A New Guide to WashingtonR. Farnham, 1842 - 221 páginas |
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... stone , the shafts thirty feet high , is in just proportion and fine taste . The tympanum is orna- mented with an allegorical group in alto releivo , executed by Signor Persico . The principal or central figure. 20 GUIDE TO WASHINGTON .
... stone , the shafts thirty feet high , is in just proportion and fine taste . The tympanum is orna- mented with an allegorical group in alto releivo , executed by Signor Persico . The principal or central figure. 20 GUIDE TO WASHINGTON .
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... figures in stone , in the at- titude of crowning with laurel the bust of Wash- ington , which is placed immediately above the door . On each side of the main entrance are two colossal figures in marble , representing WAR and PEACE ...
... figures in stone , in the at- titude of crowning with laurel the bust of Wash- ington , which is placed immediately above the door . On each side of the main entrance are two colossal figures in marble , representing WAR and PEACE ...
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... figure is beautifully draped . WAR is represented in the attitude of listening to PEACE , his form resting on his ... figures were executed by Mr. Persico , by order of Con- gress . This artist is now engaged in Italy in executing two ...
... figure is beautifully draped . WAR is represented in the attitude of listening to PEACE , his form resting on his ... figures were executed by Mr. Persico , by order of Con- gress . This artist is now engaged in Italy in executing two ...
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... figure of LIBERTY , ( in plaster , ) by Causici . On the entablature be- neath the figure is sculptured in stone the Ameri- can eagle , in the act of taking wing , executed by another Italian artist ( Valaperti ) of high reputa- tion ...
... figure of LIBERTY , ( in plaster , ) by Causici . On the entablature be- neath the figure is sculptured in stone the Ameri- can eagle , in the act of taking wing , executed by another Italian artist ( Valaperti ) of high reputa- tion ...
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... figures of the old thirteen States , decorated with their peculiar insignia , and the models were actually prepared by one of the Italian artists whom he had engaged to come to this B7 HALL OF REFRESENTATIVES . 27 the Speaker's room and ...
... figures of the old thirteen States , decorated with their peculiar insignia , and the models were actually prepared by one of the Italian artists whom he had engaged to come to this B7 HALL OF REFRESENTATIVES . 27 the Speaker's room and ...
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Página 50 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to His holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Página 38 - States authorizes the supreme court " to issue writs of mandamus, in cases warranted by the principles and usages of law, to any courts appointed, or persons holding office, under the authority of the United States.
Página 80 - This is the desert, this the solitude: How populous, how vital is the grave! This is Creation's melancholy vault, The vale funereal, the sad cypress gloom; The land of apparitions, empty shades! All, all on earth is shadow, all beyond Is substance; the reverse is Folly's creed.
Página 38 - That a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a State in which a decision in the suit could be had, where is drawn in question the validity of a treaty or statute of or an authority exercised under the United States, and the decision is against their validity...
Página 38 - States, and the decision is in favor of such their validity, or where is drawn in question the construction of any clause of the constitution, or of a treaty, or statute of. or commission held under the United States, and the decision is against the title, right, privilege or exemption specially set up or claimed by either party, under such clause of the said Constitution, treaty, statute or commission...
Página 38 - That the Supreme Court shall have exclusive jurisdiction of all controversies of a civil nature, where a state is a party, except between a state and its citizens; and except also between a state and citizens of other states, or aliens, in which latter case it shall have original but not exclusive jurisdiction.
Página 209 - Resolved, that all confidential communications, made by the President of the United States to the Senate, shall be, by the members thereof, kept secret ; and that all treaties, which may hereafter be laid before the Senate, shall also be kept secret ; until the Senate shall, by their resolution, take off the injunction of secrecy.
Página 87 - The circuit courts of the United States shall have original cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, of all suits of a civil nature at common law or in equity, where the matter in dispute exceeds, exclusive of costs, the sum or value of five hundred dollars, and arising under the Constitution or laws of the United States...
Página 38 - OR where is drawn in question the validity of a statute of or an authority exercised under any State, on the ground of their being repugnant to the Constitution, treaties, or laws of the United States, and the decision is in favor of their validity...
Página 87 - But no person shall be arrested in one district for trial in another in any civil action before a circuit or district court...