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... United States had the task of establishing a Federal capital , under a plan for taking in some small tract of land and exercising exclusive jurisdiction over it . In 1790 a bill was passed , after many postpone- ments and much hot ...
... United States had the task of establishing a Federal capital , under a plan for taking in some small tract of land and exercising exclusive jurisdiction over it . In 1790 a bill was passed , after many postpone- ments and much hot ...
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... United States has taken place upon this portico since the time of Jackson . A draped staging is extended outward to accommodate the high officials who form a part of the ceremonial , and here the oath of office is adminis- tered by the ...
... United States has taken place upon this portico since the time of Jackson . A draped staging is extended outward to accommodate the high officials who form a part of the ceremonial , and here the oath of office is adminis- tered by the ...
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... are said to have been the first frescoes in the United States . He also did frescoes for St. Stephen's Church in New York and for H T I Rotunda . the Philadelphia Cathedral . His death , in 22 PICTORIAL GUIDE TO WASHINGTON .
... are said to have been the first frescoes in the United States . He also did frescoes for St. Stephen's Church in New York and for H T I Rotunda . the Philadelphia Cathedral . His death , in 22 PICTORIAL GUIDE TO WASHINGTON .
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... United States . The eastern door of the rotunda opens upon the grand portico of the eastern front . The carvings above it have been described . The western door leads to a rear stairway descending a narrow hall to the rear entrance of ...
... United States . The eastern door of the rotunda opens upon the grand portico of the eastern front . The carvings above it have been described . The western door leads to a rear stairway descending a narrow hall to the rear entrance of ...
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... United States mainly owes its early possession of the Ohio Valley , with a familiar misquotation from Jonathan M. Sewall , which should read : No pent - up Utica contracts your powers , But the whole boundless continent is yours ...
... United States mainly owes its early possession of the Ohio Valley , with a familiar misquotation from Jonathan M. Sewall , which should read : No pent - up Utica contracts your powers , But the whole boundless continent is yours ...
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Page 121 - I bequeath the whole of my property to the United States of America, \/ to found at Washington, under the name of the Smithsonian Institution, an establishment for the increase and diffusion of knowledge among men.
Page 75 - States, or resident therein, who shall be the author, inventor, designer, or proprietor of any book, map, chart, dramatic or musical composition, engraving, cut, print, or photograph or negative thereof, or of a painting, drawing, chromo, statue, statuary, and of models or designs intended to be perfected as works of the fine arts...
Page 71 - Haste thee, nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful Jollity, Quips, and cranks,* and wanton* wiles, Nods, and becks, and wreathed smiles, Such as hang on Hebe's cheek, And love to live in dimple sleek; Sport that wrinkled Care derides, And Laughter holding both his sides.
Page 173 - The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And glory guards, with solemn round, The bivouac of the dead.
Page 173 - The neighing troop, the flashing blade, The bugle's stirring blast, The charge, the dreadful cannonade, The din and shout are past...
Page 71 - Over thy decent shoulders drawn. Come; but keep thy wonted state, With even step, and musing gait, And looks commercing with the skies, Thy rapt soul sitting in thine eyes...
Page 54 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Page 173 - The heroes' sepulchre. Rest on, embalmed and sainted dead ! Dear as the blood ye gave, No impious footstep here shall tread The herbage of your grave ; Nor shall your glory be forgot While Fame her record keeps, Or Honor points the hallowed spot Where Valor proudly sleeps.
Page 37 - If anyone attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.
Page 66 - The first creature of God, in the works of the days, was the light of sense ; the last was the light of reason ; and his Sabbath work ever since, is the illumination of his Spirit.