The New Standard History of the World: A General History of All the Nations of the Globe ...L. Brent Vaughan M.A. Donohue & Company, 1908 - World history |
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... five sail , and compelled the French , Dutch , and English to court their favor . Louis XIV at last , in the year 1681 , provoked by some outrages which the pirates had committed on his coast , ordered a powerful fleet and armament to ...
... five sail , and compelled the French , Dutch , and English to court their favor . Louis XIV at last , in the year 1681 , provoked by some outrages which the pirates had committed on his coast , ordered a powerful fleet and armament to ...
Page 748
... five hundred miles . The boundaries in the interior are not determined , but the republic is considered to extend inland for a distance of two hundred miles . The coast- region consists of mangrove swamps , lying behind a belt of sand ...
... five hundred miles . The boundaries in the interior are not determined , but the republic is considered to extend inland for a distance of two hundred miles . The coast- region consists of mangrove swamps , lying behind a belt of sand ...
Page 750
... five districts . Each of the districts contains one or more stations for collectors and police where arms and ... five Sikhs from the Indian army , and eight hundred native trained troops . There is also a naval force on the Zambesi and ...
... five districts . Each of the districts contains one or more stations for collectors and police where arms and ... five Sikhs from the Indian army , and eight hundred native trained troops . There is also a naval force on the Zambesi and ...
Page 772
... five districts . The capital is St. Paul de Loanda . PORTUGUESE GUINEA PORTUGUESE GUINEA , on the coast of Senegal , is entirely en- closed on the land side by French possessions . It includes the adjacent archipelago of Bijagoz , with ...
... five districts . The capital is St. Paul de Loanda . PORTUGUESE GUINEA PORTUGUESE GUINEA , on the coast of Senegal , is entirely en- closed on the land side by French possessions . It includes the adjacent archipelago of Bijagoz , with ...
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... of Batavia . The English made their appearance on the Australian coast in 1688 , when the northwest shores were visited by the famous buc . AUSTRALIA caneer Captain William Dampier , who spent five weeks. 774 AUSTRALIA.
... of Batavia . The English made their appearance on the Australian coast in 1688 , when the northwest shores were visited by the famous buc . AUSTRALIA caneer Captain William Dampier , who spent five weeks. 774 AUSTRALIA.
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Page 1097 - Congress shall make. 3. The trial of all crimes, except in cases of impeachment, shall be by jury; and such trial shall be held in the State where the said crimes shall have been committed ; but when not committed within any State, the trial shall be at such place or places as the Congress may by law have directed.
Page 1095 - No State shall enter into any treaty, alliance, or confederation; grant letters of marque and reprisal; coin money; emit bills of credit; make anything but gold and silver coin a tender in payment of debts ; pass any bill of attainder, ex post facto law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, or grant any title of nobility. 2. No State shall, without the consent of the Congress, lay any imposts or duties on imports or exports, except what may be absolutely necessary for executing its inspection...
Page 1096 - Vice-President, declaring what officer shall then act as President, and such officer shall act accordingly, until the disability be removed, or a President shall be elected. 7. The President shall, at stated times, receive for his services a compensation, which shall neither be increased...
Page 1261 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that.
Page 1231 - I therefore consider that in view of the Constitution and the laws the Union is unbroken, and to the extent of my ability I shall take care, as the Constitution itself expressly enjoins upon me, that the laws of the Union be faithfully executed in all the States.
Page 1094 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Page 1095 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder or ex post facto law shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration hereinbefore directed to be taken.
Page 1096 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Page 1093 - ... 3. No person shall be a senator who shall not have attained to the age of thirty years, and been nine years a citizen of the United States, and who shall not, when elected, be an inhabitant of that state for which he shall be chosen.
Page 1364 - The United States will occupy and hold the city, bay and harbor of Manila, pending the conclusion of a treaty of peace which shall determine the control, disposition and government of the Philippines.