Full Text Search Details
...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... ...D OTHERS, CENTRAL EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE, ETC. GENTLEMEN:—Y our letter of the 7th instant, accompanied by a similar one from the governor-elect, the Repu... ... thereunto belonging. Given under my hand, at the city of Washington, this 7th day of May, A. D. 1861, and in the eighty-fifth year of the inde- pende... ...d court sentenced to be put to death by hanging by the neck, on Friday the 7th day of Febru- ary , AD. 1862: And whereas a large number of respectable...

Full Text Search Details
...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... ...ED STATES: Congress, on my recommendation, passed a resolution, ap- proved 7th February, 1863, tendering its thanks to Commander D. D. Porter “for the... ...N, D. C., July 9, 1864 HON. HORACE GREELEY . DEAR SIR:—Y our letter of the 7th, with inclosures, received. If you can find any person, anywhere, profe... ...epartments for the execution of this order. Second, That on Wednesday, the 7th of September, com- mencing at the hour of twelve o’clock noon, there sh...

Full Text Search Details
...can be made, except in the State Legislature,—not in the Con- gress of the United States; and as I do not really apprehend the approach of any such th... ...made, except in the State Legislature,—not in the Con- gress of the United States; and as I do not really apprehend the approach of any such thing mys... ...er at this time on this subject. When Judge Trumbull, our other Senator in Congress, re- turned to Illinois in the month of August, he made a speech a... ...hat would be a most mani- fest reason for it. It is true, as Judge Douglas states, that many Territorial bills have passed without having such a provi... ...o be framed to a vote of the people, then that they were stricken out when Congress did not mean to alter 8 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Fou... ...lection for the adoption of the constitution, shall be obligatory upon the United States and the said State of Kansas.” Now, Trumbull alleges that the... ... for the adoption of the constitution, shall be obligatory upon the United States and the said State of Kansas.” Now, Trumbull alleges that these last... ...lection for the adoption of the constitution, shall be obligatory upon the United States and the said State of Kansas.” Now, if it is said that this i... .... I have before me the bill re- ported by the senator from Illinois on the 7th of March, 1856, providing for the admission of Kansas as a State, the t...

Full Text Search Details
...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... ...tranger things have come to pass.” At last a long article appeared, on the 7th of October, in the bulletin of the Royal Geographical Society, which 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 ... ...S POCKET The Carnatic, setting sail from Hong Kong at half-past six on the 7th of November, directed her course at full steam towards Japan. She carri... ...erri- tory, following the valley of Bitter Creek throughout. The next day, 7th December, they stopped for a quarter of an hour at Green River station....

Full Text Search Details
... 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... ...f the little ship, which took the party first to Nelson, where Sunday, the 7th of October, was spent, the Bishop going ashore while Patteson held a se... ...but he says we shall not die like that, but rise up again.’ On Monday, the 7th of October, Grera was revisited, and Toto, a last year’s scholar, came ... ...uch about them, and about you, are my real helps.’ The voyage ended on the 7th of December. It was the last made under the guidance of the Bishop of N... ... 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...

Full Text Search Details
...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 ... ...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 ... ...ad left till that time empty. THE PILOT’S FIRST BATTLE He said— It was the 7th of November. The fight began at seven in the morning. I was on the “R...

Excerpt Details
...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....

Full Text Search Details
...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... ...er touching at several points in the Pacific, cast anchor before Vanikoro, 7th July, 1827, in that same harbour of Vanou where the Nautilus was at thi... ... Vanikoro, and directed his course towards New Zealand; put into Calcutta, 7th April, 1828, and returned to France, where he was warmly welcomed by Ch... ...te scene, Captain Nemo said, in a sad voice: “Commander La Perouse set out 7th December, 1785, with his vessels La Boussole and the Astrolabe. He firs...

Full Text Search Details
... yet it is in a peculiar degree both illustrative and typical of the great statesman who made it, alike in its strong com- 4 The Writings of Abraham ... ...He says: “….the moral qualities that are required in the higher spheres of statesmanship [are not] those of a hero or a saint. Passionate earnestness ... ...re that of skil- ful compromise, and in the conditions of modern life, the statesman is likely to succeed best who possesses second- ary qualities to ... ...ved, the editor is furthermore indebted to the Librarian of the Library of Congress; to Messrs. McClure, Phillips & Co., D. Appleton & Co., Macmillan ... ...s; he read Robinson Crusoe, The Pilgrim’s Progress, a short history of the United States, and Weems’s Life of Washington. To the town constable’s he w... ...n their claims seemed to him unfair. Presenting his very first case in the United States Circuit Court, the only question being one of authority, he d... ..., in 1846, he was elected 16 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol One to Congress. In a clever speech in the House of Represen- tatives he denounced... ...854. The repeal of the Missouri Compromise, opening the Territories of the United States, the heritage of coming generations, to the invasion of slave... ...hen he says it was manufactured just before the election, which was on the 7th of August; and if it was manufactured just before the election, Keys te...

Full Text Search Details
...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... ...but that France herself declared war first on both of them; (1st February; 7th March (Moniteur of these dates).)—a point of immense Parliamentary and ... ...x eclats,’ at the gentilities and superfine airs of these Girondin “men of statesmanship,” with their pedantries, plausibilities, pusillanimities: “th... ...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... ...n-leaved flourishing, there comes, were it never so slowly, an end. On the 7th of November, a certain Citoyen Parens, Curate of Boissise-le-Bertrand, ... ...y Days Sans-breeches, a Feast of Reason? (Moniteur, Seance du 17 Brumaire (7th November), 1793.) Proper surely! Let Atheist Marechal, Lalande, and lit... ...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 ...

Full Text Search Details
...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... ...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... ...was long rumoured that he still lay in the harbour; and so late as October 7th, a boy, who had been paddling round the Carola, professed to have seen ... ... 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 ... ...metimes hundreds strong, de- parted with their arms and ammunition. On the 7th of Sep- tember, for instance, the day after Leary’s letter, Too and Mat... ...ng to change sides. The same detachment appears in his despatch of October 7th. He computes the losses of the German firm with an easy cheerfulness. I...

Full Text Search Details
...er mistaken. Prejudiced, I never have been otherwise than in favour of the United States. No visitor can ever have set foot on those shores, with a st... ...aken. Prejudiced, I never have been otherwise than in favour of the United States. No visitor can ever have set foot on those shores, with a stronger ... ...Prejudiced, I am not, and never have been, otherwise than in favour of the United States. I have many friends in America, I feel a grateful interest i... ...ced, I am not, and never have been, otherwise than in favour of the United States. I have many friends in America, I feel a grateful interest in the c... ...t the Custom—house above all others would do well to take example from the United States and render itself somewhat less odious and offensive to forei... ...ustom—house above all others would do well to take example from the United States and render itself somewhat less odious and offensive to foreigners. ... ... and longed for the Forest and the Prairie. I asked him what he thought of Congress? He an swered, with a smile, that it wanted dignity, in an Indian... ...ish them. The number of cadets being about equal to that of the members of Congress, one is sent here from every Con gressional district: its member ... ...t of the neck and head. The Governor was still alive on the morning of the 7th; but no hopes for his recovery by his friends, and but slight hopes fro...

Full Text Search Details
...rom the law. There was scarce a word interchanged, and no common sentiment but that of cold united us, until at length, having touched at Greenock, a ... ...nature of emigration. Day by day throughout the passage, and thence- forward across all the States, and on to the shores of the Pacific, this knowledg... ...base success was written on his brow. He was then in his ill days; but I can imagine him in Congress with his mouth full of bombast and sawder. As we ... ...nd un- founded; times were bad at home; they were said to have a turn for the better in the States; a man could get on any- where, he thought. That wa... ...d of man you find in books. He had been at Sebastopol under English colours; and again in a States ship, ‘after the Ala- bama, and praying God we shou... ... ‘Mr. Alane Stewart, Commendatour of Crossraguel,’ endured his fiery trials. On the 1st and 7th of September 1570 (ill dates for Mr. Alan!), Gilbert, ...

Excerpt Details
...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...

Full Text Search Details
...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... ...od. Thus ends our first expedition. By some odd chance a Times of June the 7th has found its way on board through the agency of a wretched old peasant... ...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... ...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 ...

Excerpt Details
...: 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 ...

Full Text Search Details
...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... ...TE. W ASHINGTON, June 23, 1862. TO THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES: On the 7th day of December, 1861, I submitted to the Senate the project of a treat... .... Whereas in and by the second section of an act of Congress passed on the 7th day of June, A. D. 1862, entitled “An act for the collection of direct ... ...f America and the Republic of New Granada, which is still in force. On the 7th day of December, 1847, General Pedro Alcantara Herran, who had been dul...

Full Text Search Details
... 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... ... States by State Constitutions, and from most of the National territory by Congressional prohibition. Four days later, commenced the struggle which en... ...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... ..., Charleston, Coles County September 18th, Galesburgh, Knox County October 7th, Quincy , Adams County October13th, Alton, Madison County October 15th,... ...at and Ottawa Free Trader, I took at Peru on the 5th, and at Ottawa on the 7th, the affirma- tive side of interrogatories 1st and 2d; and in relation ...

Excerpt Details
...ant is duly received, which I do not meet as a ?bore,? but as a most welcome visitor. I will answer the business part of it first. In relation to our Congress matter here, you were right in supposing I would support the nominee. Neither Baker nor I, however, is the man, but Hardin, so far as I can judge from present appearances. We shall have no split or trouble about the ...

Full Text Search Details
...ink annexation an evil. I hold it to be a paramount duty of us in the free States, due to the Union of the States, and perhaps to liberty itself (para... ...berty itself (paradox though it may seem), to let the slavery of the other States alone; while, on the other hand, I hold it to be equally clear that ... ... LINCOLN. 20 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two RESOLUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DECEMBER 22, 1847 Whereas, The Pres... ...N. 20 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Two RESOLUTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DECEMBER 22, 1847 Whereas, The President o... ... HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, DECEMBER 22, 1847 Whereas, The President of the United States, in his mes- sage of May 11, 1846, has declared that “the Mex... ...the Mexican Gov- ernment not only refused to receive him [the envoy of the United States], or to listen to his propositions, but, after a long-continu... ...AS LINCOLN WASHINGTON, Dec. 24, 1848. MY D EAR F ATHER:—Your letter of the 7th was received night before last. I very cheerfully send you the twenty d... ... but I hope you will perceive the ne- cessity of it, and excuse me. On the 7th of April I wrote you recommending Turner R. King for register, and Walt... ..._____ESQ. DEAR S IR:—On my return from Kentucky I found your letter of the 7th of November, and have delayed answer- ing it till now for the reason I ...

Full Text Search Details
.............................................................. 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,... ...ns in many a heart; penetrating inwards to the very purse! So early as the 7th of August, a Don Patriotique, ‘a Patriotic Gift of jewels to a consider... ...e it, ‘no Deputy called Mirabeau.’ (Moniteur, Nos. 65, 86 (29th September, 7th No- vember, 1789).) A man of perhaps inveterate Feudalisms; of stratage... ...etermined internal friends, adds War-minister Servan; and proposes, on the 7th of June, his Camp of Twenty-thousand. Twenty-thousand National Vol- unt... ...elf aiding from within: the railing gives way; Majesty and Legislative are united in place, unknown Destiny hovering over both. Rattle, and again ratt...

Full Text Search Details
............................................................. 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,... ...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... ... in many a heart; penetrat- ing inwards to the very purse! So early as the 7th of Au- gust, a Don Patriotique, ‘a Patriotic Gift of jewels to a con- s...

Full Text Search Details
...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 ... ...the cause. The accidental occasion, which made that cause operative on the 7th of October, might or might not be what Mr. W . says. But in Kant’s burt... ...s were to commence in an October or a November. 373 Thomas de Quincey the 7th of October, at dinner, he ate little else, in spite of everything that ... ...ver escaped him. I now visited him three times a-day; and on Tuesday, Feb. 7th, going about dinner-time, I found the usual party of friends sitting do...

Full Text Search Details
...of men of learn- ing, but upon the public conduct of princes and sovereign states. I have endeavoured, in the fourth book, to explain as fully and dis... ...e sea. The navigation of the Danube is of very little use to the different states of Bavaria, Austria, and Hungary, in comparison of what it would be,... ...ivided into any number of parts, as by fusion those parts can easily be re-united again; a quality which no other equally durable commodities possess,... ...f the world, I believe, the avarice and injustice of princes and sovereign states, abusing the confidence of their subjects, have by degrees diminishe... ...nerally the same, or very nearly the same, through the greater part of the united king- dom. These, and most other things which are sold by retail, th... ...ouring poor, therefore, can maintain their families in the one part of the united kingdom, they must be in affluence in the other. Oatmeal, indeed, su... ...s notes, which necessarily occasioned their discredit. In pursuance of the 7th Anne, c. 7, the bank advanced and paid into the exchequer the sum of £4... ...ner’s share of the sheep. The second of them was expressly repealed by the 7th and 8th of William III. chap. 28, sect. 4, by which it is declared that... ...strained, not by high duties, but by ab- solute prohibitions. Thus, by the 7th and 8th of William III chap.20, sect.8, the exportation of frames or en...

Full Text Search Details
...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 ... ...thus speak of the event: Another Old Hero Gone Died, at Dutch Flat, on the 7th of March, George (once the confidential body servant of General Washing... ...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...

Full Text Search Details
...with civilization. I hardly need refer now to the laborers in our Southern States who produce the staple exports of this country, and are themselves a... ...h, in 1650, for the information of those who wished to take up land there, states more particularly that “those in New Netherland, and especially in N... ...same all the world over, whether the building be an Egyptian temple or the United States Bank. It costs more than it comes to. The mainspring is vanit... ...l the world over, whether the building be an Egyptian temple or the United States Bank. It costs more than it comes to. The mainspring is vanity, assi... ...r am bassadors should be instructed to send home such seeds as these, and Congress help to distribute them over all the land. We should never stand u... ...leav ing the foe to select among his own members; and so there were three united for life, as if a new kind of attraction had been invented which put... ...by 1 Grey Fox 0 2 3"; they are not now found here; and in his ledger, Feb, 7th, 1743, Hezekiah Stratton has credit “by 1/2 a Catt skin 0 1 4 1/2"; of ... ...ch; in ’52, the 18th of April; in ’53, the 23d of March; in ’54, about the 7th of April. Every incident connected with the breaking up of the rivers... ...s said that the British Empire is very large and respectable, and that the United States are a first rate power. We do not believe that a tide rises a...

Full Text Search Details
...chool, many of whom have filled conspicuous places in the service of their States. T wo of my contemporaries there —who, I believe, never attended any... ...ation my father re- ceived a letter from the Honorable Thomas Morris, then United States Senator from Ohio. When he read it he said to me, Ulysses, I ... ...y father re- ceived a letter from the Honorable Thomas Morris, then United States Senator from Ohio. When he read it he said to me, Ulysses, I believe... ...uld not write to Hamer for the appointment, but he wrote to Thomas Morris, United States Senator from Ohio, informing him that there was a vacancy at ... ... write to Hamer for the appointment, but he wrote to Thomas Morris, United States Senator from Ohio, informing him that there was a vacancy at West Po... ...afforded, it would not have voted for Jefferson Davis for President of the United 15 U. S. Grant States, over Mr. Lincoln, or any other representativ... ...ompanies of light artillery, five regiments of infantry —the 3d, 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th—and one regiment of artillery acting as infan- try—not more tha... ...ond-lieutenant, 4th in- 39 U. S. Grant fantry, to full second-lieutenant, 7th infantry. Frank Gardner, 1 of the 7th, was promoted to the 4th in the ... ... found that our application had been approved at W ashington. While in the 7th infantry I was in the company of Captain Holmes, afterwards a Lieutenan...

Full Text Search Details
...tavus Adolphus. — Swedish Army. — Gustavus Adolphus takes his leave of the States at Stockholm. — Invasion by the Swedes. — Their progress in Germany.... ...Friedrich Schiller Command of the Imperial Troops. — Treaty with France. — Congress at Leipzig. — Siege and cruel fate of Magdeburg. — Firmness of the... ...by their adhesion, it on the other was indispens- able to their interests. States which hitherto scarcely concerned themselves with one another’s exis... ...hrough the Ref- ormation an attractive centre of interest, and began to be united by new political sympathies. And as through its influence new relati... ...een citizen and citizen, and be- tween rulers and subjects, so also entire states were forced by it into new relative positions. Thus, by a strange co... ...n of the tenth and the twentieth penny, the See of Rome had never lost the United Netherlands. Princes fought in self-defence or for aggrandizement, w... ...y exertions against the ambition of Austria, or the States themselves have united so closely against the common enemy. The power of Austria never stoo... ...e enemy. All the fruits of the victory of Muehlberg were lost again in the congress of Passau, and the diet of Augsburg; and every scheme for civil an... ... Mulda, while the Elec- tor returned homeward. Early on the morning of the 7th September, 1631, the hostile armies came in sight of each 199 Friedric...

Full Text Search Details
...answer you all at once?” said Prince Andrew. “Besides, in the actions of a states- man one has to distinguish between his acts as a private person, as... ... up in you, and that in spite of the distance separating us our hearts are united by indissoluble bonds, my heart rebels against fate and in spite of ... ...e conversation again turned on the war, on Bonaparte, and the generals and statesmen of the day. The old prince seemed convinced not only that all the... ... his soul. He firmly believed in the possibility of the brotherhood of men united in the aim of supporting one another in the path of virtue, and that... ...om his leave, Rostov felt, for the first time, how close was the bond that united him to Denisov and and the whole regiment. On approaching it, Rostov... ...o enter that temple of virtue to a vision of which I attained in my dream. 7th December I dreamed that Joseph Alexeevich was sitting in my house, and ... ...d Speranski’s famous laugh, and this ringing, high pitched laughter from a statesman made a strange im- pression on him. He entered the dining room. T... ...e great points and with tranquility ev- erywhere, I too should have had my Congress and my Holy Alliance. Those ideas were stolen from me. In that reu...

Full Text Search Details
...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... ... merit. Adieu, Clarinda! I am going to remember you in my prayers.” By the 7th of April, seventeen days later he had already de- cided to make Jean Ar... ...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... ...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...