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... 1846 , BY L. CARROLL Judson , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States , of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania . Printed by King & Baird . PREFACE . DURING the last fifteen years , I had TLE NEW YORK.
... 1846 , BY L. CARROLL Judson , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States , of the Eastern District of Pennsylvania . Printed by King & Baird . PREFACE . DURING the last fifteen years , I had TLE NEW YORK.
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... necessary 128 KINGS , number of modern , in Europe 129 LABOR , benefits of 133 LAW , keep out of it - its changes ... 136 LOVE , defined 138 LUXURY , armament of ... 140 MAN , nature of .... .. Page 142 MATRIMONY , vi CONTENTS .
... necessary 128 KINGS , number of modern , in Europe 129 LABOR , benefits of 133 LAW , keep out of it - its changes ... 136 LOVE , defined 138 LUXURY , armament of ... 140 MAN , nature of .... .. Page 142 MATRIMONY , vi CONTENTS .
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... Kings , queens , and States , Maids , matrons ; nay , the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters ... king and the peasant , the rich and poor , the matron and maid , the living and the dead ; but , cursed propensity ...
... Kings , queens , and States , Maids , matrons ; nay , the secrets of the grave This viperous slander enters ... king and the peasant , the rich and poor , the matron and maid , the living and the dead ; but , cursed propensity ...
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... King of nations , as he now does King of saints . TREATMENT OF CHILDREN . INFANTS , of all the animal creation , when ushered into this world , are more helpless , and remain so longer than the young of any of the brute creation . The ...
... King of nations , as he now does King of saints . TREATMENT OF CHILDREN . INFANTS , of all the animal creation , when ushered into this world , are more helpless , and remain so longer than the young of any of the brute creation . The ...
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... king over this little community , but generally imposes upon his QUEEN , the duties of juve- nile government , which is the first and important duty in the nursery . Laws must be enacted - few in num- ber at the commencement - simple ...
... king over this little community , but generally imposes upon his QUEEN , the duties of juve- nile government , which is the first and important duty in the nursery . Laws must be enacted - few in num- ber at the commencement - simple ...
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Page 8 - ... 2. Immediately after they shall be assembled, in consequence of the first election, they shall be divided, as equally as may be, into three classes. The seats of the senators of the first class, shall be vacated at the expiration of the second year, of the second class...
Page 28 - ... it is of infinite moment, that you should properly estimate the immense value of your national Union, to your collective and individual happiness ; that you should cherish a cordial, habitual, and immovable attachment to it; accustoming yourselves to think and speak of it as of the Palladium of your political safety and prosperity...
Page 24 - The person having the greatest number of votes as Vice President, shall be the Vice President, if such number be a majority of the whole number of electors appointed, and if no person have a majority, then from the two highest numbers on the list, the Senate shall choose the Vice President; a quorum for the purpose shall consist of two-thirds of the whole number of Senators, and a majority of the whole number shall be necessary to a choice. But no person constitutionally ineligible to the office...
Page 16 - United States, whose Appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by Law: but the Congress may by Law vest the Appointment of such inferior Officers, as they think proper, in the President alone, in the Courts of Law, or in the Heads of Departments.
Page 6 - Rodney, George Read, Thomas M'Kean. Maryland. — Samuel Chase, William Paca, Thomas Stone, Charles Carroll of Carrollton. Virginia. — George Wythe, Richard Henry Lee, Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Harrison, Thomas Nelson, Jr., Francis Lightfoot Lee, Carter Braxton. North Carolina. — William Hooper, Joseph Hewes, John Penn. South Carolina. — Edward Rutledge, Thomas Heyward, Jr., Thomas Lynch, Jr., Arthur Middleton. Georgia. — Button Gwinnett, Lyman Hall, George Walton.
Page 15 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly until the disability be removed or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation which shall neither be increased nor...
Page 32 - Towards the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts.
Page 38 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Page 39 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
Page 27 - Interwoven as is the love of liberty with every ligament of your hearts, no recommendation of mine is necessary to fortify or confirm the attachment. The unity of Government which constitutes you one people, is also now dear to you.