The Cottage Cyclopedia of History and Biography: A Copious Dictionary of Memorable Persons, Events, Places and Things, with Notices of the Present State of the Principal Countries and Nations of the Known World, and a Chronological View of American HistoryCase, Lockwood, 1867 - 1004 páginas |
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... succeeded by Mr. Jefferson , his warm personal friend and de- cided political adversary . After Mr. Adams's retirement from public life , he occupied himself with literary and agricultural pursuits at his seat at Quincy , and with the ...
... succeeded by Mr. Jefferson , his warm personal friend and de- cided political adversary . After Mr. Adams's retirement from public life , he occupied himself with literary and agricultural pursuits at his seat at Quincy , and with the ...
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... succeeded in reaching Masena , the capital of Baghirmi , a powerful kingdom east of Bornou , never before visited by an European . Unable to penetrate further to the east , he returned to Kuka in August . Dr. Overbeg had unsuc ...
... succeeded in reaching Masena , the capital of Baghirmi , a powerful kingdom east of Bornou , never before visited by an European . Unable to penetrate further to the east , he returned to Kuka in August . Dr. Overbeg had unsuc ...
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... succeeded Sir Joshua Reynolds as president of the institution , warmly wel comed his young countryman . Two years were well spent in London ; then Allston enriched his pencil awhile amid the rich col- lection of the Louvre , richer than ...
... succeeded Sir Joshua Reynolds as president of the institution , warmly wel comed his young countryman . Two years were well spent in London ; then Allston enriched his pencil awhile amid the rich col- lection of the Louvre , richer than ...
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... succeeded in making a prize of the galleon , whose gold and precious wares some have estimated at the worth of a million sterling . The whole amount of the booty previously taken was £ 600,000 . Anson then returned to Macao , where he ...
... succeeded in making a prize of the galleon , whose gold and precious wares some have estimated at the worth of a million sterling . The whole amount of the booty previously taken was £ 600,000 . Anson then returned to Macao , where he ...
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... succeeded to the consulate in A.D. 120 , and was adopted by , and succeeded Adrian in 138. He was toler- ant to the Christians , humane , dignified , and just , and his reign was one of undisturbed tranquillity . He was wont to say ...
... succeeded to the consulate in A.D. 120 , and was adopted by , and succeeded Adrian in 138. He was toler- ant to the Christians , humane , dignified , and just , and his reign was one of undisturbed tranquillity . He was wont to say ...
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Página 237 - The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the Legislature, or of the Executive (when the Legislature can not be convened), against domestic violence.
Página 395 - The place was worthy of such a trial. It was the great hall of William Rufus, the hall which had resounded with acclamations at the inauguration of thirty kings, the hall which had witnessed the just sentence of Bacon and the just absolution of Somers, the hall where the eloquence of Strafford had for a moment awed and melted a victorious party inflamed with just resentment, the hall where Charles had confronted the High Court of Justice with the placid courage which has half redeemed his fame.
Página 12 - That it be recommended to the respective assemblies and conventions of the united colonies, where no government sufficient to the exigencies of their affairs has been hitherto established to adopt such government as shall, in the opinion of the representatives of the people, best conduce to the happiness and safety of their constituents in particular, and America in general.
Página 259 - Representative Houses repeatedly, for opposing with manly firmness his invasions on the rights of the people. 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.
Página 12 - This committee consisted of Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Roger Sherman and Robert R. Livingston.
Página 236 - United States shall be removed from office on impeachment for, and conviction of, treason, bribery, or other high crimes and misdemeanors. ARTICLE III SECTION 1. The judicial power of the United States shall be vested in one Supreme Court, and in such inferior courts as the Congress may from time to time ordain and establish. The judges, both of the Supreme and inferior courts, shall...
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Página 395 - Neither military nor civil pomp was wanting. The avenues were lined with grenadiers. The streets were kept clear by cavalry. The peers, robed in gold and ermine, were marshalled by the heralds under Garter King-at-Arms.
Página 232 - That the freedom of speech and debates or proceedings in parliament ought not to be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of parliament.