, in pursuance of any treaties already proposed by Congress to the courts of France and Spain.
Page 616 - United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law. But the congress may, by law, vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper, in the president alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 615 - United States of America. He shall hold his office during the term of four years, and together with the vice-president, chosen for the same term, be elected as follows : 2. Each State shall appoint...
Page 608 - ... the United States in Congress assembled ; But if the United States in Congress assembled, shall, on consideration of circumstances, judge proper that any state should not raise men, or should raise a smaller number than its...
Page 616 - 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. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page 265 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people...
Page 612 - 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 604 - WHEREAS the delegates of the United States of America in Congress assembled did on the fifteenth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and seventy-seven, and in the second year of the independence of America, agree to certain articles of confederation and perpetual union between the states of New Hampshire, Massachusetts Bay, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina,...
Page 604 - Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States in congress assembled.