The American Register, Or, Summary Review of History, Politics, and LiteratureRobert Walsh Thomas Dobson and Son, 1817 |
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... tion of their master , and spreading it , with the most seductive gloss , before the world . Again ; there are reasons , some deducible from the text itself of the book , which would warrant us in suspecting him of a direct collusion ...
... tion of their master , and spreading it , with the most seductive gloss , before the world . Again ; there are reasons , some deducible from the text itself of the book , which would warrant us in suspecting him of a direct collusion ...
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... tion , than any other English statesman . " That very liberty which you prize above all things , " originated here , in England ; and it may be very doubtful " whether , without being constantly fed from the original foun- " tain , it ...
... tion , than any other English statesman . " That very liberty which you prize above all things , " originated here , in England ; and it may be very doubtful " whether , without being constantly fed from the original foun- " tain , it ...
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... tion . I have never wilfully forsaken the sense of the author , and have approached as near as possible to his modes of expression and the general character of his style . He must appear to dis- advantage in any translation ; and ...
... tion . I have never wilfully forsaken the sense of the author , and have approached as near as possible to his modes of expression and the general character of his style . He must appear to dis- advantage in any translation ; and ...
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... tion of that independence - the work of France , as the official memoir of M. de Vergennes modestly affirms . In the confi dential report which this minister made to the French ambassador at the Court of Spain , concerning his ...
... tion of that independence - the work of France , as the official memoir of M. de Vergennes modestly affirms . In the confi dential report which this minister made to the French ambassador at the Court of Spain , concerning his ...
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... tion of the Senate to the Executive branch in the power of con- cluding treaties . The Senate is a popular body of representa- tives , and the House could furnish no additional principle of safety or control , unless in the point of ...
... tion of the Senate to the Executive branch in the power of con- cluding treaties . The Senate is a popular body of representa- tives , and the House could furnish no additional principle of safety or control , unless in the point of ...
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Página iv - An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time* therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Página 359 - Congress provided that ... a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a state in which a decision of the suit could be had...
Página 349 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a state, in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity...
Página 58 - Buoyed above the terror of death, by the consciousness of a life devoted to honorable pursuits, and stained with no action that can give me remorse, I trust that the request I make to your Excellency at this serious period, and which is to soften my last moments, will not be rejected. Sympathy towards a soldier will surely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings of a man of honor.
Página 349 - State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty, or statute of, or an authority exercised under, the United States, and the decision is against their validity ; or where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of, or an authority exercised under, any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties or laws of the United States...
Página 339 - States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state.
Página 56 - The Board having maturely considered these facts, DO ALSO REPORT to His Excellency General Washington, that Major Andre, Adjutant General to the British Army, ought to be considered as a Spy from the enemy ; and that, agreeable to the law and usage of nations, it is their opinion he ought to suffer death.
Página 326 - That no person arrested or confined in jail, shall be treated with unnecessary rigor, or be put to answer any criminal charge, but by presentment, indictment or impeachment.
Página 313 - Cush. 451, it was held, in an action against a town to recover damages for an injury sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of a defective...
Página 337 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.