Letters from North America: Written During a Tour in the United States and Canada ...Hurst, Robinson, & Company, 1824 |
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... sail down the Chesapeake Bay , and in ten hours had completed more than 100 miles . We accomplished the whole distance , 210 miles , in 22 hours , including two hours in which we came to anchor in the night , where the naviga- tion was ...
... sail down the Chesapeake Bay , and in ten hours had completed more than 100 miles . We accomplished the whole distance , 210 miles , in 22 hours , including two hours in which we came to anchor in the night , where the naviga- tion was ...
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... met a pleasant party at dinner . Norfolk is admirably situated as a commercial town ; but the country round it , as far as the eye can reach , and indeed for a great distance up the Chesapeake , as we observed in sailing 92 LETTERS FROM.
... met a pleasant party at dinner . Norfolk is admirably situated as a commercial town ; but the country round it , as far as the eye can reach , and indeed for a great distance up the Chesapeake , as we observed in sailing 92 LETTERS FROM.
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... sailing down , is one continued pine forest , on a a flat sandy shore - a regular pine barren - such as I described in my route to Charleston , and my frequent allusion to which made you more tired of them , I dare say , than I was ...
... sailing down , is one continued pine forest , on a a flat sandy shore - a regular pine barren - such as I described in my route to Charleston , and my frequent allusion to which made you more tired of them , I dare say , than I was ...
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... sails we saw in every direction . Some in the distant horizon , just vanishing from the sight , and some within hail . We spoke one little sloop , out from the West Indies 18 days . We soon afterwards passed the Constitution , for ...
... sails we saw in every direction . Some in the distant horizon , just vanishing from the sight , and some within hail . We spoke one little sloop , out from the West Indies 18 days . We soon afterwards passed the Constitution , for ...
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... sail of my native shores , but cir- cumstances , to which I have already adverted , have induced me to postpone my return a few weeks . I was at first disappointed , to find that it would protract my absence from home , but as it will ...
... sail of my native shores , but cir- cumstances , to which I have already adverted , have induced me to postpone my return a few weeks . I was at first disappointed , to find that it would protract my absence from home , but as it will ...
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Página 413 - 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...
Página 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.
Página 182 - to give to Congress, from time to time, information of the state of the Union, and recommend to their consideration such measures as he shall judge expedient and necessary.
Página 172 - No state shall, without the consent of the congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection laws : and the nett produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any state on imports or exports, shall be for the use of the treasury of the United States; and all such laws shall be subject to the revision and control of the congress.
Página 174 - 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. The Fourth Amendment explicitly affirms the "right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures.
Página 174 - In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall enjoy the right of a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury...
Página 401 - 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 a seisin in fee on the part of the state.
Página 399 - The Indian right of possession itself stands, with regard to the greatest part of the country, upon a questionable foundation. Their cultivated fields ; their constructed habitations; a space of ample sufficiency for their subsistence, and whatever they had annexed to themselves by personal labor, was undoubtedly, by the laws of nature, theirs. But what is the right of a huntsman to the forest of a thousand miles over which he has accidentally ranged in quest of prey...
Página 136 - 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.
Página 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.