The Pictorial History of the American Revolution: With a Sketch of the Early History of the Country. The Constitution of the United States, and a Chronological IndexR. Sears, 1847 - 432 стор. |
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... despatch an ambassador to Pope Alexander VI . , requesting his authority for an exclusive title to the - countries which had been , or might be discovered ; this the pope readily com- plied with , drawing a line from pole to pole , one ...
... despatch an ambassador to Pope Alexander VI . , requesting his authority for an exclusive title to the - countries which had been , or might be discovered ; this the pope readily com- plied with , drawing a line from pole to pole , one ...
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... despatched messengers to Spain for a supply of provisions , ammunition , goods for trade , and a recruit of men ; but his request not being readily complied with , after staying five years in America , he returned home , where he met ...
... despatched messengers to Spain for a supply of provisions , ammunition , goods for trade , and a recruit of men ; but his request not being readily complied with , after staying five years in America , he returned home , where he met ...
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... despatched a vessel to St. Augustine to se- lect a safe harbor . This having been accomplished , he sailed from Havana on the twelfth of May , 1539 , and on the twenty - fifth of the same month arrived at Es- piritu Santo , and took ...
... despatched a vessel to St. Augustine to se- lect a safe harbor . This having been accomplished , he sailed from Havana on the twelfth of May , 1539 , and on the twenty - fifth of the same month arrived at Es- piritu Santo , and took ...
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... despatched some of her attendants to drive the poor fellows out of the gate , and who , seizing their bows and arrows , broke them in an instant . These arrows were made of small canes , pointed with shell or the sharp tooth of a fish ...
... despatched some of her attendants to drive the poor fellows out of the gate , and who , seizing their bows and arrows , broke them in an instant . These arrows were made of small canes , pointed with shell or the sharp tooth of a fish ...
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... despatched to Aquascogok to reclaim it . Alarmed at this visit , the savages fled into the woods , and the enraged crew demolished the city and destroyed the cornfields . A revenge so deep for so slight an injury incensed the natives ...
... despatched to Aquascogok to reclaim it . Alarmed at this visit , the savages fled into the woods , and the enraged crew demolished the city and destroyed the cornfields . A revenge so deep for so slight an injury incensed the natives ...
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Сторінка 421 - In all the other cases before mentioned, the supreme court shall have appellate jurisdiction, both as to law and fact, with such exceptions, and under such regulations as the congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the state where the said crimes shall have been committed; but when not committed within any state, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed.
Сторінка 417 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Сторінка 420 - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President...
Сторінка 421 - Treason against the United 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.
Сторінка 419 - ... 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.
Сторінка 114 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Сторінка 418 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever, over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the Legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings : and, 17.
Сторінка 420 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the 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.
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