Annual Report of the American Historical Association

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1897
 

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Стр. 46 - I will be as the dew unto Israel : he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow shall return ; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine : the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
Стр. 62 - Great captains, with their guns and drums, Disturb our judgment for the hour, But at last silence comes; These all' are gone, and, standing like a tower, Our children shall behold his fame. The kindly-earnest, brave, foreseeing man, Sagacious, patient, dreading praise, not blame, New birth of our new soil, the first American.
Стр. 704 - The commissioners appointed under the fifth article of the treaty of amity, commerce and navigation between the United States and Great Britain, to ascertain the river which was truly intended under the name of the river St.
Стр. 56 - I doubt whether one single law of any lawgiver, ancient or modern, has produced effects of more distinct, marked, and lasting character than the Ordinance of 1787.
Стр. 699 - I have the honor to be, with the greatest respect, sir, your most obedient and most humble servant, TH: JEFFERSON.
Стр. 1139 - The conventions of a number of the states having, at the time of their adopting the constitution, expressed a desire, in order to prevent misconstruction or abuse of its powers, that further declaratory and restrictive clauses should be added...
Стр. 378 - I am convinced," said Fox, in 1791, in the fresh light of the experience America had afforded him, " that the only method of retaining distant Colonies with advantage is to enable them to govern themselves.
Стр. 856 - I distinctly admit that every man has a right to do what he pleases with his own.
Стр. 616 - ... as shall be imported in vessels built in the United States, and which shall be wholly the property of a citizen or citizens thereof, or in vessels built in foreign countries, and on the sixteenth day of May last, wholly the property of a citizen or citizens of the United States, and so continuing until the time of importation.
Стр. 284 - Should history ever become a true science, it must expect to establish its laws, not from the complicated story of rival European nationalities, but from the , methodical evolution of a great democracy. North America was the most favorable field on the globe for the spread of a society so large, uniform, and isolated as to answer the purposes of science.

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