American Society, Volym 1Chapman and Hall, 1870 |
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Sida 195 - Whatever the defects of American universities may be, they disseminate no prejudices; rear no bigots; dig up the buried ashes of no old superstitions; never interpose between the people and their improvement ; exclude no man because of his religious opinions j above all, in their whole course of study and instruction, recognise a world, and a broad one too, lying beyond the college walls...
Sida 54 - States, and offences against the law of nations; To declare war; and grant letters of marque and reprisal. To raise and support armies ; but no appropriation of money to that use shall be for a longer term than two years.
Sida 54 - To regulate commerce with foreign nations, among the several States, and with the Indian tribes.
Sida 127 - My name is Norval: on the Grampian hills My father feeds his flocks; a frugal swain, Whose constant cares were to increase his store, And keep his only son, myself, at home.
Sida 258 - HAPPY the man, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields, with bread, "Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter fire.
Sida 50 - ... lieutenant-governor, shall during their terms of office reside at the seat of government, where they shall keep the public records, books, and papers. They shall perform such duties as are prescribed by this constitution and by law. SEC. 2. No person shall be eligible to the office of governor or lieutenant-governor who has not been a citizen of the United States for nine years, or who has not attained the age of thirty years, and who has not been a resident of New Mexico for two years next preceding...
Sida 284 - hot corn" stands, " roast chestnut" stands, " hot potato" stands, quack medicine stands, fruit stands, pea-nut stands, newspaper stands, and toy stands. You are amazed at the energy of the news-boys — most of them diminutive, ragged, merry, impudent little Paddies — as they rush hither and thither with their arms full of wisdom, at a penny an instalment.
Sida 106 - ... race. CHAPTER VIII. STATE, CITY, AND TOWN GOVERNMENTS. EACH state possesses a complete government, having a written constitution, and comprising executive, legislative, and judicial branches. The state judicial system has been described in the preceding chapter. The executive branch consists of a Governor, a Lieutenantgovernor, a Secretary of State, a Treasurer, an AttorneyGeneral, an Auditor, Commissioners, and Inspectors : the inferior offices, however, differ somewhat in the various states....
Sida 52 - Congress must be at least 25 years of age and an inhabitant of the State in which he is chosen, and he must have been a citizen of the United States for at least seven years.
Sida 233 - ... following additional illustration of his absence of mind ; and yet there are many in his old neighborhood who believe it implicitly ; and the man who told it me, the late Rev. Anthony Austin, Rector of Compton Bassett, told it me as a fact. A little distance out of Calne, on the road to Derry Hill, there used to be, and may be still, for aught I know to the contrary, a turnpike. One very hot day in summer, Bowles, astride of his favorite old pony, with the reins dropped on its neck, was seen...