The American Review of History and Politics, and General Repository of Literature and State Papers, Volume 3Farrand and Nicholas., 1812 |
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... remains of Grecian sculp ture and architecture were to be lost , if the great collections of ancient monuments were not unremittingly studied by those who devote themselves to the arts , if the casts from the an- tique were not found in ...
... remains of Grecian sculp ture and architecture were to be lost , if the great collections of ancient monuments were not unremittingly studied by those who devote themselves to the arts , if the casts from the an- tique were not found in ...
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... remain where she was , and promises that he will not attempt to hold an intercourse with her as long as she continues under his roof , and no longer ; thus securing her an asylum , by making her stay at the castle a guarantee for his ...
... remain where she was , and promises that he will not attempt to hold an intercourse with her as long as she continues under his roof , and no longer ; thus securing her an asylum , by making her stay at the castle a guarantee for his ...
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... remains stationary . Here Ottilia sits , in mute despair at the impossibility of getting immediate relief for the dying child , which lies senseless in her arms , and which she en- deavours by every means that her memory can suggest ...
... remains stationary . Here Ottilia sits , in mute despair at the impossibility of getting immediate relief for the dying child , which lies senseless in her arms , and which she en- deavours by every means that her memory can suggest ...
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... remain but little difference of opinion respecting her great qualities , as well as her de- fects , and if the ... remains unknown . * The Empress's journey to the Crimea furnishes some anecdotes wor thy of being recorded , but which are ...
... remain but little difference of opinion respecting her great qualities , as well as her de- fects , and if the ... remains unknown . * The Empress's journey to the Crimea furnishes some anecdotes wor thy of being recorded , but which are ...
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universities , the gymnasia and the district schools . - There yet remains much to be done with respect to the parish schools , the number of which will be prodigious , when the general plan ( contemplating one at least for every two ...
universities , the gymnasia and the district schools . - There yet remains much to be done with respect to the parish schools , the number of which will be prodigious , when the general plan ( contemplating one at least for every two ...
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Page 262 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Page 18 - France and their dependencies, and for other purposes," it is provided "that in case either Great Britain or France shall before the 3d day of March next so revoke or modify her edicts as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States, which fact the President of the United States shall declare by proclamation and if the other nation...
Page 167 - ... dictates and its wants require, all sovereigns have consented to a relaxation in practice, in cases under certain peculiar circumstances, of that absolute and complete jurisdiction within their respective territories which sovereignty confers. This consent may, in some instances, be tested by common usage, and by common opinion growing out of that usage.
Page 174 - Without doubt, the sovereign of the place is capable of destroying this implication. He may claim and exercise jurisdiction either by employing force, or by subjecting such vessels to the ordinary tribunals. But until such power be exerted in a manner not to be misunderstood, the sovereign cannot be considered as having imparted to the ordinary tribunals a jurisdiction, which it would be a breach of faith to exercise.
Page 172 - ... it would be obviously inconvenient and dangerous to society, and would subject the laws to continual infraction, and the government to degradation, if such individuals or merchants did not owe temporary and local allegiance, and were not amenable to the jurisdiction of the country.
Page 167 - One sovereign being in no respect amenable to another, and being bound by obligations of the highest character not to degrade the dignity of his nation, by placing himself or its sovereign rights within the jurisdiction of another, can be supposed to enter a foreign territory only under an express license, or in the confidence that the immunities belonging to his independent sovereign station, though not expressly stipulated, are reserved by implication, and will be extended to him.
Page 173 - The implied license, therefore, under which such vessel enters a friendly port, may reasonably be construed, and it seems to the court, ought to be construed, as containing an exemption from the jurisdiction of the sovereign, within whose territory she claims the rights of hospitality.
Page 169 - A sovereign committing the interests of his nation with a foreign power to the care of a person whom he has selected for that purpose, cannot intend to subject his minister in any degree to that power; and, therefore, a consent to receive him implies a consent that he shall possess those privileges which his principal intended he should retain, privileges which are essential to the dignity of his sovereign, and to the duties he is bound to perform.
Page 169 - The grant of a free passage, therefore, implies a waiver of all jurisdiction over the troops during their passage, and permits the foreign general to use that discipline and to inflict those punishments which the government of his army may require.