The Southern Review, Volume 2A. E. Miller., 1828 |
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... Indian seas teeming with gold and precious stones ; the regions of Mangi and Cathay , with their cities of unrivalled wealth and splendour . He promised them land and riches , and every thing that could arouse their cupidity , or ...
... Indian seas teeming with gold and precious stones ; the regions of Mangi and Cathay , with their cities of unrivalled wealth and splendour . He promised them land and riches , and every thing that could arouse their cupidity , or ...
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... Indian sea ; or was this the famed Cipango itself , the object of his golden fancies ? A thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him , as , with his anxious crews , he waited for the night to pass away : wondering ...
... Indian sea ; or was this the famed Cipango itself , the object of his golden fancies ? A thousand speculations of the kind must have swarmed upon him , as , with his anxious crews , he waited for the night to pass away : wondering ...
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... Indians , painted according to their savage fashion , and decorated with tropical feathers , and with their national ornaments of gold ; after these , were borne various kinds of live parrots , together with stuffed birds and animals of ...
... Indians , painted according to their savage fashion , and decorated with tropical feathers , and with their national ornaments of gold ; after these , were borne various kinds of live parrots , together with stuffed birds and animals of ...
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... Indian coronets , bracelets , and other decorations of gold , which might form an idea of the wealth of the newly discovered regions . After these followed Columbus , on horseback , surrounded by a brilliant cavalcade of Spanish ...
... Indian coronets , bracelets , and other decorations of gold , which might form an idea of the wealth of the newly discovered regions . After these followed Columbus , on horseback , surrounded by a brilliant cavalcade of Spanish ...
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... Indian foot - path , winding among rocks and precipices , or through brakes and thickets , entangled by the rich vegetation of a tropical forest . A number of high - spirited young cavaliers volunteered to open a route for the army ...
... Indian foot - path , winding among rocks and precipices , or through brakes and thickets , entangled by the rich vegetation of a tropical forest . A number of high - spirited young cavaliers volunteered to open a route for the army ...
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Page 564 - But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 543 - Regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the States ; provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Page 439 - YE, That we, the undersigned delegates, by virtue of the power and authority to us given for that purpose, do by these presents. In the name and in behalf of our respective constituents, fully and entirely ratify and confirm each and every of the said articles of confederation and perpetual union, and all and singular the matters and things therein contained. And we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United...
Page 618 - Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 581 - And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them ; unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Page 440 - In determining questions in the United States in Congress assembled, each State shall have one vote. Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court, or place out of Congress ; and the members of Congress shall be protected...
Page 435 - States, with a request that it might 'be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification.
Page 447 - And whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in Congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said Articles of confederation and perpetual union...
Page 105 - ... saving to suitors, in all cases, the right of a common law remedy, where the common law is competent to give it...
Page 436 - No political dreamer was ever wild enough to think of breaking down the lines which separate the states, and of compounding the American people into one common mass. Of consequence, when they act, they act in their states. But the measures they adopt do not, on that account, cease to be the measures of the people themselves, or become the measures of the state governments. From these conventions the Constitution derives its whole authority. The government proceeds directly from the people; is 'ordained...