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... present capital city . The first Congress of the 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 ...
... present capital city . The first Congress of the 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 ...
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... present arrangement of the park dates from 1874 , when it was enlarged to its present enclosure of forty - six acres , and beautified by the late Frederick Law Olmstead . The splendid marble terraces on the western side of the building ...
... present arrangement of the park dates from 1874 , when it was enlarged to its present enclosure of forty - six acres , and beautified by the late Frederick Law Olmstead . The splendid marble terraces on the western side of the building ...
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... present Supreme Court rooms , was finished in 1800 , the opposite wing not being ready until 1811. A wooden passageway connected them across the space now occupied by the basement of the rotunda . The expenditure up to that time had ...
... present Supreme Court rooms , was finished in 1800 , the opposite wing not being ready until 1811. A wooden passageway connected them across the space now occupied by the basement of the rotunda . The expenditure up to that time had ...
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... present iron dome was begun . Add to the sums above noted a million dollars for additional space for the grounds and the obtaining of water , two millions for improvements of the grounds and terraces , another million for repairs and ...
... present iron dome was begun . Add to the sums above noted a million dollars for additional space for the grounds and the obtaining of water , two millions for improvements of the grounds and terraces , another million for repairs and ...
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... , who may be supposed present at the ceremony . Its cost was $ 10,000 , and its date is 1836. The last of this colonial series , by Professor Weir , 66 date 1840 , price $ 10,000 , is a picture. A TOUR OF THE CAPITOL . 21.
... , who may be supposed present at the ceremony . Its cost was $ 10,000 , and its date is 1836. The last of this colonial series , by Professor Weir , 66 date 1840 , price $ 10,000 , is a picture. A TOUR OF THE CAPITOL . 21.
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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.