The Footprints of Time, and a Complete Analysis of Our American System of Government: With a Concise History of the Origin and Progress of Civilization, the Relation of the Old World to the Free Institutions of the New, the Establishment and Growth of the English Colonies and of the United States of America, Facts and Statistics from Official SourcesR.T. Root, 1879 - 742 páginas |
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... COAST SURVEY . CHAPTER XXVII . .312 Necessity of this work - Scientific accuracy - Value for commerce and defense . CHAPTER XXVIII . LIGHT HOUSES ..... ..... 314 Why and where they are built - Official Superintendence - Light Money ...
... COAST SURVEY . CHAPTER XXVII . .312 Necessity of this work - Scientific accuracy - Value for commerce and defense . CHAPTER XXVIII . LIGHT HOUSES ..... ..... 314 Why and where they are built - Official Superintendence - Light Money ...
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... coast of Asia , occupied ten years , and filled the whole country with confusion . This was soon followed by an event called the Return of the Heracleidæ , or descendants of Hercules a mythic hero of great celebrity - to their ancient ...
... coast of Asia , occupied ten years , and filled the whole country with confusion . This was soon followed by an event called the Return of the Heracleidæ , or descendants of Hercules a mythic hero of great celebrity - to their ancient ...
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... coast more to the south , had each Amphictyonic , or International Leagues ; but the Greeks from all the various regions they settled , as well as from the mother country , took a pride in participating in the Olympic games . 14. B. B. ...
... coast more to the south , had each Amphictyonic , or International Leagues ; but the Greeks from all the various regions they settled , as well as from the mother country , took a pride in participating in the Olympic games . 14. B. B. ...
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... coast of Africa west of Egypt , on the eastern coast of Italy , several ir Sicily , one in France . They were , generally , very enterprising and prosperous , and diffused Greek intelligence and culture over a large part of the world as ...
... coast of Africa west of Egypt , on the eastern coast of Italy , several ir Sicily , one in France . They were , generally , very enterprising and prosperous , and diffused Greek intelligence and culture over a large part of the world as ...
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... coast of Asia Minor the same day , and the last rem- nants of the Persian fleet destroyed . 478 Athens was rebuilt and surrounded with walls from the treasures of the conquered Persians . This was the age of great men in Greece ...
... coast of Asia Minor the same day , and the last rem- nants of the Persian fleet destroyed . 478 Athens was rebuilt and surrounded with walls from the treasures of the conquered Persians . This was the age of great men in Greece ...
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Página 180 - ... to build and equip a navy; to agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each state for its quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants In such state...
Página 176 - No State shall lay any imposts or duties, which may interfere with any stipulations in treaties entered into by the United States in congress assembled, with any king, prince, or state, in pursuance of any treaties already proposed by congress to the courts of France and Spain.
Página 175 - No state shall be represented in congress by less than two, nor by more than seven members; and no person shall be capable of being a delegate for more than three years in any term of six years; nor shall any person, being a delegate, be capable of holding any office under the United States, for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Página 175 - Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any court or place out of Congress: and the members of Congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on Congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.
Página 174 - ... The better to secure and perpetuate mutual friendship and intercourse among the people of the different States in this union, the free inhabitants of each of these States (paupers, vagabonds and fugitives from justice excepted) shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of free citizens in the several States, and the people of each state shall have free ingress and egress to and from any other State, and shall enjoy therein all the privileges of trade and commerce, subject to the same...
Página 173 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Página 200 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for Senators and Representatives shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by law make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing Senators. The Congress shall assemble at least once in every year, and such meeting shall be on the first Monday in December, unless they shall by law appoint a different day. SEC. 5. Each house shall be the judge of the election,, returns, and qualifications...
Página 172 - NEW YORK William Floyd Philip Livingston Francis Lewis Lewis Morris NEW JERSEY Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark PENNSYLVANIA Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin...
Página 244 - The uncivilized tribes will be subject to such laws and regulations as the United States may, from time to time, adopt in regard to aboriginal tribes of that country.
Página 170 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.