Civil and Political History of New JerseyP. Keen & E. Chandler, 1848 - 500 páginas |
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... liberty in thought , and word , and deed , that was then allowed to the sub- jects of Britain . " But Sir Humphrey Gilbert did not live to bring his government into actual operation . He was lost soon afterwards in an attempt to return ...
... liberty in thought , and word , and deed , that was then allowed to the sub- jects of Britain . " But Sir Humphrey Gilbert did not live to bring his government into actual operation . He was lost soon afterwards in an attempt to return ...
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... liberty , but with little beside . Their necessities as well as their maritime situation disposed them to commercial pursuits . No opportunity was to be neglected for extending the trade of the country , and the enterprize of Hudson was ...
... liberty , but with little beside . Their necessities as well as their maritime situation disposed them to commercial pursuits . No opportunity was to be neglected for extending the trade of the country , and the enterprize of Hudson was ...
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... liberty was allowed . But there they were not content , and their minds at length were turned toward a new land , where they supposed they might escape from the corruptions of the ancient world , and be at liberty to enjoy , and also to ...
... liberty was allowed . But there they were not content , and their minds at length were turned toward a new land , where they supposed they might escape from the corruptions of the ancient world , and be at liberty to enjoy , and also to ...
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... liberty to take up as much land , and take possession thereof , as they should have ability properly to improve . The colonists might navigate and trade along the whole coast , from Florida to Newfoundland , provided they brought their ...
... liberty to take up as much land , and take possession thereof , as they should have ability properly to improve . The colonists might navigate and trade along the whole coast , from Florida to Newfoundland , provided they brought their ...
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... liberty to private adven- turers , to make a selection of lands , and to enjoy the same by personal right . Yet these individuals were subjected to many disadvantages when acting by the side of the great proprietors , who , from their ...
... liberty to private adven- turers , to make a selection of lands , and to enjoy the same by personal right . Yet these individuals were subjected to many disadvantages when acting by the side of the great proprietors , who , from their ...
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Página 268 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position that princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Página 483 - Congress be authorized to make such requisitions in proportion to the whole number of white and other free citizens and inhabitants of every age, sex, and condition, including those bound to servitude for a term of years, and three-fifths of all other persons not comprehended in the foregoing description, except Indians not paying taxes...
Página 482 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...
Página 481 - I do not conceive we can exist long as a nation, without lodging somewhere a power which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic a manner as the authority of the State governments extends over the several States.
Página 483 - Resolved, that, in addition to the powers vested in the United States in Congress, by the present existing Articles of Confederation, they be authorized to pass acts for raising a revenue, by levying a duty or duties on all goods or...
Página 481 - ... permanent harmony, and to report to the several States such an act relative to this great object, as, when unanimously ratified by them, would enable the United States in Congress assembled effectually to provide for the same.
Página 485 - Constitution be laid before the United States in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification ; and that each Convention assenting to, and ratifying the same, should give notice thereof to the United States in Congress assembled.
Página 357 - America ; it is agreed, that for the future, the confines between the dominions of His Britannic Majesty, and those of His Most Christian Majesty, in that part of the world, shall be fixed irrevocably by a line drawn along the middle of the river Mississippi, from its source to the river Iberville, and from thence, by a line drawn along the middle of this river, and the lakes Maurepas and Pontchartrain, to the sea...
Página 367 - That it is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them but with their own consent, given personally or by their representatives.
Página 450 - ... well and truly to hear and determine the matter in question, according to the best of his judgment, without favour affection or hope of reward:" provided also that no state shall be deprived of territory for the- benefit of the united states.