A Brief History of the United States: For SchoolsA.S. Barnes & Company, 1871 - 292 страница |
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... side of the world , walking with their heels upward , and their heads hanging down ? And then , how can a ship get there ? The torrid zone , through which they must pass , is a region of fire , where the very waves boil . And even if a ...
... side of the world , walking with their heels upward , and their heads hanging down ? And then , how can a ship get there ? The torrid zone , through which they must pass , is a region of fire , where the very waves boil . And even if a ...
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... side ; leaping into the water he barely escapes death by drowning . These and many other wonderful exploits he published in a book after returning to England . Many of them are doubtless imaginary . Even that relating to Pocahontas has ...
... side ; leaping into the water he barely escapes death by drowning . These and many other wonderful exploits he published in a book after returning to England . Many of them are doubtless imaginary . Even that relating to Pocahontas has ...
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... side . Confused and be- wildered , the settlers seemed about to give way , when suddenly a strange old man with long white beard and ancient garb appeared among them . Ringing out a quick , sharp word of command , he recalled them to ...
... side . Confused and be- wildered , the settlers seemed about to give way , when suddenly a strange old man with long white beard and ancient garb appeared among them . Ringing out a quick , sharp word of command , he recalled them to ...
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... side , but all shall be openness and love . The friendship between you and me I will not compare to a chain ; for that the rains might rust or the falling tree might break . We are the same as if one man's body were to be divided into ...
... side , but all shall be openness and love . The friendship between you and me I will not compare to a chain ; for that the rains might rust or the falling tree might break . We are the same as if one man's body were to be divided into ...
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... side of the river , the French all on the other . Where does our land lie ? " Their Indian allies capturing the Miami chief who defended his English friends , killed and ate him , in true savage style . he received his credentials , set ...
... side of the river , the French all on the other . Where does our land lie ? " Their Indian allies capturing the Miami chief who defended his English friends , killed and ate him , in true savage style . he received his credentials , set ...
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Страница xxxii - Provided that no amendment which may be made prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight shall in any manner affect the first and fourth clauses in the ninth section of the first article ; and that no state, without its consent, shall be deprived of its equal suffrage in the Senate. ARTICLE VI. All debts contracted and engagements entered into before the adoption of this Constitution shall be as valid against the United States under this Constitution as under the Confederation.
Страница xxxiii - Daniel [of St. Thomas] Jenifer, Daniel Carroll. VIRGINIA. John Blair, James Madison, Jr. NORTH CAROLINA. William Blount, Richard Dobbs Spaight, Hugh Williamson. SOUTH CAROLINA. John Rutledge, Charles C. Pinckney, Charles Pinckney, Pierce Butler. GEORGIA. William Few, Abraham Baldwin. Attest : WILLIAM JACKSON, Secretary...
Страница xxvi - When vacancies happen in the representation from any state, the executive authority thereof shall issue writs of election to fill such vacancies. The House of Representatives shall choose their speaker and other officers ; and shall have the sole power of impeachment. SECTION 3. The Senate of the United States shall be composed of two senators from each state, chosen by the legislature thereof for six years; and each senator shall have one vote.
Страница xxvii - 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.
Страница xxiv - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
Страница 191 - I could not do it. Many a piece did I commit to memory, and recite and rehearse in my own room, over and over again, yet, when the day came, when the school collected to hear declamations, when my name was called, and I saw all eyes turned to my seat, I could not raise myself from it.
Страница xxiv - He has endeavored to prevent the population of these States; for that purpose obstructing the laws for the naturalization of foreigners; refusing to pass others to encourage their migration hither, and raising the conditions of new appropriations of lands.
Страница 100 - I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand, and villainy on the other, as this writ of assistance is.
Страница xxiii - Agreeably to the order of the day, the Congress resolved itself into a committee of the whole, to take into their further consideration the Declaration ; and, after some time, the president resumed the chair, and Mr.
Страница 113 - I only regret that I have but one life to give to my country.