A History of the United States: For the Use of Schools and AcademiesThomas, Cowperthwait & Company, 1844 - 432 страница |
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... miles from the most westerly of the Canaries . Columbus afterwards discovered and touched at other islands in the What signs of land appeared ? Who first saw the light ? When ? What is said of the natives ? What was the island called ...
... miles from the most westerly of the Canaries . Columbus afterwards discovered and touched at other islands in the What signs of land appeared ? Who first saw the light ? When ? What is said of the natives ? What was the island called ...
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... miles from the Mississippi . Thence he turned towards the south , and passed through Arkansas into Louisiana . His wanderings and contests with the Indians continued until May 21st , 1542 , when , worn out with sickness and fatigue ...
... miles from the Mississippi . Thence he turned towards the south , and passed through Arkansas into Louisiana . His wanderings and contests with the Indians continued until May 21st , 1542 , when , worn out with sickness and fatigue ...
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... miles westward from the Mississippi . But the Red river was swollen so as to present an impassable barrier to their further progress , and they were compelled to return and prepare boats for passing down the Mississippi to the gulf of ...
... miles westward from the Mississippi . But the Red river was swollen so as to present an impassable barrier to their further progress , and they were compelled to return and prepare boats for passing down the Mississippi to the gulf of ...
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... miles , landed on the island of Wococken , the southernmost of the islands forming Ocracock inlet . They were delighted with the rich and verdant appearance of the country , and the mild and gentle manners of the natives ; and having ...
... miles , landed on the island of Wococken , the southernmost of the islands forming Ocracock inlet . They were delighted with the rich and verdant appearance of the country , and the mild and gentle manners of the natives ; and having ...
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... miles north and south of its first settlement . Thus , neither company could plant within one hundred miles of a colony of its rival . The patent also empowered the companies to transport to the colonies as many English subjects as ...
... miles north and south of its first settlement . Thus , neither company could plant within one hundred miles of a colony of its rival . The patent also empowered the companies to transport to the colonies as many English subjects as ...
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Страница 412 - 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.
Страница 411 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Страница 406 - He has refused for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large, for their exercise ; the state remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Страница 411 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them, shall, without the consent of Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign state.
Страница 413 - States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Страница 214 - ... free and independent States; that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British crown, and that all political connection between them and the state of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved ; and that, as free and independent States, they have full power to levy war, conclude peace, contract alliances, establish commerce, and do all other acts and things which independent States may of right do.
Страница 409 - 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.
Страница 328 - Although in the circle of his friends, where he might be unreserved with safety, he took a free share in conversation, his colloquial talents were not above mediocrity, possessing neither copiousness of ideas, nor fluency of words.
Страница 409 - ... Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns, and qualifications, of its own members; and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner and under such penalties as each house may provide. 2. Each house may determine the rules of its proceedings, punish its members for disorderly behaviour, and with the concurrence of two-thirds, expel a member.
Страница 77 - And is it possible, that neither of these causes, that not all combined, were able to blast this bud of hope? Is it possible, that from a beginning so feeble, so frail, so worthy not so much of admiration as of pity, there has gone forth a progress so steady, a growth so wonderful, an expansion so ample, a reality so important, a promise, yet to be fulfilled, so glorious?