A New Guide to WashingtonR. Farnham, 1842 - 221 páginas |
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... appropriate manner , and in the course of which he remarked : Having defended the standard of liberty in the new world ; having taught a lesson to those who inflict , and to those who feel oppression , you retire from the great theatre ...
... appropriate manner , and in the course of which he remarked : Having defended the standard of liberty in the new world ; having taught a lesson to those who inflict , and to those who feel oppression , you retire from the great theatre ...
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... appropriate lines on this statue , by H. T. Tuckerman , will be found interesting . " The quarry whence thy form majestic sprung , Has peopled earth with grace , Heroes and gods that elder bards have sung , A bright and peerless race ...
... appropriate lines on this statue , by H. T. Tuckerman , will be found interesting . " The quarry whence thy form majestic sprung , Has peopled earth with grace , Heroes and gods that elder bards have sung , A bright and peerless race ...
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... appropriate place than the one in which it now stands , and was exe- cuted in Italy , at the expense and by order of the officers of the Navy . It is a small Doric pillar , with emblematic embellishments , & c . , crowned with an eagle ...
... appropriate place than the one in which it now stands , and was exe- cuted in Italy , at the expense and by order of the officers of the Navy . It is a small Doric pillar , with emblematic embellishments , & c . , crowned with an eagle ...
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... appropriate trees and flowering shrubs . The tree of heaven , the Babylonian willow , the elm , the cedar , and the fir are beginning to afford shade and give beauty to the cemetery . The arbor vitæ , rose , calicanthus , myrtle , & c ...
... appropriate trees and flowering shrubs . The tree of heaven , the Babylonian willow , the elm , the cedar , and the fir are beginning to afford shade and give beauty to the cemetery . The arbor vitæ , rose , calicanthus , myrtle , & c ...
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... appropriate companion of the dead , finds no abiding place here . The outspreading branches and dark sombre foliage of this melancholy tree form a fine feature in the scenery of a grave yard . 66 Cheerless , unsocial plant , that loves ...
... appropriate companion of the dead , finds no abiding place here . The outspreading branches and dark sombre foliage of this melancholy tree form a fine feature in the scenery of a grave yard . 66 Cheerless , unsocial plant , that loves ...
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Página 50 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to His holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Página 38 - States authorizes the supreme court " to issue writs of mandamus, in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed, or persons holding office, under the authority of the United States.
Página 80 - This is the desert, this the solitude: How populous, how vital is the grave! This is Creation's melancholy vault, The vale funereal, the sad cypress gloom; The land of apparitions, empty shades! All, all on earth is shadow, all beyond Is substance; the reverse is Folly's creed.
Página 38 - 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 38 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity, or where is drawn in question the construction of any clause of the constitution, or of a treaty, or statute of. or commission held under the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party, under such clause of the said Constitution, treaty, statute or commission...
Página 38 - That the Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies of a civil nature, where a state is a party, except between a state and its citizens; and except also between a state and citizens of other states, or aliens, in which latter case it shall have original but not exclusive jurisdiction.
Página 209 - Resolved, that all confidential communications, made by the President of the United States to the Senate, shall be, by the members thereof, kept secret ; and that all treaties, which may hereafter be laid before the Senate, shall also be kept secret ; until the Senate shall, by their resolution, take off the injunction of secrecy.
Página 87 - The circuit courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Página 38 - 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, and the decision is in favor of their validity...
Página 87 - But no person shall be arrested in one district for trial in another in any civil action before a circuit or district court...