Webster's Guide to American History: A Chronological, Geographical, and Biographical Survey and CompendiumCharles Van Doren, Charles Lincoln Van Doren, Robert McHenry Merriam-Webster, 1971 - 1428 páginas |
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Página 13
... things , the governor ( with the advice of the chief among them ) gave way that they should set corn , every man for his own particular , and in that regard trust to themselves ; in all other things to go on in the general way as before ...
... things , the governor ( with the advice of the chief among them ) gave way that they should set corn , every man for his own particular , and in that regard trust to themselves ; in all other things to go on in the general way as before ...
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... thing to receive , for which reason , how- ever , they receive less . . . . In our opinion this country will never flourish under the government of the Honorable Company but will pass away and come to an end of itself , unless the ...
... thing to receive , for which reason , how- ever , they receive less . . . . In our opinion this country will never flourish under the government of the Honorable Company but will pass away and come to an end of itself , unless the ...
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... thing to fall into the hands of the liv- ing God .... The law of love , peace , and liberty in the states extending to Jews , Turks , and Egyptians , as they are considered the sons of Adam , which is the glory of the outward state of ...
... thing to fall into the hands of the liv- ing God .... The law of love , peace , and liberty in the states extending to Jews , Turks , and Egyptians , as they are considered the sons of Adam , which is the glory of the outward state of ...
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... thing in the world can be done worse toward us than if men should rob or steal us away and sell us for slaves to strange countries , separat- ing husbands from their wives and chil- dren . right of veto by Privy Council , right of ju ...
... thing in the world can be done worse toward us than if men should rob or steal us away and sell us for slaves to strange countries , separat- ing husbands from their wives and chil- dren . right of veto by Privy Council , right of ju ...
Página 30
... things of that nature which I know not . . . . For beasts there are some bears , and they say some lions also , for ... thing that commends this place . Experience does manifest that there is hardly a more healthful place to be found in ...
... things of that nature which I know not . . . . For beasts there are some bears , and they say some lions also , for ... thing that commends this place . Experience does manifest that there is hardly a more healthful place to be found in ...
Contenido
V | 638 |
VI | 650 |
VII | 658 |
VIII | 672 |
IX | 678 |
X | 684 |
XI | 690 |
XII | 698 |
XVIII | 756 |
XIX | 766 |
XX | 771 |
XXI | 775 |
XXII | 777 |
XXIII | 779 |
XXIV | 780 |
XXV | 785 |
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Términos y frases comunes
Adams American April Army ATLANTIC OCEAN attack battle becomes bill Born Boston Britain British Carolina Charles Chicago civil colonies Communist Congress passes Constitution Cuba declared Democratic Eisenhower elected England established Europe federal forces foreign France French George Germany GULF OF MEXICO Henry House Indians industry Island James Japan John July June labor Lake land later Lincoln March Massachusetts ment Mexico military million Mississippi Negro nominates North OCEAN Ohio organized Pacific PACIFIC OCEAN Party peace Pennsylvania percent Philadelphia political President Roosevelt published Pulitzer Prize railroad Republican River Secretary Senate Sept ships slave slavery Socialist South South Carolina South Vietnam Southern Soviet Union Supreme Court territory Texas Thomas tion treaty troops U.S. Senate U.S. Supreme Court United Vietnam Virginia vote Washington West Western Whig William Wilson York City
Pasajes populares
Página 68 - II. Each state retains its sovereignty, freedom and independence, and every power, jurisdiction and right, which is not by this Confederation expressly delegated to the United States, in Congress assembled.
Página 608 - I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth.
Página 99 - If there be any among us who would wish to dissolve this Union, or to change its republican form, let them stand, undisturbed, as monuments of the safety with which error of opinion may be tolerated, where reason is left free to combat it.
Página 122 - We admit, as all must admit, that the powers of the government are limited, and that its limits are not to be transcended. But we think the sound construction of the Constitution must allow to the national legislature that discretion, with respect to the means by which the powers it confers are to be carried into execution, which will enable that body to perform the high duties assigned to it, in the manner most beneficial to the people.
Página 514 - It is logical that the United States should do whatever it is able to do to assist in the return of normal economic health in the world, without which there can be no political stability and no assured peace. Our policy is directed not against any country or doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos.
Página 223 - I hold that, in contemplation of universal law and of the Constitution, the Union of these States is perpetual. Perpetuity is implied, if not expressed, in the fundamental law of all national governments. It is safe to assert that no government- proper ever had a provision in its organic law for its own termination.
Página 223 - In your hands, my dissatisfied fellow-countrymen, and not in mine, is the momentous issue of civil war. The government will not assail you. You can have no conflict without being yourselves the aggressors. You have no oath registered in heaven to destroy the government, while I shall have the most solemn one to "preserve, protect, and defend it.0
Página 92 - In contemplating the causes which may disturb our union, it occurs as matter of serious concern that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views.
Página 331 - Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, The emptiness of ages in his face, And on his back the burden of the world.
Página 393 - With a profound sense of the solemn and even tragical character of the step I am taking and of the grave responsibilities which it involves, but in unhesitating obedience to what I deem my constitutional duty, I advise that the Congress declare the recent course of the Imperial German Government to be in fact nothing less than war against the government and people of the United States...
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