Journal of a Tour Through the United States, and in Canada, Made During the Years 1837-38T. Combe, 1843 - 231 sidor |
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... half con- sciousness of my situation . This , however , was unattended by any mitigation of suffering , for though I felt myself in the good ship Mediator , I imagined it to be transported along by a West Indian hurricane , and myself ...
... half con- sciousness of my situation . This , however , was unattended by any mitigation of suffering , for though I felt myself in the good ship Mediator , I imagined it to be transported along by a West Indian hurricane , and myself ...
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... half the country with them . Upon further ac- quaintance he turned out very intelligent , and well disposed to be communicative . I find the inn at the springs very good , and the people oblig- ing . Being curious to compare the prices ...
... half the country with them . Upon further ac- quaintance he turned out very intelligent , and well disposed to be communicative . I find the inn at the springs very good , and the people oblig- ing . Being curious to compare the prices ...
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... half - hour preceding the commencement of the ceremonies , they looked like so many statues . The male Shakers , at the other end of the room , were dressed in drab coats , which , however , were pulled off before they began to dance ...
... half - hour preceding the commencement of the ceremonies , they looked like so many statues . The male Shakers , at the other end of the room , were dressed in drab coats , which , however , were pulled off before they began to dance ...
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... about two hours and a half , including stoppages . At Ballston , my principal object was the mineral spring , which , when it rises , is highly ferruginous , but deposits its iron on standing so completely , that after twenty - four 24.
... about two hours and a half , including stoppages . At Ballston , my principal object was the mineral spring , which , when it rises , is highly ferruginous , but deposits its iron on standing so completely , that after twenty - four 24.
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... half what he says . " As the substance of this conversation actually passed , when I had the honour of sitting next to his Lordship at table , I suppose I must have reported it , as an instance of Lord Gosford's forgiving temper , at ...
... half what he says . " As the substance of this conversation actually passed , when I had the honour of sitting next to his Lordship at table , I suppose I must have reported it , as an instance of Lord Gosford's forgiving temper , at ...
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Sida 101 - ... view to its overthrow; and that all such attacks are in manifest violation of the mutual and solemn pledge to protect and defend each other, given by the states respectively, on entering into the constitutional compact, which formed the union and...
Sida 100 - Resolved, That this Government was instituted and adopted by the several States of this Union as a common agent, in order to carry into effect the powers which they had delegated by the Constitution for their mutual security and prosperity, and that, in fulfilment of this high and sacred trust, this Government is bound so to exercise its powers, as...
Sida 101 - ... Government to the several portions of the Union ; and that to refuse to extend to the Southern and Western States any advantage which would tend to •strengthen or render them more secure, or increase their limits or population by the annexation of new territory or states, on the assumption or under the pretext that the institution of slavery, as it exists among them, is immoral or sinful, or otherwise obnoxious, would be contrary to that equality of rights and advantages which the Constitution...
Sida 100 - Constitution for their mutual security and prosperity ; and that, in fulfilment of this high and sacred trust, this Government is bound so to exercise its powers as to give, as far as may be practicable, increased stability and security to the domestic institutions of the states that compose the Union ; and that it is the solemn duty of the Government to resist all attempts by one portion of the Union to use it as an instrument to attack the domestic institutions of another...
Sida 100 - Resolved, That domestic slavery, as it exists in the Southern and Western States of this Union, composes an important part of their domestic institutions, inherited from their ancestors, and existing at the adoption of the Constitution...
Sida 101 - Resolved, That the intermeddling of any State or States, or their citizens, to abolish slavery in this District, or any of the Territories, on the ground, or under the pretext, that it is immoral or sinful; or the passage of any act or measure of Congress, with that view, would be a direct and dangerous attack on the institutions of all the slaveholding States.
Sida 100 - Senate came to a vote on the first of the series,, which was as follows : "1. Resolved, That, in the adoption of the Federal Constitution, the States adopting the same acted severally as free and independent sovereignties, delegating a portion of their powers to be exercised by the Federal Government for the increased security of each against dangers, domestic as well as foreign...
Sida 101 - RESOLVED: — That the intermeddling of any state or states, or their citizens, to abolish slavery in this district, or any of the territories, on the ground, or under the pretext, that it is immoral or sinful, or the passage of any act or measure of Congress, with that view, would be a direct and dangerous attack on the institutions of all the slaveholding states.
Sida 215 - Excudent alii spirantia mollius aera, Credo equidem, vivos ducent de marmore vultus, Orabunt causas melius, caelique meatus Describent radio et surgentia sidera dicent; Tu regere imperio populos, Romane, memento : Hae tibi erunt artes, pacisque imponere morem, Parcere subiectis, et debellare superbos.
Sida 121 - ... when the irrevocable oath of war and destruction is taken. His knife he then placed in its sheath, under his belt, and he carefully arranged his turban on his head, and his three ostrich plumes that he was in the habit of wearing in it. Being thus prepared in full dress, he...