The United States Magazine and Democratic Review, Volume 19Langtree and O'Sullivan, 1846 - United States |
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... thought necessary . It would appear that a nation is not thought strong unless her people are hept always with arms in their hands , as if those men would be incapable of becoming soldiers when occasion calls for their services . Thus ...
... thought necessary . It would appear that a nation is not thought strong unless her people are hept always with arms in their hands , as if those men would be incapable of becoming soldiers when occasion calls for their services . Thus ...
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... thought , if the wisdom of our an- cestors had excluded all persons with red hair from the House of Commons , of the thousand convulsions it would occasion to restore them to their natural rights ! What mobs and riots would it produce ...
... thought , if the wisdom of our an- cestors had excluded all persons with red hair from the House of Commons , of the thousand convulsions it would occasion to restore them to their natural rights ! What mobs and riots would it produce ...
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... thought less reference to principles - less ef fort to keep up with the general move- ment of the time -- more supineness- more bullet - headedness - more rank and arrant conventionality in the drama than in any other single thing in ...
... thought less reference to principles - less ef fort to keep up with the general move- ment of the time -- more supineness- more bullet - headedness - more rank and arrant conventionality in the drama than in any other single thing in ...
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... thought , That winds may never rise To waft us from this weary spot Beneath these burning skies ! This again is exceedingly spirited : - : - Now are the winds about us in their glee , Tossing the slender tree ; Whirling the sands about ...
... thought , That winds may never rise To waft us from this weary spot Beneath these burning skies ! This again is exceedingly spirited : - : - Now are the winds about us in their glee , Tossing the slender tree ; Whirling the sands about ...
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... THOUGHTS . Many are the thoughts that come to me In my lonely musing ; And they drift so strange and swift There's no time for choosing Which to follow - for to leave Any seems a losing . When they come , they come in flocks , As , on ...
... THOUGHTS . Many are the thoughts that come to me In my lonely musing ; And they drift so strange and swift There's no time for choosing Which to follow - for to leave Any seems a losing . When they come , they come in flocks , As , on ...
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Page 340 - In addition to the above limited power to contract debts, the State may contract debts to repel invasion, suppress insurrection, or defend the State in war; but the money arising from the contracting of such debts shall be applied to the purpose for which it was raised, or to repay such debts, and to no other purpose whatever.
Page 341 - The Legislature, shall have no power to pass any act granting any special charter for banking purposes ; but corporations or associations may be formed for such purposes under general laws.
Page 340 - No moneys shall ever be paid out of the treasury of this State, or any of its funds, or any of the funds under its management, except in pursuance of an appropriation by law; nor unless such payment be made within two years next after the passage of such appropriation act...
Page 171 - Whereas it is necessary for the support of government, for the discharge of the debts of the United States, and the encouragement and protection of manufactures, that duties be laid on goods, wares, and merchandises imported: Be it enacted, etc.
Page 341 - Corporations may be formed under general laws; but shall not be created by special act, except for municipal purposes, and...
Page 340 - The State may, to meet casual deficits or failures in revenues, or for expenses not provided for, contract debts, but such debts, direct and contingent, singly or in the aggregate, shall not at any time exceed one million of dollars; and the moneys arising from the loans creating such debts shall be applied to the purpose for which they were obtained, or to repay the debt so contracted, and to no other purpose whatever.
Page 341 - No private or local bill, which may be passed by the Legislature, shall embrace more than one subject, and that shall be expressed in the title.
Page 340 - State, or any of its funds, or any of the funds under its management, except in pursuance of an appropriation by law; nor unless such payment be made within two years next after the passage of such appropriation act; and every such law making a new appropriation, or continuing or reviving an appropriation, shall distinctly specify the sum appropriated, and the object to which it is to be applied; and it shall not be sufficient for such law to refer to any other law to fix such sum.
Page 128 - Come back into memory, like as thou wert in the dayspring of thy fancies, with hope like a fiery column before thee — the dark pillar not yet turned — Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Logician, Metaphysician, Bard...
Page 340 - No such law shall take effect until it shall, at a general election, have been submitted to the people, and have received a majority of all the votes cast for and against it at such election.