The American Review of History and Politics, and General Repository of Literature and State Papers, Volume 3Farrand and Nicholas., 1812 - United States |
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... Character and Structure of the French Police , - Letter VIII . Of the French Stage . - The Grand Opera , Letter IX . The " Theatre Français . " - Tragedy and Co- medy , Thoughts on a Financial System adapted to the present cir ...
... Character and Structure of the French Police , - Letter VIII . Of the French Stage . - The Grand Opera , Letter IX . The " Theatre Français . " - Tragedy and Co- medy , Thoughts on a Financial System adapted to the present cir ...
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... character of our adminis- tration . In this respect it has appeared to us of some conse- quence , and worthy of being put upon record . The history of parties wherever they have prevailed , is fruitful in examples of short - sighted ...
... character of our adminis- tration . In this respect it has appeared to us of some conse- quence , and worthy of being put upon record . The history of parties wherever they have prevailed , is fruitful in examples of short - sighted ...
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... character and his- tory of Bonaparte , will not certainly be willing to admit , that , in imposing on the Institute , the task of which we have been speaking , he was actuated by the magnanimous views ascribed to him in the Introductory ...
... character and his- tory of Bonaparte , will not certainly be willing to admit , that , in imposing on the Institute , the task of which we have been speaking , he was actuated by the magnanimous views ascribed to him in the Introductory ...
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... character and government ; to habituate them to the most tractable and prostitute servility ; to break and dastardize the elevated and republican spirit , which a de- votion to moral studies rarely fails to engender . The motives for ...
... character and government ; to habituate them to the most tractable and prostitute servility ; to break and dastardize the elevated and republican spirit , which a de- votion to moral studies rarely fails to engender . The motives for ...
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... character and of liberal studies . - The remarks of M. Visconti may furnish some useful hints.— • " Literary travels performed by young philologists who had given proofs of their learning , and whose object it should be , to visit the ...
... character and of liberal studies . - The remarks of M. Visconti may furnish some useful hints.— • " Literary travels performed by young philologists who had given proofs of their learning , and whose object it should be , to visit the ...
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Page 262 - Happy the man, and happy he alone, He, who can call to-day his own : He who, secure within, can say, To-morrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
Page 18 - France and their dependencies, and for other purposes," it is provided "that in case either Great Britain or France shall before the 3d day of March next so revoke or modify her edicts as that they shall cease to violate the neutral commerce of the United States, which fact the President of the United States shall declare by proclamation and if the other nation...
Page 167 - ... dictates and its wants require, all sovereigns have consented to a relaxation in practice, in cases under certain peculiar circumstances, of that absolute and complete jurisdiction within their respective territories which sovereignty confers. This consent may, in some instances, be tested by common usage, and by common opinion growing out of that usage.
Page 174 - Without doubt, the sovereign of the place is capable of destroying this implication. He may claim and exercise jurisdiction either by employing force, or by subjecting such vessels to the ordinary tribunals. But until such power be exerted in a manner not to be misunderstood, the sovereign cannot be considered as having imparted to the ordinary tribunals a jurisdiction, which it would be a breach of faith to exercise.
Page 172 - ... it would be obviously inconvenient and dangerous to society, and would subject the laws to continual infraction, and the government to degradation, if such individuals or merchants did not owe temporary and local allegiance, and were not amenable to the jurisdiction of the country.
Page 167 - One sovereign being in no respect amenable to another, and being bound by obligations of the highest character not to degrade the dignity of his nation, by placing himself or its sovereign rights within the jurisdiction of another, can be supposed to enter a foreign territory only under an express license, or in the confidence that the immunities belonging to his independent sovereign station, though not expressly stipulated, are reserved by implication, and will be extended to him.
Page 173 - The implied license, therefore, under which such vessel enters a friendly port, may reasonably be construed, and it seems to the court, ought to be construed, as containing an exemption from the jurisdiction of the sovereign, within whose territory she claims the rights of hospitality.
Page 169 - A sovereign committing the interests of his nation with a foreign power to the care of a person whom he has selected for that purpose, cannot intend to subject his minister in any degree to that power; and, therefore, a consent to receive him implies a consent that he shall possess those privileges which his principal intended he should retain, privileges which are essential to the dignity of his sovereign, and to the duties he is bound to perform.
Page 169 - The grant of a free passage, therefore, implies a waiver of all jurisdiction over the troops during their passage, and permits the foreign general to use that discipline and to inflict those punishments which the government of his army may require.