A Diary in America: With Remarks on Its Institutions. Part second, Band 2Longmans, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans, 1839 |
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... woman's exist- ence ; indeed it has reminded me of the fêtes and amusements given in a Catholic country to a young girl previous to her taking the veil , and being immured from the world ; for the duties of a wife in America are from ...
... woman's exist- ence ; indeed it has reminded me of the fêtes and amusements given in a Catholic country to a young girl previous to her taking the veil , and being immured from the world ; for the duties of a wife in America are from ...
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... more prudence than love on both sides , for from the peculiar habits and customs of the country , a woman who loved without prudence would not feel very happy as a wife . Let us enter into an examination of the mar- ried 8 SOCIETY .
... more prudence than love on both sides , for from the peculiar habits and customs of the country , a woman who loved without prudence would not feel very happy as a wife . Let us enter into an examination of the mar- ried 8 SOCIETY .
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... woman has little of her husband's society , and that in educa- tion and refinement she is much his superior , notwithstanding which she is a domestic slave . For this the Americans are not to blame , as it is the effect of circumstances ...
... woman has little of her husband's society , and that in educa- tion and refinement she is much his superior , notwithstanding which she is a domestic slave . For this the Americans are not to blame , as it is the effect of circumstances ...
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... woman of sense and feeling , than to awake from her dream of love , and discover that the object upon which she has bestowed her affection , is in- different to the sacrifice which she has made . If the American women had their due in ...
... woman of sense and feeling , than to awake from her dream of love , and discover that the object upon which she has bestowed her affection , is in- different to the sacrifice which she has made . If the American women had their due in ...
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... woman , if left a widow without resources , is im- mediately shewn ; she does not sit and lament , but applies herself to some employment , so that she may maintain herself and her children , and seldom fails in so doing . Here are ...
... woman , if left a widow without resources , is im- mediately shewn ; she does not sit and lament , but applies herself to some employment , so that she may maintain herself and her children , and seldom fails in so doing . Here are ...
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Seite 271 - ... 2. 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 net produce of all duties and imposts, laid by any State on imports or...
Seite 280 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury, and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Seite 275 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Seite 272 - Term, be elected as follows: 2. Each State shall appoint, in such Manner as the Legislature thereof may direct, a Number of Electors, equal to the whole Number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress...
Seite 263 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Seite 270 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Seite 274 - No person, except a natural-born citizen, or a citizen of the United States at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President...
Seite 268 - To exercise exclusive legislation in all cases whatsoever over such district (not exceeding ten miles square) as may, by cession of particular States, and the acceptance of Congress, become the seat of government of the United States, and to exercise like authority over all places purchased, by the consent of the legislature of the State in which the same shall be, for the erection of forts, magazines, arsenals, dockyards, and other needful buildings ; and, 17.
Seite 277 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Seite 262 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the congress may at any time, by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.