The American Register, Or, Summary Review of History, Politics, and LiteratureRobert Walsh Thomas Dobson and Son, 1817 - Europe |
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... took their place , and were established by men distinguished for the perseverance and courage , which seem to spring out of reli- gious persecution . Most of these adventurous exiles were skil- ful in some trade or profession . They ...
... took their place , and were established by men distinguished for the perseverance and courage , which seem to spring out of reli- gious persecution . Most of these adventurous exiles were skil- ful in some trade or profession . They ...
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... took pleasure in testifying a particular predilection for him . He thought that , if it were wished to reclaim this man , it would be indispensable , to recollect only the glorious circumstances of his life . He continued , therefore ...
... took pleasure in testifying a particular predilection for him . He thought that , if it were wished to reclaim this man , it would be indispensable , to recollect only the glorious circumstances of his life . He continued , therefore ...
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... took , at last and irrevocably , the determination to betray his country . This pro- ject now monopolized his thoughts . In revolving the means of carrying it into prompt execution , he studied particularly those which might render the ...
... took , at last and irrevocably , the determination to betray his country . This pro- ject now monopolized his thoughts . In revolving the means of carrying it into prompt execution , he studied particularly those which might render the ...
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... took good care that nothing of his real intentions should be divined by these subaltern agents . There was , at New York , a man whom he thought he could trust without risk . This was , Charles Beverly Robinson , an American by birth ...
... took good care that nothing of his real intentions should be divined by these subaltern agents . There was , at New York , a man whom he thought he could trust without risk . This was , Charles Beverly Robinson , an American by birth ...
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... took credit for this policy , and his instances for an interview with André , arose chiefly from his resolution to confide to the hands of this officer alone , the maps and parti- cular information which Clinton demanded . On the other ...
... took credit for this policy , and his instances for an interview with André , arose chiefly from his resolution to confide to the hands of this officer alone , the maps and parti- cular information which Clinton demanded . On the other ...
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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 367 - 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 347 - 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 58 - 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 25 - Exhibit anew those noble qualities which have placed you on the list of our most valued commanders. I will myself furnish you, as far as it may be in my power, with opportunities of regaining the esteem of your country.
Page 374 - The constitution vests the whole judicial power of the United States in one Supreme Court, and such inferior courts as congress shall, from time to time, ordain and establish.
Page 321 - 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 345 - 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.
Page xxv - An act to provide for the prompt settlement of public accounts...
Page 367 - But no other error shall be assigned or regarded as a ground of reversal in any such case as aforesaid, than such as appears on the face of the record, and immediately respects the before mentioned questions of validity or construction of the said constitution, treaties, statutes, commissions, or authorities in dispute.