The Magazine of History, with Notes and Queries, Volume 19W. Abbatt, 1914 - History |
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... president and a life senate , the governors of the several States being appointed by the general government . The so - called Pinckney plan - of which no copy exists - was much like the Constitution as it was finally adopted . As in the ...
... president and a life senate , the governors of the several States being appointed by the general government . The so - called Pinckney plan - of which no copy exists - was much like the Constitution as it was finally adopted . As in the ...
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... President , & c . As has been stated , the first regular session of this Federal Convention was held on May 25 , 1787 . Just as there were three compromises during the progress of the Con- vention , so there were three divisions in the ...
... President , & c . As has been stated , the first regular session of this Federal Convention was held on May 25 , 1787 . Just as there were three compromises during the progress of the Con- vention , so there were three divisions in the ...
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... President Lincoln , appeared in the February , March and May Magazine . St. Simon's Island , June 14 , 1863 . His Excellency , John A. Andrew , Governor of Mass .: DEAR SIR : Since I last wrote you , the Fifty - fourth has arrived at St ...
... President Lincoln , appeared in the February , March and May Magazine . St. Simon's Island , June 14 , 1863 . His Excellency , John A. Andrew , Governor of Mass .: DEAR SIR : Since I last wrote you , the Fifty - fourth has arrived at St ...
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... President of the U. S. , in the cases enumerated in the 65 and 89th of the Old Articles of War . The question arises daily , and I expect to execute a good many Spies and Guerillas under that Law , without bothering the President . For ...
... President of the U. S. , in the cases enumerated in the 65 and 89th of the Old Articles of War . The question arises daily , and I expect to execute a good many Spies and Guerillas under that Law , without bothering the President . For ...
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... President . But probably the most forceful expression he ever made upon this subject was in a letter to the Comte de Grasse , the Com- mander of the French fleet , just before the battle of Yorktown , when he put the matter thus ...
... President . But probably the most forceful expression he ever made upon this subject was in a letter to the Comte de Grasse , the Com- mander of the French fleet , just before the battle of Yorktown , when he put the matter thus ...
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Page 7 - It is too probable that no plan we propose will be adopted. Perhaps another dreadful conflict is to be sustained. If, to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterwards defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and honest can repair ; the event is in the hand of God.
Page 210 - Ah, luckless speech, and bootless boast ! For which he paid full dear; For, while he spake, a braying ass Did sing most loud and clear. Whereat his horse did snort, as he Had heard a lion roar, And gallop'd off with all his might, As he had done before.
Page 77 - I do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me, as they are commonly understood by Protestants, without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever...
Page 207 - John he cried ; But John he cried in vain, That trot became a gallop soon, In spite of curb and rein. So stooping down, as needs he must Who cannot sit upright, He grasp'd the mane with both his hands And eke with all his might.
Page 86 - State, ordain, determine and declare, that the free exercise and enjoyment of religious profession and worship, without discrimination or preference, shall forever hereafter be allowed within this State to all mankind; provided that the liberty of conscience hereby granted shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State.
Page 208 - The wind did blow, the cloak did fly, Like streamer long and gay, Till loop and button failing both, At last it flew away. Then might all people well discern The bottles he had slung ; A bottle swinging at each side, As hath been said or sung.
Page 50 - There is a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough hew them how we will.
Page 205 - That, though on pleasure she was bent, She had a frugal mind. The morning came, the chaise was brought, But yet was not allowed To drive up to the door, lest all Should say that she was proud.
Page 204 - My sister, and my sister's child, Myself and children three, Will fill the chaise ; so you must ride On horseback after we. He soon replied, I do admire Of womankind but one, And you are she, my dearest dear, Therefore it shall be done. I am a linen-draper bold, As all the world doth know, And my good friend the calender Will lend his horse to go.