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... whole compass of the earth ; but she appears to us very small , because she is far from our sight . . . . The moon and all the stars receive light from the great sun . ... Another Englishman , Alexander of Neckam , writing at the close ...
... whole compass of the earth ; but she appears to us very small , because she is far from our sight . . . . The moon and all the stars receive light from the great sun . ... Another Englishman , Alexander of Neckam , writing at the close ...
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... whole months without ever seeing anybody . However one day we saw a giant on the shore dancing and leaping and singing , and whilst singing he put the sand and dust on his head . . . and he raised one finger on high , thinking that we ...
... whole months without ever seeing anybody . However one day we saw a giant on the shore dancing and leaping and singing , and whilst singing he put the sand and dust on his head . . . and he raised one finger on high , thinking that we ...
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... whole months without ever taking rest ; and in this short time we lost twenty one men between Christians and Indians . We made then a curious observation on throwing them into the sea , that the Christians remained with the face turned ...
... whole months without ever taking rest ; and in this short time we lost twenty one men between Christians and Indians . We made then a curious observation on throwing them into the sea , that the Christians remained with the face turned ...
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... whole Earthly Globe in thy Maritime Armes . . . . Thou wast a Mother to thy neighbors , Scots , French , Dutch ; a Mirror to the re- motest of Nations . Great Cumberlands twelve voyages before recited are thine , and the fiery vigor of ...
... whole Earthly Globe in thy Maritime Armes . . . . Thou wast a Mother to thy neighbors , Scots , French , Dutch ; a Mirror to the re- motest of Nations . Great Cumberlands twelve voyages before recited are thine , and the fiery vigor of ...
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... whole to you and our Assembly . . . and we do direct you that some Commis- sioners be appointed to treat with others of Maryland to that purpose , and a fitt place agreed upon for the same . In order whereunto we are well assured the ...
... whole to you and our Assembly . . . and we do direct you that some Commis- sioners be appointed to treat with others of Maryland to that purpose , and a fitt place agreed upon for the same . In order whereunto we are well assured the ...
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Page 404 - Texas, by combinations too powerful to be suppressed by the ordinary course of judicial proceedings, or by the powers vested in the marshals by law...
Page 272 - ... the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 173 - In all our deliberations on this subject, we kept steadily in our view that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American — the consolidation of our Union — in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Page 232 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in I the manner most beneficial to the people.
Page 555 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic or otherwise.
Page 380 - Constitution unimpaired, and, on the sensitive point, the laws of your own framing under it; while the new Administration will have no immediate power, if it would, to change either. If it were admitted that you who are dissatisfied, hold the right side in the dispute, there still is no single good reason for precipitate action. Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him who has never yet forsaken this favored Land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present...
Page 379 - Why should there not be a patient confidence in the ultimate justice of the people? Is there any better or equal hope in the world? In our present differences, is either party without faith of being in the right? If the Almighty Ruler of Nations, with His eternal truth and justice, be on your side of the North...
Page 531 - To-day the United States is practically sovereign on this continent, and its fiat is law upon the subjects to which it confines its interposition.
Page 355 - Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.
Page 379 - Physically speaking, we cannot separate. We cannot remove our respective sections from each other, nor build an impassable wall between them. A husband and wife may be divorced, and go out of the presence and beyond the reach of each other ; but the different parts of our country cannot do this.