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... force , under the authority , in obedience to the command , of his gov- ernment , and keeping himself within the scope of that author- ity , is not guilty , as the law of nations is administered to - day , of a crime against the ...
... force , under the authority , in obedience to the command , of his gov- ernment , and keeping himself within the scope of that author- ity , is not guilty , as the law of nations is administered to - day , of a crime against the ...
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... force , planned and sent abroad by his own legitimate government , having the right to exact his service to the last drop of his blood , ―sent abroad not to plunder , but , as it represented to him when it called him out of his bed ...
... force , planned and sent abroad by his own legitimate government , having the right to exact his service to the last drop of his blood , ―sent abroad not to plunder , but , as it represented to him when it called him out of his bed ...
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... force or patriotism crowds into the ranks of their country ; and to lift up war itself from a vulgar and dreary business of general butchery , to a ser- vice of glory , in which great souls may engage without deg- radation and without ...
... force or patriotism crowds into the ranks of their country ; and to lift up war itself from a vulgar and dreary business of general butchery , to a ser- vice of glory , in which great souls may engage without deg- radation and without ...
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... force for the purpose of possessing herself of a vessel , of which , as against us , she had no right thus to take possession , not to weaken or insult us , but to pre- vent its being , in other hands , the instrument of annoyance ...
... force for the purpose of possessing herself of a vessel , of which , as against us , she had no right thus to take possession , not to weaken or insult us , but to pre- vent its being , in other hands , the instrument of annoyance ...
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... forces , at the dead hour of night , crossed the inviolate line of our boundary , invaded our soil , dishonored our flag , wasted the property and shed the blood of American citizens ? It happened , however , that at the time when this ...
... forces , at the dead hour of night , crossed the inviolate line of our boundary , invaded our soil , dishonored our flag , wasted the property and shed the blood of American citizens ? It happened , however , that at the time when this ...
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Página 296 - I'll give thee this plague for thy dowry : be thou as chaste as ice, as pure as snow, thou shalt not escape calumny.
Página 171 - IT is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision. I saw her just above the horizon, decorating and cheering the elevated sphere she just began to move in — glittering like the morning star, full of life, and splendour, and joy.
Página 182 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
Página 318 - But if these things are done in the green tree, what shall be done in the dry?
Página 81 - Considerations on the Propriety of Imposing Taxes in the British Colonies, for the Purpose of Raising a Revenue by Act of Parliament.
Página 125 - It is agreed that any country that may be claimed by either party on the northwest coast of America, westward of the Stony Mountains, shall, together with its harbours, bays, and creeks, and the navigation of all rivers within the same, be free and open, for the term of ten years from the date of the signature of the present convention, to the vessels, citizens, and subjects of the two Powers...
Página 219 - WHEN Freedom from her mountain height Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there. She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then from his mansion in the sun She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand The symbol of her chosen land.
Página 46 - ... The people have declared that, in the exercise of all powers given for these objects, it is supreme. It can, then, in effecting these objects, legitimately control all individuals or governments within the American territory. The constitution and laws of a state, so far as they are repugnant to the constitution and laws of the United States, are absolutely void. These states are constituent parts of the United States. They are members of one great empire. — for some purposes sovereign, for...
Página 201 - If the necessary article should in this mode cost more in time of peace, will not the security and independence thence arising form an ample compensation...
Página 56 - And shall also have cognizance, concurrent with the courts of the several States, or the Circuit Courts, as the case may be, of all causes where an alien sues for a tort only in violation of the law of nations, or a treaty of the United States.