Letters from North America: Written During a Tour in the United States and Canada ...Hurst, Robinson, & Company, 1824 |
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... remarkable for their hospi- tality , and for their liberal and excellent arrangements for entertaining strangers . On calling there the other evening , on my way home , I found a lady , who mentioned General Washington giving her his ...
... remarkable for their hospi- tality , and for their liberal and excellent arrangements for entertaining strangers . On calling there the other evening , on my way home , I found a lady , who mentioned General Washington giving her his ...
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... remarkable degree , and I really think I have seen more of it in the Americans I have met with in England , than in the whole range of my observation , since I landed in this country . When I have made the concessions , to which I ...
... remarkable degree , and I really think I have seen more of it in the Americans I have met with in England , than in the whole range of my observation , since I landed in this country . When I have made the concessions , to which I ...
Halaman 127
... remarkable or characteristic incident of his varied life , that within one year after his exile , and while he was yet hot with controversy , and indignant at his wrongs , his first interference with the affairs of his former colony was ...
... remarkable or characteristic incident of his varied life , that within one year after his exile , and while he was yet hot with controversy , and indignant at his wrongs , his first interference with the affairs of his former colony was ...
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... remarkable instances of the Divine care , as to remind one very strongly of the institution of Professor Frank , in Germany . " But there are some institutions existing in America , which I have not heard of in other countries , At ...
... remarkable instances of the Divine care , as to remind one very strongly of the institution of Professor Frank , in Germany . " But there are some institutions existing in America , which I have not heard of in other countries , At ...
Halaman 252
... remarkable degree of propriety . Indeed , I hardly know any thing which has struck me more in America , than the respectable demean- our of the females of all ranks of life , and the evident attention in the domestic economy , even of ...
... remarkable degree of propriety . Indeed , I hardly know any thing which has struck me more in America , than the respectable demean- our of the females of all ranks of life , and the evident attention in the domestic economy , even of ...
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Halaman 411 - Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun...
Halaman 173 - No state shall, without the consent of congress, lay any duty on tonnage, keep troops or ships of war in time of peace, enter into any agreement or compact with another state or with a foreign power, or engage in war, unless actually invaded or in such imminent danger as will not admit of delay.
Halaman 170 - The proposed Constitution, therefore, is, in strictness, neither , a national nor a federal Constitution, but a composition of both. In its foundation it is federal, not national ; in the sources from which the ordinary powers of the government are drawn, it is partly federal and partly national ; in the operation of these powers, it is national, not federal ; in the extent of them, again, it is federal, not national ; and, finally, in the authoritative mode of introducing amendments it is neither...
Halaman 174 - The Third Amendment in its prohibition against the quartering of soldiers "in any house" in time of peace without the consent of the owner is another facet of that privacy.
Halaman 174 - In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right of a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury...
Halaman 399 - The majority of the court is of opinion that the nature of the Indian title, which is certainly to be respected by all courts, until it be legitimately extinguished, is not such as to be absolutely repugnant to seisin in fee on the part of the State.
Halaman 136 - There shall be sung another golden age, The rise of empire and of arts, The good and great inspiring epic rage, The wisest heads and noblest hearts, Not such as Europe breeds in her decay, Such as she bred when fresh and young, When heavenly flame did animate her clay, By future poets shall be sung. Westward the course of empire takes its way, The four first acts already past, A fifth shall close the drama with the day : Time's noblest offspring is the last.
Halaman 301 - By general instruction, we seek, as far as possible, to purify the whole moral atmosphere ; to keep good sentiments uppermost, and to turn the strong current of feeling and opinion, as well as the censures of the law, and the denunciations of religion, against immorality and crime. We hope for a security, beyond the law, and above the law, in the prevalence of enlightened and well-principled moral sentiment.
Halaman 423 - The handle either of a small sword or a large knife, made of an elk's horn ; around the end where the blade had been inserted, was a ferule of silver, which, though black, was not much injured by time. Though the handle showed the hole where the blade had been inserted, yet no iron was found, but an oxyde remained of similar shape and
Halaman 143 - Who would desire the power of going back to the ages of fable ? Who would wish for an origin obscured in the darkness of antiquity? Who would wish for other emblazoning of his country's heraldry, or other ornaments of her genealogy, than to be able to say, that her first existence was with intelligence, her first breath the inspiration of liberty, her first principle the truth of Divine religion...