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... land , but simply in view of an aggressive war to be waged at a distance there is ample evidence that , what- ever may have been the love of liberty in other days , it has become a thing of the past . During the Crimean war , there was ...
... land , but simply in view of an aggressive war to be waged at a distance there is ample evidence that , what- ever may have been the love of liberty in other days , it has become a thing of the past . During the Crimean war , there was ...
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... land . Its trees , its birds , its castles , its legends , were the mind's earliest pictures . Fancies of childhood , dreams of youth , memories of age , all wandered there . History was there with grand old names , and scenes of ...
... land . Its trees , its birds , its castles , its legends , were the mind's earliest pictures . Fancies of childhood , dreams of youth , memories of age , all wandered there . History was there with grand old names , and scenes of ...
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... land , dispensing a baronial hospi- tality , and diffusing the felicity which themselves enjoyed ; that all was life , and joy , and affluence then . And this tradition was not without simili- tude to the reality , as this writer can ...
... land , dispensing a baronial hospi- tality , and diffusing the felicity which themselves enjoyed ; that all was life , and joy , and affluence then . And this tradition was not without simili- tude to the reality , as this writer can ...
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... land of gold , for which Columbus had sought , and Raleigh had striven in vain , was at last discovered . An enor- mous addition to Northern territory became rapidly peopled with a population , allured from every quarter of the globe ...
... land of gold , for which Columbus had sought , and Raleigh had striven in vain , was at last discovered . An enor- mous addition to Northern territory became rapidly peopled with a population , allured from every quarter of the globe ...
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... land . " The close of this sentence will not blind many . The first French Republic went forth to enslave its neighbours , in the name of " liberty and equal rights . " We can find no instance where liberty was ever people at the point ...
... land . " The close of this sentence will not blind many . The first French Republic went forth to enslave its neighbours , in the name of " liberty and equal rights . " We can find no instance where liberty was ever people at the point ...
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Seite 338 - FREEDOM of speech and debate in congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any Court, or place out of Congress, and the members of Congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.
Seite 343 - ... to agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each state for its quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such state...
Seite 40 - What signify a few lives lost in a century or two ? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Seite 353 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Seite 344 - ... nor ascertain the sums and expenses necessary for the defence and welfare of the United States, or any of them, nor emit bills, nor borrow money on the credit of the United States...
Seite 356 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Seite 354 - Term, be elected as follows: 2. Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress...
Seite 330 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Seite 336 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defense, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretense whatever.
Seite 349 - 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.