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... wishes as an author or a philanthropist . The loftiest encomiums are passed upon this " History of the Conspiracy of Arnold , " in all the French Journals of any au- thority . It is pronounced to be a chef d'œuvre in some , placed , in ...
... wishes as an author or a philanthropist . The loftiest encomiums are passed upon this " History of the Conspiracy of Arnold , " in all the French Journals of any au- thority . It is pronounced to be a chef d'œuvre in some , placed , in ...
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... to think he did not wish to " hazard the more important object , by attempting to com- " bine two events , the lesser of which might have marred the " greater . " 66 There will be found at p . 148 , of xvi AMERICAN REGISTER .
... to think he did not wish to " hazard the more important object , by attempting to com- " bine two events , the lesser of which might have marred the " greater . " 66 There will be found at p . 148 , of xvi AMERICAN REGISTER .
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... wish to secure to them a fixed value , by the terms employed in the original resolution- " two hun- dred dollars in specie , or an equivalent in the current money of the State . " During the late war their allowance must have fallen far ...
... wish to secure to them a fixed value , by the terms employed in the original resolution- " two hun- dred dollars in specie , or an equivalent in the current money of the State . " During the late war their allowance must have fallen far ...
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... wish , " said the ingenuous member from Louisia- na , Mr. Robertson , " to go before the people higgling and dis- puting between six , seven , eight or nine dollars a day . " Yet such , it cannot be concealed , was the spectacle ...
... wish , " said the ingenuous member from Louisia- na , Mr. Robertson , " to go before the people higgling and dis- puting between six , seven , eight or nine dollars a day . " Yet such , it cannot be concealed , was the spectacle ...
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... wish to draw at- tention to the Report of a Committee , respecting the Scotch distillery duties , presented to the British Parliament 11th June , 1798 , and contained in the 6th vol . p . 455 , of Debrett's Parlia- mentary Register ...
... wish to draw at- tention to the Report of a Committee , respecting the Scotch distillery duties , presented to the British Parliament 11th June , 1798 , and contained in the 6th vol . p . 455 , of Debrett's Parlia- mentary Register ...
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Page iv - An Act for the Encouragement of Learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts, and Books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time* therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and etching historical and other prints.
Page 359 - Congress provided that ... a final judgment or decree in any suit, in the highest court of law or equity of a state in which a decision of the suit could be had...
Page 349 - 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...
Page 58 - Buoyed above the terror of death, by the consciousness of a life devoted to honorable pursuits, and stained with no action that can give me remorse, I trust that the request I make to your Excellency at this serious period, and which is to soften my last moments, will not be rejected. Sympathy towards a soldier will surely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings of a man of honor.
Page 349 - 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 ; 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...
Page 339 - States are plaintiffs, or petitioners; or an alien is a party, or the suit is between a citizen of the state where the suit is brought, and a citizen of another state.
Page 56 - The Board having maturely considered these facts, DO ALSO REPORT to His Excellency General Washington, that Major Andre, Adjutant General to the British Army, ought to be considered as a Spy from the enemy ; and that, agreeable to the law and usage of nations, it is their opinion he ought to suffer death.
Page 326 - That no person arrested or confined in jail, shall be treated with unnecessary rigor, or be put to answer any criminal charge, but by presentment, indictment or impeachment.
Page 313 - Cush. 451, it was held, in an action against a town to recover damages for an injury sustained by the plaintiff in consequence of a defective...
Page 337 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.