The Southern Review, Volume 2A. E. Miller., 1828 |
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... portion of that time , he was in the naval service of Renè , Count of Provence , who was endeavouring to establish his claim to the crown of Naples . During the residue of this period , he was probably engaged in commercial voyages to ...
... portion of that time , he was in the naval service of Renè , Count of Provence , who was endeavouring to establish his claim to the crown of Naples . During the residue of this period , he was probably engaged in commercial voyages to ...
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... portion of his history may be said to commence . It may be re- marked , without any disparagement to Columbus , that his mar- riage appears in a great measure to have determined his future fortunes . His wife was the daughter of ...
... portion of his history may be said to commence . It may be re- marked , without any disparagement to Columbus , that his mar- riage appears in a great measure to have determined his future fortunes . His wife was the daughter of ...
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... portion of his history is full of interest , but we must pass on to other scenes . When Columbus became fully persuaded of the practicability of reaching India by steering to the west , he made known his projects and offered his ...
... portion of his history is full of interest , but we must pass on to other scenes . When Columbus became fully persuaded of the practicability of reaching India by steering to the west , he made known his projects and offered his ...
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... portions of Scripture History in 700 lines , selected from Virgil ) and Publil . Optatianus Porphyrius , ( who wrote the Organon , consisting of 52 lines , the first 26 all of the same measure , and each having just 18 letters , the ...
... portions of Scripture History in 700 lines , selected from Virgil ) and Publil . Optatianus Porphyrius , ( who wrote the Organon , consisting of 52 lines , the first 26 all of the same measure , and each having just 18 letters , the ...
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... portion of Spain : and , as they had previously colonized their eastern conquests , and all the north of Africa ( the sleeve of the Robe , as their historians call it . ) they could not have had so redundant a population to transplant ...
... portion of Spain : and , as they had previously colonized their eastern conquests , and all the north of Africa ( the sleeve of the Robe , as their historians call it . ) they could not have had so redundant a population to transplant ...
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Page 564 - But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 543 - Regulating the trade and managing all affairs with the Indians, not members of any of the States ; provided that the legislative right of any State within its own limits be not infringed or violated...
Page 439 - YE, That we, the undersigned delegates, by virtue of the power and authority to us given for that purpose, do by these presents. In the name and in behalf of our respective constituents, fully and entirely ratify and confirm each and every of the said articles of confederation and perpetual union, and all and singular the matters and things therein contained. And we do further solemnly plight and engage the faith of our respective constituents, that they shall abide by the determinations of the United...
Page 618 - Government created by this compact was not made the exclusive or final judge of the extent of the powers delegated to itself; since that would have made its discretion, and not the Constitution, the measure of its powers; but that as in all other cases of compact among parties having no common judge, each party has an equal right to judge for itself, as well of infractions, as of the mode and measure of redress.
Page 581 - And the articles of this confederation shall be inviolably observed by every State, and the union shall be perpetual ; nor shall any alteration at any time hereafter be made in any of them ; unless such alteration be agreed to in a Congress of the United States, and be afterwards confirmed by the legislatures of every State.
Page 440 - In determining questions in the United States in Congress assembled, each State shall have one vote. 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...
Page 435 - States, with a request that it might 'be submitted to a convention of delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification.
Page 447 - And whereas it hath pleased the Great Governor of the World to incline the hearts of the legislatures we respectively represent in Congress, to approve of, and to authorize us to ratify the said Articles of confederation and perpetual union...
Page 105 - ... saving to suitors, in all cases, the right of a common law remedy, where the common law is competent to give it...
Page 436 - No political dreamer was ever wild enough to think of breaking down the lines which separate the states, and of compounding the American people into one common mass. Of consequence, when they act, they act in their states. But the measures they adopt do not, on that account, cease to be the measures of the people themselves, or become the measures of the state governments. From these conventions the Constitution derives its whole authority. The government proceeds directly from the people; is 'ordained...