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, 1850 - 432 Seiten |
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... nearly equals the stone itself in hardness . It appears to have been at some former period covered with a stucco of similar character to the cement with which the stone is held together . It is nearly twenty - five feet in height ; its ...
... nearly equals the stone itself in hardness . It appears to have been at some former period covered with a stucco of similar character to the cement with which the stone is held together . It is nearly twenty - five feet in height ; its ...
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... nearly half his troops by fighting and hardships of various kinds ; the greater part of his horses too had perished , and all had been without shoes for more than a year for the want of iron . He now resolved to return to the ...
... nearly half his troops by fighting and hardships of various kinds ; the greater part of his horses too had perished , and all had been without shoes for more than a year for the want of iron . He now resolved to return to the ...
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... nearly equal , enforced it in the most violent manner . He addressed them in opprobrious lan- guage ; hanged one of them with his own hands , and threatened others with the same fate . At length they rose in mutiny , put him to death ...
... nearly equal , enforced it in the most violent manner . He addressed them in opprobrious lan- guage ; hanged one of them with his own hands , and threatened others with the same fate . At length they rose in mutiny , put him to death ...
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... nearly as far south as the latitude of Virginia . Having fully weighed this project , he laid a memoir before the queen and council , who approved of the undertaking ; and in the beginning of 1584 her majesty granted , by letters patent ...
... nearly as far south as the latitude of Virginia . Having fully weighed this project , he laid a memoir before the queen and council , who approved of the undertaking ; and in the beginning of 1584 her majesty granted , by letters patent ...
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... nearly the whole coast of North Carolina . The valleys were finely wooded with cedars , around whose trunks wild vines hung in rich festoons ; and the grape seemed so native to the soil , that the clusters covered the ground , and ...
... nearly the whole coast of North Carolina . The valleys were finely wooded with cedars , around whose trunks wild vines hung in rich festoons ; and the grape seemed so native to the soil , that the clusters covered the ground , and ...
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Seite 425 - 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.
Seite 428 - 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...
Seite 429 - ... shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any stale, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed. Section 3. — 1. 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.
Seite 120 - 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.
Seite 428 - 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.
Seite 425 - 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.
Seite 425 - ... 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.
Seite 425 - ... 3. 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.
Seite 430 - The United States shall guaranty to every state in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive, (when the legislature cannot be convened.) against domestic violence.
Seite 432 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers 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. 3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...