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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... Natural History of Birds inhabiting the United States , not given by Wil- son ; with Figures from Nature . By Charles Lucian Bonaparte . Vol . I. VIII . PHI BETA KAPPA ORATIONS 129 1. A Discourse.
... Natural History of Birds inhabiting the United States , not given by Wil- son ; with Figures from Nature . By Charles Lucian Bonaparte . Vol . I. VIII . PHI BETA KAPPA ORATIONS 129 1. A Discourse.
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... nature had cast them upon the verge of the ocean tides . The thousand streams , which used to be running wastefully down her mountains and hills , are now carefully gathered up into reservoirs , and converted , from mere orna- ments of ...
... nature had cast them upon the verge of the ocean tides . The thousand streams , which used to be running wastefully down her mountains and hills , are now carefully gathered up into reservoirs , and converted , from mere orna- ments of ...
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... nature of the soil , and will be amply provided with water for its navigation . ' After ascending the Big Beaver , a tributary of the Ohio , three routes to Lake Erie present themselves , differing in length from a hundred and four to a ...
... nature of the soil , and will be amply provided with water for its navigation . ' After ascending the Big Beaver , a tributary of the Ohio , three routes to Lake Erie present themselves , differing in length from a hundred and four to a ...
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... nature . It is only necessary to call to mind the difficulties which were encountered during the late war , in sustaining the campaigns on the lake frontier , through the want of artificial facili- ties of this kind , in order to ...
... nature . It is only necessary to call to mind the difficulties which were encountered during the late war , in sustaining the campaigns on the lake frontier , through the want of artificial facili- ties of this kind , in order to ...
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... nature has left little to do to unite the two bays . ' The Board have determined , that sufficient harbors may be made at each extremity , by using the advantage which nature has afforded , without difficulty , or any great expense ...
... nature has left little to do to unite the two bays . ' The Board have determined , that sufficient harbors may be made at each extremity , by using the advantage which nature has afforded , without difficulty , or any great expense ...
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Page 172 - 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 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 364 - 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 252 - Reports of Cases argued and determined in the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts.
Page 363 - 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 353 - 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.
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 171 - When, in the progress of society, land of the second degree of fertility is taken into cultivation, rent immediately commences on that of the first quality, and the amount of that rent will depend on the difference in the quality of these two portions of land.
Page 231 - Lord of the boundless realm of air! In thy imperial name, The hearts of the bold and ardent dare, The dangerous path, of fame Beneath the shade of thy golden wings, The Roman legions bore, From the river of Egypt's cloudy springs, Their pride, to the polar shore.
Page 358 - When, then, a law is in its nature a contract, when absolute rights have vested under that contract, a repeal of the law cannot divest those rights...