The North American Review, Volume 24Jared Sparks, James Russell Lowell, Edward Everett, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1827 - American fiction Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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... formed , consisting of scientific officers of the corps of engineers , and many civil engineers of approved talents and local informa- tion . The Report exhibits the result of their labors 6 [ Jan. Internal Improvements .
... formed , consisting of scientific officers of the corps of engineers , and many civil engineers of approved talents and local informa- tion . The Report exhibits the result of their labors 6 [ Jan. Internal Improvements .
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... officer of the corps of engineers . This canal , with the more western canal , which is intended to connect the Sciota with Lake Erie , and which has already been begun by the state of Ohio , will open two communications between these ...
... officer of the corps of engineers . This canal , with the more western canal , which is intended to connect the Sciota with Lake Erie , and which has already been begun by the state of Ohio , will open two communications between these ...
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... officers . When brought before Onkus he preserved total silence . Onkus demanded the reason . ' Had you taken me , ' said he ' I would have besought you for my life . This the captive chieftain disdained to do . Gorton , of Rhode Island ...
... officers . When brought before Onkus he preserved total silence . Onkus demanded the reason . ' Had you taken me , ' said he ' I would have besought you for my life . This the captive chieftain disdained to do . Gorton , of Rhode Island ...
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... officer at the seat of government , he resigned his office as incompatible , under such a restriction , with his other engagements . He had previously been chosen to the Senate of Maryland , and in 1815 he was elected from Baltimore ...
... officer at the seat of government , he resigned his office as incompatible , under such a restriction , with his other engagements . He had previously been chosen to the Senate of Maryland , and in 1815 he was elected from Baltimore ...
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... - Cauca- sus ( " " Wladeti " signifying in the Russian language , to com- mand , domineer ) ; and it is the residence of the officer who 93 commands the troops engaged in the fatiguing service , which 1827. ] 189 Russian Tales .
... - Cauca- sus ( " " Wladeti " signifying in the Russian language , to com- mand , domineer ) ; and it is the residence of the officer who 93 commands the troops engaged in the fatiguing service , which 1827. ] 189 Russian Tales .
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Page 361 - To what purpose are powers limited, and to what purpose is that limitation committed to writing, if these limits may at any time be passed by those intended to be restrained ? The distinction between a government with limited and unlimited powers is abolished, if those limits do not confine the persons on whom they are imposed, and if acts prohibited and acts allowed, are of equal obligation.
Page 110 - American Ornithology or the Natural History of Birds Inhabiting the United States not given by Wilson, with Figures Drawn, Engraved, and Coloured from Nature by Charles Lucien Bonaparte, 4 volumes.
Page 362 - Certainly all those who have framed written constitutions contemplate them as forming the fundamental and paramount law of the nation, and consequently the theory of every such government must be, that an act of the Legislature, repugnant to the Constitution, is void.
Page 128 - ... nest for the support of his mate and young ones, the bald eagle pursues him and takes it from him. With all this injustice he is never in good case; but, like those among men who live by sharping and robbing, he is generally poor, and often very lousy. Besides, he is a rank coward; the little king-bird, not bigger than a sparrow, attacks him boldly and drives him out of the district. He is therefore by no means a proper emblem for the brave and honest Cincinnati of America, who have driven all...
Page 471 - To which poetry would be made subsequent, or indeed rather precedent, as being less subtile and fine, but more simple, sensuous, and passionate.
Page 170 - Rent is that portion of the produce of the earth, which is paid to the landlord for the use of the original and indestructible powers of the soil.
Page 361 - The power and duty of the judiciary to disregard an unconstitutional act of Congress, or of any State Legislature, were declared in an argument approaching to the precision and certainty of a mathematical demonstration.
Page 121 - ... but man, and, from the ethereal heights to which he soars, looking abroad at one glance, on an immeasurable expanse of forests, fields, lakes and ocean, deep below him; he appears indifferent to the little localities...
Page 128 - I wish the bald eagle had not been chosen as the representative of our country; he is a bird of bad moral character; he does not get his living honestly...
Page 351 - It was declared by the amendment, that the judicial power of the United States should not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States, by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.