The Pictorial History of the American Revolution: With a Sketch of the Early History of the Country. The Constitution of the United States, and a Chronological IndexR. Sears, 1850 - 432 Seiten |
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... night - gown was thrown , and the whole immediately carried to a mourning - coach which was waiting , and conveyed to Lady Raleigh . This faithful and affectionate woman , who never married again , though she survived him twenty - nine ...
... night - gown was thrown , and the whole immediately carried to a mourning - coach which was waiting , and conveyed to Lady Raleigh . This faithful and affectionate woman , who never married again , though she survived him twenty - nine ...
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... night " came the savages creeping upon all - fours from the hills , like bears , with their bows in their mouths . " These they discharged against the strangers and wounded two ; but as soon as " they had felt the sharpness of our shot ...
... night " came the savages creeping upon all - fours from the hills , like bears , with their bows in their mouths . " These they discharged against the strangers and wounded two ; but as soon as " they had felt the sharpness of our shot ...
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... night to give him warning . At another time he was surrounded by a large body under Powhatan's brother , but extricated himself by energy and address . In this way , however , he had placed his countrymen in a position of rooted enmity ...
... night to give him warning . At another time he was surrounded by a large body under Powhatan's brother , but extricated himself by energy and address . In this way , however , he had placed his countrymen in a position of rooted enmity ...
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... night they were honored by sharing the royal couch , which consisted of a large board , covered with a thin mat . At the other end lay his majesty and the queen ; and they had soon the additional company of two chiefs , who , with a ...
... night they were honored by sharing the royal couch , which consisted of a large board , covered with a thin mat . At the other end lay his majesty and the queen ; and they had soon the additional company of two chiefs , who , with a ...
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... night . The ves- sel was in consequence condemned and seized ; upon which the people rose in tumult , burned a customhouse boat , and compelled the commissioners to flee for safety on board the Romney ship of war . The assemblies ...
... night . The ves- sel was in consequence condemned and seized ; upon which the people rose in tumult , burned a customhouse boat , and compelled the commissioners to flee for safety on board the Romney ship of war . The assemblies ...
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Seite 425 - 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 428 - 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 429 - ... shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any stale, the trial shall be at such place or places as the congress may by law have directed. Section 3. — 1. Treason against the United States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.
Seite 120 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Seite 428 - 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 425 - 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.
Seite 425 - ... Each house shall be the judge of the elections, returns and qualifications of its own members, and a majority of each shall constitute a quorum to do business ; but a smaller number may adjourn from day to day, and may be authorized to compel the attendance of absent members, in such manner, and under such penalties as each house may provide.
Seite 425 - ... 3. No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.
Seite 430 - The United States shall guaranty to every state in this Union a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion ; and on application of the legislature, or of the executive, (when the legislature cannot be convened.) against domestic violence.
Seite 432 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice-President shall be the Vice-President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed ; and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list the Senate shall choose the Vice-President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. 3. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...