... had the
advantage of erecting the standard ofthe cross, the emulation of his successor assumed the merit of subduing
the Arian heresy, andof abolishing the worship of idols in the Roman world. ... over the soul and body ofthe guilty. The decrees of the
council of Constantinople had ascertained the true standard ofthe faith; andthe ecclesiastics, who governed
the conscience of Theodosius, ... the ruin of the
temples, yielded, without a contest, to the fortune of their adversaries. The disorderly opposition ^59 of the
peasants of Syria, andthe populace of Alexandria, to the rage of...
... empire, and an oath of allegiance was imposed on the governors ofthe provinces in the joint names of
Justinian and Theodora. ^29 The Eastern world fell prostrate before the genius and fortune ofthe ... gradually obtained; the rank of tribune, of count,
and of general; the dignity of senator, andthe command ofthe guards, who obeyed him as their chief, at the
important crisis when the emperor Anastasius ... tom. ii. p. 114 - 139,) the phoenix ofthe Edda, andthe annual death and revival of Adonis and Osiris,
are the allegorical symbols ofthe absence and return ofthe sun in the Arctic regions. This...
... of advocate ofthe Roman church. The dregs ofthe Carlovingian race no longer exhibited
any symptoms of virtue or power, andthe ridiculous epithets ofthe bard, the stammerer, the fat, and the
simple, ... propagated by the sword of Otho, the
conqueror and apostle ofthe Slavic nations ofthe Elbe and Oder: the marches of Brandenburgh and Sleswick
were fortified with German colonies; andthe king of Denmark, ... the office of champion ofthe Roman church; and the
zeal ofthe French prince appears to have been prompted by the love of glory and religion. But the danger was
on the banks ofthe Tyber, the...
... After the surrender of Acre, andthe departure of Philip,
the king of England led the crusaders to the recovery ofthe sea-coast; andthe cities of Caesarea and Jaffa
were added to the fragments of ... was the victim, andofthe soldiers, who were the instruments, of his martial zeal. The
first demands ofthe king of England were the restitution of Jerusalem, Palestine, andthe true cross; and ... the reduction ofthe sea coast; but their zeal was neither
blind nor disinterested; and in the conquest of Tyre, they shared the sovereignty of a city, the first seat of the
commerce ofthe world. ...
... acquainting the Senate with the nature and amount of those demands and with the course of
the negotiation, I also communicate a copy of such parts ofthe correspondence ofthe agents ofthe two
Governments ... States of America in Congress assembled,
That the chairs ofthe President ofthe Senate andofthe Speaker ofthe House of Representatives be shrouded
in black during the residue ofthe session, and ... by the direct suffrages ofthe people to
the discharge ofthe important functions of their chief executive office. Upon the expiration of a single month
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... east; thence northerly to the northeast corner of said section; thence
westerly to the northwest corner of said section; thence northerly to the northeast corner ofthe southeast
quarter of section ... thence northerly to the northwest corner ofthe northeast quarter of said section; thence easterly
to the northeast corner of said section; thence northerly to the southeast corner of section ... obtained through fraud and perjury on
the part ofthe claimants, and that in accordance with the acts ofthe Congress the money remaining in the
hands ofthe Secretary of State on these awards has...
... to the state of war in that island andthe condition ofthe people there,
appears to leave it to the discretion ofthe President to direct the scope ofthe information to be so reported and
the ... "for the recognition ofthe independence ofthe people of Cuba, demanding that the Government of
Spain relinquish its authority and government in the island of Cuba and to withdraw its land and ... of August much ofthe island was in our possession andthe acquisition of the
remainder was only a matter of a short time. At most ofthe points in the island our troops were
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... Secretary ofthe Treasury, ofthe 26th,[28] with details ofthe expenditure
of the moneys appropriated by the acts ofthe 20th [4th] of May and 6th of July, 1798, andofthe 10th of May,
1800.
JOHN ADAMS.
[Footnote ... 7, 1811.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives ofthe United States_:
I communicate, for the information of Congress, the report ofthe Director ofthe Mint ofthe operation of that
establishment ... 6, 1814.
_To the Senate and House of Representatives ofthe United States_:
I communicate, for the information of Congress, the report ofthe Director ofthe Mint ofthe operation of that
establishment...
... the shores, waters, and inlets ofthe bay and river of Mobile, andofthe other
rivers, creeks, inlets, and bays emptying into the Gulf of Mexico east ofthe said river Mobile and west thereof
to ... part ofthe lands within the fork of Oconee and Oakmulgee rivers. The particulars of the
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built of brick or stone;" and by the ... authority from the Legislature.
I inclose herewith a letter from the Secretary of War on the subject ofthe islands in the lakes and rivers of our
northern boundary, andof certain lands in the neighborhood...
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the ... for the
accommodation of Congress andofthe President andofthe public offices ofthe Government have made a
report ofthe state ofthe buildings designed for those purposes in the city of Washington, ... Congress a report ofthe Secretary of State, with a copy of an act
of the legislature ofthe State of Kentucky consenting to the ratification ofthe amendment ofthe Constitution
of the United States...
... east; thence northerly to the northeast corner of said section; thence
westerly to the northwest corner of said section; thence northerly to the northeast corner ofthe southeast
quarter of section ... possible, the means of transporting
them from the stricken island. The island of St. Vincent and, perhaps, others in that region are also seriously
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the officer the command of men. The leading graduates ofthe Naval Academy should be assigned to the
combatant branches, the line and marines.
Many ofthe essentials of success...
... one hand the evergreen pines
appear, and engross almost the whole higher lands ofthe country; on the other the branching oaks and stately
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which means they thrust themselves into offices of trust and authority. The Puritans, on the other hand,
viewed them with the eye of envy and jealousy, and having suffered from them in England, could ... those
implements of ease and profit, and voluntarily offered them his deer skins, the only riches he had which could
procure them. The love of ease was as natural to the one as the other, and he would rather...