Journal of a Tour Through the United States, and in Canada, Made During the Years 1837-38T. Combe, 1843 - 231 strán (strany) |
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... University of New York , and who was good enough to con- duct me thus far on my voyage up the Hudson . The river presents a succession of beautiful prospects , which I have no time at present to dilate upon , but the situation 14.
... University of New York , and who was good enough to con- duct me thus far on my voyage up the Hudson . The river presents a succession of beautiful prospects , which I have no time at present to dilate upon , but the situation 14.
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... river , and commanding , in consequence , an extensive view over the river and adjacent country . Tuesday , September 5th . - Ascended the Crow's Nest , the highest eminence near West Point , in company with Dr. Torrie , Mr. Bailey ...
... river , and commanding , in consequence , an extensive view over the river and adjacent country . Tuesday , September 5th . - Ascended the Crow's Nest , the highest eminence near West Point , in company with Dr. Torrie , Mr. Bailey ...
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... rivers , taken one by one , must , as a whole , be allowed to surpass them all , from the number of pleasing and majestic objects they bring before us . The most striking of these were the view at West Point already described , the ...
... rivers , taken one by one , must , as a whole , be allowed to surpass them all , from the number of pleasing and majestic objects they bring before us . The most striking of these were the view at West Point already described , the ...
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... River tumbles boldly down the escarpment of some black limestone rocks , which , from the existence in them of trilo- bites , I presume to belong to an ancient date . Here , amongst the rocks in the bed of the river , which are laid ...
... River tumbles boldly down the escarpment of some black limestone rocks , which , from the existence in them of trilo- bites , I presume to belong to an ancient date . Here , amongst the rocks in the bed of the river , which are laid ...
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... rivers . It presents rather an imposing appearance at a distance , from the number of spires covered with tin , which ... river beyond . It is composed of the black limestone , so common in the vicinity , in horizontal strata , but is ...
... rivers . It presents rather an imposing appearance at a distance , from the number of spires covered with tin , which ... river beyond . It is composed of the black limestone , so common in the vicinity , in horizontal strata , but is ...
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Strana 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...
Strana 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...
Strana 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...
Strana 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...
Strana 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...
Strana 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.
Strana 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...
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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...