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... common opinion of mankind , no disgrace attached to those who fell in war , whereas those who suffered by the ... common law , martial law was only an auxiliary of the common law , when it was confined to such districts , and exercised ...
... common opinion of mankind , no disgrace attached to those who fell in war , whereas those who suffered by the ... common law , martial law was only an auxiliary of the common law , when it was confined to such districts , and exercised ...
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... common law ; things reverted to their former order ; and so far from martial law superseding or destroying the com- mon law , it afforded the most powerful means of its restoration . The case , however , now was widely different . There ...
... common law ; things reverted to their former order ; and so far from martial law superseding or destroying the com- mon law , it afforded the most powerful means of its restoration . The case , however , now was widely different . There ...
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... common with the public , had been in possession of the melancholy information , that his majesty had been confined by a dangerous and doubtful illness.- Without wishing to enquire minute- ly into this delicate and distressing subject ...
... common with the public , had been in possession of the melancholy information , that his majesty had been confined by a dangerous and doubtful illness.- Without wishing to enquire minute- ly into this delicate and distressing subject ...
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... common practice of the honourable gentleman who spoke ship with almost every person of dis- tinguished character ; but he took a mode of shewing that friendship , which was directly the reverse of what was practised by other peo- ple ...
... common practice of the honourable gentleman who spoke ship with almost every person of dis- tinguished character ; but he took a mode of shewing that friendship , which was directly the reverse of what was practised by other peo- ple ...
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... common occurrences of lit every one would prefer a pers who knew something of his trad to one who was ignorant of its fir principles . He thought the volu teers might be extremely useful in desultory warfare , but did not co sider them ...
... common occurrences of lit every one would prefer a pers who knew something of his trad to one who was ignorant of its fir principles . He thought the volu teers might be extremely useful in desultory warfare , but did not co sider them ...
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Page 104 - ... GENERAL LIBRARY UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN. THE Hagerman Collection HISTORY AND POLITICAL SCIENCE JAMES J. HAGERMAN OF CLASS OF '61 IN THE HANDS OF Professor Charles Kendall Adams. 1883. HA' ) = ..R887 JOURNAL STATISTICAL SOCIETY OP LONDON.
Page 882 - On the morning of that day, his attendants, alarmed at the evident symptoms of approaching dissolution, came precipitately to call the friend who has now the melancholy task of recording the mournful event: not a moment was lost in repairing to his house. He was lying on his bed in a posture of meditation ; and the only symptom of remaining life, was a small degree of motion in the heart, which after a few seconds ceased, and he expired without a pang or groan.
Page 484 - Nevertheless, we made our prayer unto our God, and set a watch against them day and night, because of them.
Page 855 - ... society. Its tendency to produce aggression on the laws and rights of other nations, and to endanger the peace of our own is so obvious, that I doubt not you will adopt measures for restraining it effectually in future.