The Magazine of History: With Notes and Queries. Extra numbers, Tema 141,Volumen36 -Tema 148,Volumen37W. Abbatt., 1928 |
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... never appear however , to have been struck with the idea that if Providence had specially intended the connection , he would have severed the opposing bar Himself . The project of piercing the Isthmus , though so seriously canvassed and ...
... never appear however , to have been struck with the idea that if Providence had specially intended the connection , he would have severed the opposing bar Himself . The project of piercing the Isthmus , though so seriously canvassed and ...
Página 123
... never gave his proposal the requisite aid to test its practicability ; and neither must we pass by the fact , that rail- roads , those great agents of human intercourse , were then entirely unknown . After the idle efforts of Spain to ...
... never gave his proposal the requisite aid to test its practicability ; and neither must we pass by the fact , that rail- roads , those great agents of human intercourse , were then entirely unknown . After the idle efforts of Spain to ...
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... never met the eyes of man . These ocean stations , if our govern- ment should ever become awakened to the fact that Republics , as well as Monarchies , gain title by discovery , might be assumed by the United States , to furnish under ...
... never met the eyes of man . These ocean stations , if our govern- ment should ever become awakened to the fact that Republics , as well as Monarchies , gain title by discovery , might be assumed by the United States , to furnish under ...
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... never been able to rise superior to a first impression , would do well to consult the able views of the Maysville veto , and to refer also to the recorded policy of all the administrations which have adjudicated upon the principles ...
... never been able to rise superior to a first impression , would do well to consult the able views of the Maysville veto , and to refer also to the recorded policy of all the administrations which have adjudicated upon the principles ...
Página 141
... never giving title until after having received payment , and being satisfied the labor had been per- formed . A Commissioner alone not having power to give titles , one would be a check upon the other ; the Commissioners never paying ...
... never giving title until after having received payment , and being satisfied the labor had been per- formed . A Commissioner alone not having power to give titles , one would be a check upon the other ; the Commissioners never paying ...
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Página 139 - Herein is our love made perfect, that we may have boldness in the day of judgment: because as he is, so are we in this world.
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Página 147 - It is a maxim, that in every government there must exist somewhere a supreme, sovereign, absolute, and uncontrollable power; but this power resides always in the body of the people; and it never was, or can be, delegated to one man or a few; the great creator having never given to men a right to vest others •with authority over them unlimited either in duration or degree.
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