Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C., Volumul 19The Society, 1916 |
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Pagina 35
... received with roars of laughter as the joke of the eminent humorist , and no doubt drew twice the crowd an ordinary statement would have attracted . Dickens writes to his daughter on his birthday of his having been presented to ...
... received with roars of laughter as the joke of the eminent humorist , and no doubt drew twice the crowd an ordinary statement would have attracted . Dickens writes to his daughter on his birthday of his having been presented to ...
Pagina 40
... received her most amiably . After shaking her hand , complimenting her curls and writing in her poetry book , Thackeray gazed at her sadly and murmured : " So young , so inno- cent , so fair - and to think she is the daughter of a ...
... received her most amiably . After shaking her hand , complimenting her curls and writing in her poetry book , Thackeray gazed at her sadly and murmured : " So young , so inno- cent , so fair - and to think she is the daughter of a ...
Pagina 41
... received in England . So he informs his publisher Field whom he accidentally encounters on the street : " I have just taken three volumes of ' The History of Henry Esmond ' to Prescott as a reward of merit for having given me my first ...
... received in England . So he informs his publisher Field whom he accidentally encounters on the street : " I have just taken three volumes of ' The History of Henry Esmond ' to Prescott as a reward of merit for having given me my first ...
Pagina 46
... received an edition of Don Juan affectionately in- scribed . He knew Goethe and was his guest at Wiemar . He recalls in one of his letters Goethe's opinion of Byron ; and later visiting the reckless poet at Venice he heard Byron tell ...
... received an edition of Don Juan affectionately in- scribed . He knew Goethe and was his guest at Wiemar . He recalls in one of his letters Goethe's opinion of Byron ; and later visiting the reckless poet at Venice he heard Byron tell ...
Pagina 51
... received frequent visits from the Muses and in 1856 a posthu- mous collection of his poetic output was presented to the public . Other noted literary landmarks in the ancient city of Georgetown are the residences of Rev- erend Stephen ...
... received frequent visits from the Muses and in 1856 a posthu- mous collection of his poetic output was presented to the public . Other noted literary landmarks in the ancient city of Georgetown are the residences of Rev- erend Stephen ...
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Pagina 4 - By the first section of that act it is provided that the Court of Claims shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine "all claims founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, except for pensions, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, expressed or implied, with the Government of the United States...
Pagina 148 - Philadelphia, for the sole and express purpose of revising the Articles of Confederation, and reporting to Congress and the several legislatures such alterations and provisions therein as shall, wlien agreed to in Congress, and confirmed by the states, render the federal constitution adequate to the exigencies of government and the preservation of the Union...
Pagina 100 - The present is a favourable season also for bringing again into view the establishment of a national seminary of learning within the district of Columbia, and with means drawn from the property therein subject to the authority of the general government. Such an institution claims the patronage of Congress, as a monument of their solicitude for the advancement of knowledge, without which the blessings of liberty cannot be fully enjoyed, or long preserved...
Pagina 148 - States; to consider how far a uniform system in their commercial regulations may be necessary to their common interest and their permanent harmony ; and to report to the several states such an act relative to this great object as, when unanimously ratified by them, will enable the United States in Congress assembled effectually to provide for the same...
Pagina 2 - ... war. It is as much the duty of government to render prompt justice against itself in favor of citizens as it is to administer the same between private individuals. The investigation and adjudication of claims in their nature belong to the judicial department. Besides, it is apparent that the attention of Congress will be more than usually engaged for some time to come with great national questions. It was intended by the organization of the Court of Claims mainly to remove this branch of business...
Pagina 198 - There the tears of earth are dried ; There its hidden things are clear ; There the work of life is tried By a juster Judge than here. Father, in Thy gracious keeping Leave we now Thy servant sleeping.
Pagina 4 - Concurrent with the Court of Claims, of all claims not exceeding ten thousand dollars founded upon the Constitution of the United States or any law of Congress, or upon any regulation of an Executive Department, or upon any contract, express or implied, with the Government of the United States, or for damages, liquidated or unliquidated, in cases not sounding in tort, in respect to which claims the party would be entitled to redress against the United States, either in a court of law, equity, or...
Pagina 76 - But why should the Americans write books, when a six weeks' passage brings them, in their own tongue, our sense, science and genius in bales and hogsheads? Prairies, steam-boats, gristmills, are their natural objects for centuries to come.
Pagina 76 - D wight, who wrote some poems ; and his baptismal name was Timothy. There is also a small account of Virginia by Jefferson, and an epic by Joel Barlow : and some pieces of pleasantry by Mr. Irving. But why should the Americans write books, when a six weeks...
Pagina 214 - CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR RESPECTING THE TREATMENT OF BRITISH PRISONERS OF WAR AND INTERNED CIVILIANS IN GERMANY.