North America, Volumer 1-2Chapman & Hall, 1862 - 623 sider |
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Side 5
... wish is to describe , as well as I can , the present social and political state of the country . This I should have at- tempted , with more personal satisfaction in the work , had there been no disruption between the North and South ...
... wish is to describe , as well as I can , the present social and political state of the country . This I should have at- tempted , with more personal satisfaction in the work , had there been no disruption between the North and South ...
Side 8
... wish to be understood as deprecating offense from my American friends , if in the course of my book should be found aught which may seem to argue against the excellence of their institutions and the grace of their social life . Of this ...
... wish to be understood as deprecating offense from my American friends , if in the course of my book should be found aught which may seem to argue against the excellence of their institutions and the grace of their social life . Of this ...
Side 16
... wishes , bids her fight out her own battles . The North has been unreasonable with England ; but I be- lieve that every reader of this page would have been as unreasonable had that reader been born in Massachusetts . Mr. and Mrs. Jones ...
... wishes , bids her fight out her own battles . The North has been unreasonable with England ; but I be- lieve that every reader of this page would have been as unreasonable had that reader been born in Massachusetts . Mr. and Mrs. Jones ...
Side 17
Anthony Trollope. break up of the Jones - Hall happiness . I express general wishes that it may be temporary . But as for saying which is right or which is wrong - as to expressing special sympa- thy on either side in such a quarrel - it ...
Anthony Trollope. break up of the Jones - Hall happiness . I express general wishes that it may be temporary . But as for saying which is right or which is wrong - as to expressing special sympa- thy on either side in such a quarrel - it ...
Side 38
... wish to be thought a Sybarite myself , or to be held as complaining because I have been compelled to give up my seat to women with babies and bandboxes who have ac- cepted the courtesy with very scanty grace . I have borne worse things ...
... wish to be thought a Sybarite myself , or to be held as complaining because I have been compelled to give up my seat to women with babies and bandboxes who have ac- cepted the courtesy with very scanty grace . I have borne worse things ...
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Side 299 - ... it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them ; especially the university at Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns...
Side 308 - And every denomination of Christians, demeaning themselves peaceably, and as good subjects of the commonwealth, shall be equally under the protection of the law: and no subordination of any one sect or denomination to another shall ever be established by law.
Side 179 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Side 299 - Wisdom and knowledge, as well as virtue, diffused generally among the body of the people, being necessary for the preservation of their rights and liberties; and as these depend on spreading the opportunities and advantages of education in the various parts of the country, and among the different orders of the people, it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them...
Side 237 - No lease or grant of agricultural land, for a longer period than twelve years, hereafter made, in which shall be reserved any rent or service of any kind, shall be valid.
Side 240 - No judicial officer, except justices of the peace, shall receive to his own use any fees or perquisites of office...
Side 308 - ... that all men shall be free to profess, and by argument to maintain, their opinions in matters of religion, and that the same shall in nowise diminish, enlarge, or affect their civil capacities.
Side 299 - A general diffusion of knowledge and intelligence being essential to the preservation of the rights and liberties of the people, the Legislature shall encourage by all suitable means the promotion of intellectual, scientific, moral, and agricultural improvement.
Side 298 - The general assembly shall make such provisions, by taxation or otherwise, as, with the income arising from the school trust fund, will secure a thorough and efficient system of common schools throughout the state...
Side 299 - Cambridge ; public schools and grammar schools in the towns ; to encourage private societies and public institutions ; rewards and immunities for the promotion of agriculture, arts, sciences, commerce, trades, manufactures, and a natural history of the country ; to countenance and inculcate the principles of humanity and general benevolence, public and private charity, industry, and frugality, honesty and punctuality in their dealings ; sincerity, good humor and all social affections and generous...