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...ON .................................................................................................................................... 4 CHAPTER II: CONGRESS ...................................................................................................................................... 30 CHAPTER III: THE CAUSES OF THE WAR ..............................................

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............................................................... 4 CHAPTER II: CONGRESS ..................................................................... ..................................... 164 CHAPTER IX: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ................................................................ .............................. 164 CHAPTER IX: THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES ....................................................................... ......................... 226 CHAPTER XI: THE LA W COURTS AND LA WYERS OF THE UNITED STATES ........................................... 242 CHAPTER XII: ... .................. 226 CHAPTER XI: THE LA W COURTS AND LA WYERS OF THE UNITED STATES ........................................... 242 CHAPTER XII: THE FIN... ...afe from invasion; and, thirdly, that it might be central alike to all the States. It was presumed, when Washington was founded, that these three adva... ...he only city of the Union that has been in an enemy’s possession since the United States became a nation. In the war of 1812 it fell into our hands, a... ... States no other city has put itself forward for the honor of entertaining Congress. And yet Washington has been a failure. It is commerce that makes ... ... Is- land apparently having had no representative on the oc- casion—on the 17th of September, 1787, and in the twelfth year of the Independence of the...

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...: The third section of the ?Act further to promote the efficiency of the Navy,? approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: ?That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the authority to detail from the retired list of the navy for the command of squadrons and single ships such officers as he may believe that the good ...

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...en Abraham Lincoln 1862-1863 RECOMMENDATION OF NA V AL OFFICERS MESSAGE TO CONGRESS. W ASHINGTON, D.C., May 14, 1862. TO SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENT... ...vy,” approved 21st of December, 1861, provides: “That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have ... ...proved 21st of December, 1861, provides: “That the President of the United States by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, shall have the aut... ...nd such officers may, if upon the recommendation of the Presi- dent of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their ser... ... officers may, if upon the recommendation of the Presi- dent of the United States they shall receive a vote of thanks of Congress for their services a... ...’S ORDER OF MILITARY EMANCIPA- TION, MAY 19, 1862. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A Proclamation Whereas there appears in the publi... ...R OF MILITARY EMANCIPA- TION, MAY 19, 1862. BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: A Proclamation Whereas there appears in the public print... ... di- rection of all proceedings to be had under the act of Congress of the 17th of July, 1862, entitled “An act to suppress insur- rection, to punish ... ...ng the recess of the Senate, expired at the end of the succeeding session, 17th July, 1862, from which date, not having been nominated to the Senate, ...

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...Merchants, common sailors, captains of vessels, skippers, both of Europe and America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter....

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...d America, naval officers of all countries, and the Governments of several States on the two continents, were deeply interested in the matter. For som... ...any, sailing to windward in that portion of the Atlantic lying between the United States and Europe, respectively signalled the monster to each other ... ...iling to windward in that portion of the Atlantic lying between the United States and Europe, respectively signalled the monster to each other in 42º ... ...om a scientific research in the disagreeable territory of Nebraska, in the United States. In virtue of my office as Assistant Professor in the Museum ... ...ientific research in the disagreeable territory of Nebraska, in the United States. In virtue of my office as Assistant Professor in the Museum of Natu... ...m, were unanimous on this point. Public opin- ion had been pronounced. The United States were the first in the field; and in New York they made prepar... ... impassive, I went to bed, not without some anxiety. The next morning, the 17th of November, on awaken- 75 Jules Verne ing, I felt that the Nautilus ... ...autilus was skirting at a moderate speed. During the night of the 16th and 17th February we had entered the second Mediterranean basin, the greatest d... ...its speed and some of its temperature, but it becomes a sea. It was on the 17th of May, about 500 miles from Heart’s Content, at a depth of more than ...

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...re is a plan on foot in La Salle and Bureau to run Douglas Republicans for Congress and for the Legislature in those counties, if they can only get th... ...re is a plan on foot in La Salle and Bureau, to run Douglas Republican for Congress and for the Legislature in those counties, if they can only get th... ...dvocates will push it forward till it shall become alike lawful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South.” Judge Douglas makes us... ...question is settled. He says the bill he introduced into the Senate of the United States on the 4th day of January, 1854, settled the slavery question... ...n is settled. He says the bill he introduced into the Senate of the United States on the 4th day of January, 1854, settled the slavery question foreve... ...s that in that year there were over four hundred thousand mulattoes in the United States. Now let us take what is called an Abolition State—the Republ... ...in that year there were over four hundred thousand mulattoes in the United States. Now let us take what is called an Abolition State—the Republican, s... ...1805, prescribing rules for the subdivision of sections of land within the United States system of surveys, standing unrepealed, in my opinion, is bin... ...TON SEPTEM- BER 22, 1861. HON. O. H. BROWNING . MY DEAR SIR:—Y ours of the 17th is just received; and com- ing from you, I confess it astonishes me. T...

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...THE HOUSE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that, before the first meet... ...SE. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, that, before the first meeting of ... ...show that they were regularly elected in accordance with the laws of their States respec- tively, or the laws of the United States. Approved March 3, ... ...ccordance with the laws of their States respec- tively, or the laws of the United States. Approved March 3, 1863. 7 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: ... ... proper ones. Iowa, having an entire Union delegation, will be one of the States the attempt will be made, if upon any. The Gover- nor doubtless has... ...uant to the comity deemed to be due to friendly powers, any tobacco in the United States belonging to the government either of France, Austria, or any... ... Great Britain for the suppression of the African slave-trade, made on the 17th day of February last, has been duly ratified and carried into executio... ...United States ironclad steamer W eehawken, which led to her capture on the 17th June, 1863, and also for the zeal, bravery, and general good conduct s... ...containing the information called for. I deem it proper to add that on the 17th day of November last an Executive order was made upon this subject and...

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... and by which Convention Mr. LINCOLN had been named as their candidate for United States Sena- tor. Mr. DOUGLAS was not present.] Mr. PRESIDENT AND GE... ... which Convention Mr. LINCOLN had been named as their candidate for United States Sena- tor. Mr. DOUGLAS was not present.] Mr. PRESIDENT AND GENTLEMEN... ...ocates will push it forward till it shall become alike law- ful in all the States, old as well as new, North as well as South. Have we no tendency to ... ...nning. The new year of 1854 found slavery excluded from more than half the States by State Constitutions, and from most of the National territory by C... ...c institutions in their own way, sub- ject only to the Constitution of the United States.” Then opened the roar of loose declamation in favor of “squa... ..., and held him as a slave for a long time in each, was passing through the United States Circuit Court for the District of Missouri; and both Nebraska... ... as an expression from me? In a speech at Springfield, on the night of the 17th, I thought I might as well attend to my own business a little, and I r... ...f the owner. “Remember that this article was published in the Union on the 17th of November, and on the 18th appeared the first article giving the adh... ...dge injus- tice. He proceeds: “When I saw that article in the Union of the 17th of Novem- ber, followed by the glorification of the Lecompton Constitu...

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...drove-roads. The Garde-Meuble itself was surreptitiously plundered, on the 17th of the Month, to Roland’s new horror; who anew bestirs himself, and is... ...e, have pre- cisely this problem to solve. Under the name and nickname of ‘statesmen, hommes d’etat,’ of ‘moderate-men, moderantins, ’ of Brissotins, ... ...will work the appointment of Heaven. Of National Assemblages, Parliaments, Congresses, which have long sat; which are of saturnine temperament; above ... ... At home this Killing of a King has divided all friends; and abroad it has united all enemies. Fraternity of Peoples, Revo- lutionary Propagandism; At... ...x eclats,’ at the gentilities and superfine airs of these Girondin “men of statesmanship,” with their pedantries, plausibilities, pusillanimities: “th... ...; incarcerat- ing Jacobins; arming for Girondins: wherefore we have got a ‘Congress of Lyons;’ also a ‘Revolutionary Tribunal of Lyons, ’ and Anarchis... ...ansculottism makes, as it were, free arena; one of the strangest temporary states Humanity was ever seen in. A nation of men, full of wants and void o... ... V olume Three faith great, it were already done. See, for example, on the 17th of June, what a Batch, Fifty-four at once! Swart Amiral is here, he of... ...own side: and now there is no Election, or only the third of one. Black is united with white against this clause of the Two-thirds; all the Unruly of ...

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...it. They figure but as the three ruffi- ans of the elder play-wrights. The United States have the cleanest hands, and even theirs are not immaculate. ... ...y figure but as the three ruffi- ans of the elder play-wrights. The United States have the cleanest hands, and even theirs are not immaculate. It was ... ...hed story. And the end of it spattered the credit alike of England and the States, when this man (the premier of a friendly sovereign) was kidnapped a... ...nsulate. Malietoa supposed himself betrayed by Tamasese. Consul Churchward states with precision that the document was sold by a scribe for thirty-six... ...re exchanged between him and Kalakaua; a deed of confederation was signed, 17th February 1887, and the signature celebrated in the new house of the Ha... ...t Malietoa,” said Mataafa “but try to bring about a compromise, and form a united government.” “Very well,” said Tamasese, “leave it to me, and I will... ... of humanity I hereby respectfully and solemnly protest in the name of the United States of America and of the civilised world in general against the ... ...closed by proclamation and adver- tised for tenders to demolish it. On the 17th Leary and Pelly landed carpenters and repaired it in his teeth. Leary,... ...lency knows, with flags.” I quote from his requisition to Fritze, December 17th. Upon all these considerations, he goes on, it is necessary to bring t...

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...habitants must all have felt like brethren. They were fitted to become one united People at a future period. Perhaps their feelings of brother hood w... ... good old gentleman really seemed to suppose that the whole surface of the United States was not too broad a foundation to place the four legs of his ... ...ld gentleman really seemed to suppose that the whole surface of the United States was not too broad a foundation to place the four legs of his chair u... ...es, for mutual defence against their enemies. They called them selves the United Colonies of New England.” “Were they under a government like that of... ...ies of New England.” “Were they under a government like that of the United States?” inquired Laurence. “No,” replied Grandfather; “the different colon... ...in of peaceful and humble hopes had been wrought by the cold policy of the statesman and the iron band of the war rior, might have drawn a deep moral... ...f Massachusetts proposed that del egates from every colony should meet in Congress. Accord ingly nine colonies, both Northern and Southern, sent del... ...ing was yet to be done before England and America could come to blows. The Congress stated the rights and griev ances of the colonists. They sent a h... ...oops were cooped up within the nar row precincts of the peninsula. On the 17th of June, 1775, the famous battle of Bunker Hill was fought. Here Gener...

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...that Monsieur Phileas Fogg was the most exact and settled gentleman in the United Kingdom, I have come to monsieur in the hope of living with him a tr... ...er- ate; but when he calculated upon crossing India in three days, and the United States in seven, could he rely beyond misgiv- ing upon accomplishing... ...; but when he calculated upon crossing India in three days, and the United States in seven, could he rely beyond misgiv- ing upon accomplishing his ta... ...he Thuggee chief, king of the stran- glers, held his sway. These ruffians, united by a secret bond, strangled victims of every age in honour of the go... ...plest in the world. Instead of sailing directly from England to the United States, like a common villain, he had traversed three quarters of the globe... ...joy himself with the fortune stolen from the bank. But, once in the United States, what should he, Fix, do? Should he abandon this man? No, a hundred ... ...t imag- ine. Was it to nominate some high official—a governor or member of Congress? It was not improbable, so agitated was the multitude before them.... ...hat the real bankrobber, a certain James Strand, had been arrested, on the 17th day of December, at Edinburgh. Three days before, Phileas Fogg had bee... ...ad forgotten, reappear before their eyes! Where was he at this moment? The 17th of December, the day of James Strand’s arrest, was the seventy-sixth s...

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...er has so vast a drainage basin: it draws its water supply from twenty eight States and T erritories; from Dela ware, on the Atlantic seaboard, and f... ...e in the New Orleans ‘Times Democrat,’ based upon reports of able engineers, states that the river annually empties four hundred and six million tons ... ...te man who ever saw the Mississippi River, saw it in 1542, is a remark which states a fact without interpreting it: it is something like giv ing the ... ...hroniclers of the time phrased it, to ‘explain hell to the salvages.’ On the 17th of June, 1673, the canoes of Joliet and Marquette and their five sub... ...of them that you are allowed to run at all down stream. There’s a law of the United States against it. The river may be rising by the time we get to 1... ..., he promptly resented even the merest sugges tions. Indeed, the law of the United States forbade him to listen to commands or suggestions, rightly c... ...ould get a pilot’s license for him by signing an application directed to the United States Inspector. Noth ing further was needed; usually no questio... ...1837 Moselle “ “ 12 1843 Duke of Orleans “ “ 12 1843 Congress “ “ 12 20 1846 Ben Franklin (No. 6) “ ... ... 3 “ “ 9 52 FROM LOUISVILLE TO ST. LOUIS 750—MILES D. H. M. 1843 Congress made the run in 2 1 1854 Pike “ “ 1 23 ...

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... many quarters in England, in Ireland, in the British colonies, and in the United States, a series of letters expressing a far profounder interest in ... ...uarters in England, in Ireland, in the British colonies, and in the United States, a series of letters expressing a far profounder interest in papers ... ... And perhaps this natural prece- dency in authority of years and judgment, united to the ten- der humility with which she declined to assert it, had b... ...r one hour on this thy festival of Pentecost I make my servant—render thee united worship in this thy recovered temple.” Lo! the apparition plucks an ... ...vil grandeur, as exemplified in three differ- ent modes by three different states. Availing himself of the brief scriptural notice,—“The devil taketh ... ...ng to his precedent) the many and remote embassies to and from independent states, in all quarters of the earth, with how many more groups might the s... ..., that is my wedding dress; and it is expected that I shall wear it on the 17th; but I shall not; I shall never wear it. On Thursday, the 17th, I shal... ...olics, by an association that arrogated to itself the style and title of a congress. No man could suppose that a designation so ominously significant ...

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...continued. “There’s not a regiment in the service where you’ll find a more united society nor a more agreeable mess-room. There’s no quarrelling, bick... ...ld find means of departure, they fled. When Jos, on the after- noon of the 17th of June, went to Rebecca’s hotel, he found that the great Bareacres’ c... ...ratification of making the ac- quaintance of the great and good Mr. Fox, a statesman whom, however much he might differ with him, it was impossible no... ...much he might differ with him, it was impossible not to admire fervently—a statesman who had always had the high- est opinion of the Emperor Napoleon.... ...easurably in Miss Crawley’s eyes. Her friendship with that defunct British states- man was mentioned when we first introduced her in this his- tory. A... ...was unlimited, but the quality was inferior: but when quantity and quality united as at his aunt’s house, James showed that he could appreciate them i... ...s the gayest and most admired of En- glishwomen: and had a little European congress on her recep- tion-night. Prussians and Cossacks, Spanish and Engl... ...incere congratulations. I hope the young lady to whom I hear you are to be united will in every respect prove worthy of one who is himself all kindnes... ... hear him cry); sometimes she found the brilliant dandy diplomatist of the Congress of Vienna dragging about a child’s toy, or nursing the keeper’s ba...

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... and may we learn to live with such holiness here that we may hereafter be united for ever in Heaven.’ This letter is marked twice over ‘Only for Papa... ...e may sleep in Him as our hope is this our sister doth, and may be finally united with her in Heaven. Yesterday was a day of great trial to us all: I ... ...’ ‘Merton, Shrove T uesday. ‘My dearest Joan and Fan,—How we must all have united this morning in pouring out our thanks to God for His great mercy! Y... ...reading-fronds, like branches of the Nor- folk Island pine almost. ‘On the 17th of August came the welcome mail from home. “Oh what a delight it is to... ...d on him, without picking or choosing. The journal-letters continue on the 17th of January: ‘Wrote a Maori sermon this morning, not feeling able yet t... ... plain how much harm our countrymen instil. The next group, sighted on the 17th of August, had al- ready a remarkable history, to which Patteson refer... ... one must think out each step, anticipate each probable result, before one states anything. It is of course full of the highest interest. Can’t you fa... ...by a whaler, and I have only ten minutes. ‘Your account of the Southampton Congress is a regular picture. I thinly I can see the Bishops of Winton, Sa...

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... not particularly lively—but he paraded twice before the box where the now united couples were met, and nobody took any no- tice of him. Covers were l... ...tate. He was high sheriff, and rode in a golden coach. Great ministers and statesmen courted him; and in V anity Fair he had a higher place than the m... ...f women. She had pictures of Mr. Fox in every room in the house: when that statesman was in opposition, I am not sure that she had not flung a main wi... ...Sir Pitt was brought to change his views after the death of the great Whig statesman. This worthy old lady took a fancy to Rawdon Crawley when a boy, ... ...itors would have come rushing on him in a body, had they known that he was united to a woman without 168 V anity Fair fortune. “My relations won’t cr... ...ho were the correspondents of your late lamented father. Y ou’ll find us a united, simple, happy, and I think I may say respected, family—a plain tabl... ...ld find means of departure, they fled. When Jos, on the after- noon of the 17th of June, went to Rebecca’s hotel, he found that the great Bareacres’ c... ...s the gayest and most admired of En- glishwomen: and had a little European congress on her recep- tion-night. Prussians and Cossacks, Spanish and Engl... ... hear him cry); sometimes she found the brilliant dandy diplomatist of the Congress of Vienna dragging about a child’s toy, or nursing the keeper’s ba...

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... alteration even in the volumes. Sir Francis Walsingham was a young rising statesman in 1572, instead of the elderly sage he is represented; his daugh... ...nnora W alwyn, and finding that her father, one of the grav- est of T udor statesmen, would not hear of her breaking her engagement to the honest Dors... ...lliam, Baron of Hurst Walwyn, a valiant knight at Guingate and Boulogne, a statesman of whom Wolsey had been jealous, and a ripe scholar who had share... ...ht release himself. Strange was the pageant of that wedding on Sunday, the 17th of August, 1572. The outward seeming was magnifi- cent, when all that ... ...ot but draw such a fate on himself. Now all is smooth, the estates will be united in their true head, and you—you too, my child, will be provided for ... ... light gone out from the earth! Reckless and weary, she had let herself be united to M. de Selinville, and in her bridal honours and amusements had tr... ...at drank eau sucree, and rejoiced in its favourite pastor; and each little congress indulged in gentle scandal against its rival coterie. But there wa...

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...ead the Book........................18 Beginning My Studies.........................18 Beginners............................................19 To the States.......................................19 On Journeys Through the States..........19 To a Certain Cantatrice.......................20 Me Imperturbe....................................20 Savantism...........................

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..............18 Beginners............................................19 To the States.......................................19 On Journeys Through the S... .............................................244 France (the 18th Year of these States) ....................................................246 Year of M... ...Ballad (1854).....................278 Europe (The 72d and 73d Years of These States)...........................................280 A Hand Mirror......... .......................................290 To The States (To Identify the 16th, 17th, or 18th Presidentiad).........291 BOOK XXI. DRUM TAPS ................ ...My Chant...........534 True Conquerors...............................535 The United States to Old World Critics ......................................... ...nd narrow zones, Growing among black folks as among white, Kanuck, Tuckahoe, Congressman, Cuff, I give them the same, I receive them the same. And now... ...eech is right. He walks with perfect ease in the capitol, He walks among the Congress, and one Representative says to another, Leaves of Grass –Whitm... ...an the whole of the Mannahatta in itself, Singing the song of These, my ever united lands—my body no more inevitably united, part to part, and made ou... ...nd diverse contributions one identity, any more than my lands are inevitably united and made one identity; Nativities, climates, the grass of the gre...

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...apers; by way of introduction, the following pages were drawn up; and the whole, forming two considerable volumes, has been issued in England. In the States, it has not been thought advisable to reproduce the whole; and the memoir appearing alone, shorn of that other matter which was at once its occasion and its justification, so large an account of a man so little known m...

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...hole, forming two considerable volumes, has been issued in England. In the States, it has not been thought advisable to reproduce the whole; and the m... ...some of her defects, besides, she made him heir. Kind as was the bond that united her to her son, kind and even pretty, she was scarce a woman to ador... ...RGH, for a considerable time, Fleeming’s family, to three generations, was united: Mr. and Mrs. Austin at Hailes, Captain and Mrs. Jenkin in the subur... ... [the youngest] ‘volun- teered to blow the bubbles with enthusiasm.’ ‘JAN. 17TH. – I am learning a great deal of electrostatics in consequence of the ... ...e and America – practically the whole scientific world – at the Electrical Congress in Paris in the years 1882 and 1884. An important paper of thirty ...

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.............................................................. 76 BOOK 1.IV . STATES-GENERAL ............................................................... ... with the whole pomp of astonished intoxicated France, will be opening the States- General. Dubarrydom and its D’Aiguillons are gone forever. There is... ...gth, one day, of proposing to convoke a ‘National Assembly.’ “You de- mand States-General?” asked Monseigneur with an air of mi- natory surprise.—”Yes... ...c Oath, of the One- 70 The French Revolution and-all sort, is sworn, with united throat;—an excellent new- idea, which, in these coming years, shall ... ...entation,’ that is to say, have as many members as the Noblesse and Clergy united? Shall the States-General, when once assembled, vote and deliberate,... ...of a disconjured conjuror there—fit only for dis- missal. (Debates, 1st to 17th June 1789 (in Histoire Parlementaire, i. 422-478).) And so the Commons... ...elo- quence, borne on Newspaper wings to all lands, they have now, on this 17th day of June, determined that their name is not Third Estate, but—Natio... ...ents that can be depended on, Messeigneurs, between the 16th night and the 17th morning, get to their several roads. Not without risk! Prince Conde ha... ...elf aiding from within: the railing gives way; Majesty and Legislative are united in place, unknown Destiny hovering over both. Rattle, and again ratt...

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............................................................. 100 BOOK 1.IV . STATES-GENERAL ............................................................... ... with the whole pomp of astonished intoxicated France, will be opening the States-General. Dubarrydom and its D’Aiguillons are gone forever. There is ... ...ength, one day, of proposing to convoke a ‘National Assembly.’ “You demand States-Gen- eral?” asked Monseigneur with an air of minatory surprise.— ”Ye... ...Espremenil, a most patriotic Oath, of the One-and-all sort, is sworn, with united throat;—an excellent new-idea, which, in these coming years, shall n... ...ntation, ’ that is to say, have as many members as the Noblesse and Clergy united? Shall the States-General, when once assembled, vote and deliberate,... ...r of a disconjured conjuror there—fit only for dismissal. (Debates, 1st to 17th June 1789 (in Histoire Parlementaire, i. 422-478).) And so the Commons... ...e eloquence, borne on Newspaper wings to all lands, they have now, on this 17th day of June, determined that their name is not Third Estate, but—Natio... ...ents that can be depended on, Messeigneurs, between the 16th night and the 17th morn- ing, get to their several roads. Not without risk! Prince Conde ... ...e perpetual pamphlets: and no man to gag them! Neither, as in the American Congress, do the arrangements seem per- fect. A Senator has not his own Des...

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...a small schooner had made a good voyage, by carrying a cargo of them to the United States. We returned by sun down, and found the Loriotte at a... ... schooner had made a good voyage, by carrying a cargo of them to the United States. We returned by sun down, and found the Loriotte at anchor, ... ...alled who speak the English language) who have married Californians, become united to the Catholic church, and acquired considerable property. Havi... ...ure was chiefly turned against a large, heavy moulded fellow from the Middle States, who was called Sam. This man hesitated in his speech, and was ra... ...acquitted, yet he was so frightened that he never would show himself in the United States again; and I could not persuade him that he could never be ... ...ed, yet he was so frightened that he never would show himself in the United States again; and I could not persuade him that he could never be tried a... ...lature itself. They pass through the form of sending representatives to the congress at Mexico, but as it takes several months to go and return, and ... ...d see them, and to take them down to Marble, head in a coach. Saturday, 17th. The wind was light all day, which kept us back somewhat; but a fin... ... of the forecastle dinners I ate here twenty four years before. August 17th. The customs of California are free; and any person who knows about...

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...or two hundred and twenty years. It is enough that she is reported to have united the stately tread of Andalusian women with the innocent voluptuousne... ...; and the French reporter of Catalina’s memoirs dwells upon the theme. She united, he says, the sweetness of the German lady with the energy of the Ar... ... for reclaiming them, or for chastising their revolt. Both conditions were united obviously in the person of Kien Long, the reigning Emperor of China,... ...of this paper have been translated by the Jesuit missionaries. The Emperor states the whole motives of his conduct and the chief incidents at great le... ...s ogy, when men talk of substances in different stages, or of transitional states, they do not mean that they have watched the same individual stratum... ...at they have watched the same individual stratum or phenomenon, exhibiting states removed from each other by depths of many thousand years; how could ... ...France, as the dreadful criminality of the French sover- eigns through the 17th century began to tell powerfully, and reproduce itself in the miseries... ...rely martial series of portraits, or any gallery of statesmen assembled in congress, except as regards one or two leaders; for defunct major-generals,... ...s of wars, it will become possible to erect a real Ar- eopagus, or central congress for all Christendom, not with any commission to suppress wars,—a p...

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...nker’s son, and sat down to consider the Governor’s son and the son of the Congressman. CHAPTER VI IT WERE A WEARINESS TO FOLLOW in detail the le... ...d the pork butcher’s heir—right again, and sound. Next, we turned down the Congressman’s son and the Governor’s— right as a trivet, I confess it. Next... ...onfess it. Next the Senator’s son and the son of the Vice President of the United States—perfectly right, there’s no permanency about those little dis... ...it. Next the Senator’s son and the son of the Vice President of the United States—perfectly right, there’s no permanency about those little distinctio... ...t they very soon arrived at Rural Retreat, where they dismounted, and were united with all the solemnities that usually attended such divine operation... ... gods of battle, and by that faith whereby just men are made perfect—to be united. I hope, my dear sir, you will find it convenient as well as agreeab... ...hat he was there because he had once had his opportunity to go home to the States rich, and had not done it; had rather lost his wealth, and had then ... ...innocence printing them calmly and tranquilly in a book. For instance: He states that he entered a hair dresser’s in Paris to get shaved, and the fir... ...ate Ledger I find the following (I change the surname): DIED Hawks.—On the 17th inst., Clara, the daughter of Ephraim and Laura Hawks, aged 21 months ...

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...r author, in which Sen- timent and History, or the True and Beautiful, are united. CHAPTER XXIV BUTTON’S IN PALL MALL. THOSE WHO FREQUENT the dismal a... ...g waits.” The Bishop ran off, with more than youthful agility, to seek the United States’ Minister. “These Republi- cans,” he added, confidentially, a... ....” The Bishop ran off, with more than youthful agility, to seek the United States’ Minister. “These Republi- cans,” he added, confidentially, and with... ...he Ca- cique with him.” In fact, as the monarch spoke, the Minister of the United States made his appearance, followed by a gigantic warrior in the ga... ...cique with him.” In fact, as the monarch spoke, the Minister of the United States made his appearance, followed by a gigantic warrior in the garb of h... ...Ben Franklin; but all other things must yield to the service of the United States of North America. I have done. What would you, Sire?” and the intrep... ...escaped of victors and vanquished. His tale was told to his Captain and to Congress, but Wash- ington forbade its publication; and it was but lately t... ...Barbarossa is seventy years of age,’ said the Earl. ‘I remember him at the Congress of Vienna, and he has not a single gray hair.’ Wiggins laughed. ‘M... ... the famous Battle of Furruckabad, or Surprise of Futtyghur, fought on the 17th of November, 1804. * * * ABOUT A MONTH AFTERW ARDS, the follow...

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...emony can do aught to fix the wandering affec- tions, here were two people united for life. Mary came of a superstitious family, so that she perhaps i... ...in March; by the thirteenth of that month he was back in Edinburgh. On the 17th, he wrote to Clarinda: “Your hopes, your fears, your cares, my love, a... ...n against the zeal of a Whig clergyman, he writes: “I daresay the American Congress in 1776 will be allowed to be as able and as enlightened as the En... ...Whitman’s intense Americanism, his unlimited belief in the future of These States (as, with reverential capitals, he loves to call them), made the war... ...rose and Poetry . . . for the most cogent purposes of those great in- land states, and for T exas, and California, and Oregon;” – a statement which is... ...ons they held through the prison wall, and dear was the sympathy that soon united them. It fell first to the lot of Kusakabe to pass before the judges... ...r the in- fluence of wine and friendship; and then all of a sudden, on the 17th of May, an alarm sprang up, the Prior picked up his skirts and walked ... ...of a duke in his verses than in his absurd and inconsequential career as a statesman; and how he shows himself a duke is precisely by the absence of a... .... More of her I do not find, save testimony to the profound affection that united her to the Reformer. So we find him writing to her from Geneva, in s...

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...e contented rest — Here, meek-eyed Peace with humble Plenty lend Their aid united still, to make thee blest. To ease each pain, and to increase eac... ...triot, and saint, and sage, Him, full of years, from his loved native land Statesmen blood-stained and priests idolatrous By dark lies maddening th... ...ions. A Vision Coleridge: Poems They choose their human ministers from such states As still the Epic song half fears to name, Repelled from all the... ... first Epode speaks of the Empress of Russia, who died of an apoplexy on the 17th of November 1796; having just concluded a subsidiary treaty with the... ...-lids blue, The broad-faced Bird! and deeper dives the other. Ye quacking Statesmen! ’tis even so with you — One Peasecod is not liker to another.... ...ious! It shock’d us at Paris, like something mysterious, That men who’ve a Congress — But no more of ’t! I’m proud To have stood so distinct from t... ...woe. But, ah! how shall I comfort thee, Who need the balm I would bestow? United then let us repair, As round our common Parent’s grave; And pour... ... At all events, these qualities which I have enumerated, are rarely found united in a single individual. How much more rare must it be, that two su...

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... had seen life in all its vari- eties, and been much in the company of the statesmen and wits of his time, he could com- municate to Johnson an abunda... ...ue it, without interruption, every Tuesday and Friday, till Sat- urday the 17th of March, 1752, on which day it closed. This is a strong confirmation ... ... there can be no doubt, affected him with the deepest distress. For on the 17th of March, O.S., his wife died. The following very solemn and affecting... ...l known to many to be par- ticularly unsocial, as there is no Ordinary, or united company, but each person has his own mess, and is under no obligatio... ...did his punishment rest here; for upon subsequent occasions, whenever he, ‘statesman all over,’ assumed a strutting importance, I used to hail him—’th... ... Johnson’s slovenliness and roughness. I passed many hours with him on the 17th, of which I find all my memorial is, ‘much laugh- ing.’ It should seem... ...as not only a patriot but an American. He was afterwards minister from the United States at the court of Madrid. ‘And who is the gentleman in lace?’—’... ...only a patriot but an American. He was afterwards minister from the United States at the court of Madrid. ‘And who is the gentleman in lace?’—’Mr. Wil... ... said with a good-humoured smile, ‘That there should be so much excellence united with so much depravity, is strange.’ Indeed, this lady’s good qualit...