A History of the American NationD. Appleton, 1908 - 594 pages |
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... position of great military advantage at the sources of rivers that flowed northward to the St. Lawrence , eastward to the Hudson and the Atlantic , or found their way even southward to the Gulf.t The first connection between Europe and ...
... position of great military advantage at the sources of rivers that flowed northward to the St. Lawrence , eastward to the Hudson and the Atlantic , or found their way even southward to the Gulf.t The first connection between Europe and ...
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... position . Moreover , Toscanelli placed on the chart certain mythical islands * which he thought existed . " So , " said he , " through the unknown parts of the route the stretches of sea to be traversed are not great . " Columbus seeks ...
... position . Moreover , Toscanelli placed on the chart certain mythical islands * which he thought existed . " So , " said he , " through the unknown parts of the route the stretches of sea to be traversed are not great . " Columbus seeks ...
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... position . * James made him a peer , with the title of Baron Baltimore of Baltimore . Even before his retirement from office he had entered upon plans for founding a colony in America , and he now made an unsuccessful attempt to ...
... position . * James made him a peer , with the title of Baron Baltimore of Baltimore . Even before his retirement from office he had entered upon plans for founding a colony in America , and he now made an unsuccessful attempt to ...
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... position , and was con- sidered the most astute politician in the king- dom . He is the original of Achitophel in Dryden's famous satire . Others were joined with these men as the owners of Carolina . The privileges and rights granted ...
... position , and was con- sidered the most astute politician in the king- dom . He is the original of Achitophel in Dryden's famous satire . Others were joined with these men as the owners of Carolina . The privileges and rights granted ...
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... position in England who had won distinction by the capture of Jamaica and stood in special favor at court because he had helped to reinstate the Stuarts . The son , while a student at Oxford , was much af- fected by the teachings of the ...
... position in England who had won distinction by the capture of Jamaica and stood in special favor at court because he had helped to reinstate the Stuarts . The son , while a student at Oxford , was much af- fected by the teachings of the ...
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Page 142 - We know, that whilst some of them draw the line and strike the harpoon on the coast of Africa, others run the longitude, and pursue their gigantic game along the coast of Brazil. No sea but what is vexed by their fisheries. No climate that is not witness to their toils.
Page 556 - ... on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; 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. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office of President shall be eligible to that of Vice-President of the United States.
Page 544 - SECT. 4. The times, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators.
Page 235 - ... the powers of the Federal Government as resulting from the compact to which the States are parties, as limited by the plain sense and intention of the instrument constituting that compact; as no...
Page 502 - When such report is made and accepted it will, in my opinion, be the duty of the United States to resist by every means in its power as a wilful aggression upon its rights and interests the appropriation by Great Britain of any lands or the exercise of governmental jurisdiction over any territory which after investigation we have determined of right belongs to Venezuela.
Page 306 - The laws of the United States must be executed. I have no discretionary power on the subject ; my duty is emphatically pronounced in the Constitution. Those who told you that you might peaceably prevent their execution deceived you; they could not have been deceived themselves. They know that a forcible opposition could alone prevent the execution of the laws, and they know that such opposition must be repelled. Their object is disunion. But be not deceived by names. Disunion by armed force is treason.
Page 439 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition, and also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 164 - That the foundation of English liberty, and of all free government, is a right in the people to participate in their legislative council...
Page 235 - ... in case of a deliberate, palpable, and dangerous exercise of other powers not granted by the said compact, the States, who are parties thereto, have the right and are in duty bound to interpose for arresting the progress of the evil, and for maintaining within their respective limits the authorities, rights, and liberties appertaining to them.
Page 543 - No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen. The Vice-President of the United States shall be president of the senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided.