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The World Factbook: 1987

By: Central Intelligence Agency

...ent of State may obtain copies from: Department of State INR/IC/CD Room 8646 New State Washington, D.C. 20520 Tel: (202) 647-9673. Requesters outside ... ...Namibia 1 7 1 Nauru 172 Nepal 17:5 Netherlands 1 71 Netherlands Antilles 176 New Caledonia 177 New Zealand 178 Nicaragua 180 Niger 182 Nigeria 183 Niu... ...J jurisdiction Branches: Revolutionary Council acts as legislature and final court of appeal; Chairman of Council acts as chief of state; Cabinet and ... ...ive acts only in the Presidium of the People's Assembly, which is not a true court; has not accepted compulsory ICJ jurisdiction National holiday: Lib... ...titutional Council composed of various public officials, in- cluding several Supreme Court justices; Supreme Court divided into four cham- bers; has n... ...ncil composed of various public officials, in- cluding several Supreme Court justices; Supreme Court divided into four cham- bers; has not accepted co... ...a judge of appeals, and two battles (court prosecutors); final appeal to the Supreme Court of Andorra at Perpignan, France, or to the Ecclesiasti- cal... ...7,870 km 2 ; land area: 125,460 km 2 Comparative area: about the size of New York State Land boundaries: 3,540 km total Climate: temperate; cool summe... ...1,940 km 2 ; land area: 130,800 km 2 Comparative area: about the size of New York State Land boundaries: 1,191 km total Coastline: 13,676 km Maritime ...

...There have been some significant changes in this edition. A new Geography section has replaced the former Land and Water sections. Entries in the new section include area (total and land), comparative area, land boundaries, coastline, maritime claims, boundary disputes, climate, ter...

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The Public Domain : Enclosing the Commons of the Mind

By: James Boyle

...e The Public Domain Enclosing the Commons of the Mind Yale University Press New Haven & London ___-1 ___0 ___ 1 37278_u00.qxd 8/28/08 11:04 AM Pag... ...” 2 For several years now I have been a columnist for the Financial Times’s “New Economy Policy Forum.” Portions of Chapter 5 and Chapter 9 had their ... ...lympic” and will not permit gay activists to hold a “Gay Olympic Games.” The Supreme Court sees no First Amendment problem with this. 3 Margaret Mitch... ...and will not permit gay activists to hold a “Gay Olympic Games.” The Supreme Court sees no First Amendment problem with this. 3 Margaret Mitchell’s es... ... your cultural and innovation needs? If people need Madame Bovary or The New York Times or a new kind of an- tibiotic, surely the market will provide ... ...petunia market work. What about Madame Bovary, or the antibiotic, or The New York Times? Well, it depends. If books have to be copied out by hand, the... ...ng a free-floating way to police com- petition so as to prohibit actions that courts thought were “unfair” and an absolute property right over an indiv... ...roperty in both the United States and the United Kingdom. Certainly the U.S. Supreme Court has offered sup- port for that position, 18 and, with one s... ... puted article is within the monopoly granted to the patentee.” Clearly, the Justices were concerned that, by using copyright law, the movie studios c...

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The Williams Record

By: Student Media

...on itself wns entirely suo- oessful, and despite its humorous side, tied a new itnot in tlie bond of ail Williams men. The parade, the fireworks, the ... ...tunate that we have scarcely any light this even ing; the old moon and the new must be hiding behind Jesup But, fortunately, Diogenes Hughes has promi... ...pt Dompsoy's 'pep- per mill.' The senior committee has provided, as in New York theaters, safe escorts tor visitors of the fair sex and also two illus... ...s one of the three land appraisers of the Laiul Cffioo of the State of New York. Mr. Hoover is an editor of the Union-Sun, a daily paper of Look- port... ...ACHUSETTS 1 WILLIAMS ICBCOBD i Bowling and Billiards AT THE CASINO Hoosac Court MAIN ST., NORTH ADAMS The Hotel Lenox Back Bay, Boston L. D. WILLCUTT... ...s of Com- mercial Work put up in Hod- der's Patent Blotter Tablets. Hoosac Court, Main Street North Adams Tklsphonb 245-3 DR. C. W. WRIGHT Oculist and... ... make the most of our opportuni- ties, to push and shove ahead for a false supreme power aud intlu- ence. Herein lies the breaking down of the whole m... ...ultivated, the willl is the true secret of success and destiny, and is the supreme faculty of the soul. Three rules for cultivating the will are worth... ...lroads free to make rates, there is abund- ant opportunity for further in- justices to arise. The people throughout the country havecom- plained of ex...

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North America Volume Two

By: Anthony Trollope

.................................................... 226 CHAPTER XI: THE LA W COURTS AND LA WYERS OF THE UNITED STATES ..................................... ...makes great cities, and commerce has refused to back the general’s choice. New York and Philadelphia, without any political power, have become great a... ...s great cities, and commerce has refused to back the general’s choice. New York and Philadelphia, without any political power, have become great among... ... by one might, 7 Trollope perhaps, have done for the skeleton sketch of a new city. Less than half that would contain much more than the present popu... ...the chamber of the Senate, that of the House of Repre- sentatives, and the Supreme Judicial Court of the Union. It may be said that there are two cent... ...e Senate, that of the House of Repre- sentatives, and the Supreme Judicial Court of the Union. It may be said that there are two centers in Washington... ...er side of it to the other extremity of the city. Pennsylvania Avenue, New York Avenue, Vermont Avenue, and Connecticut Avenue do the same at what is ... .... The decision in the “Dred Scott” case, given by the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States, has been received with shouts of ex- ec... ...han poles asunder is the future Lord Chancellor, pleading before the Lords Justices at Lincoln’s Inn, from the gentleman who, at the Old Bailey, is en...

...ERNMENT ..................................................................................................................... 226 CHAPTER XI: THE LAW COURTS AND LAWYERS OF THE UNITED STATES ........................................... 242 CHAPTER XII: THE FINANCIAL POSITION ........................................................................................................

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The English Mail-Coach and Joan of Arc

By: Thomas de Quincey

... of the notes have also been transferred from that volume. A number of the new notes I owe to a review of the Selections by Dr. Lane Cooper, of Cornel... ...es, which ac- cordingly appeared in the London Magazine in that year. This new sensation eclipsed Lamb’s Essays of Elia, which were ap- pearing in the... ... is most precise in statement, yet often very careless of fact; he is most courteous in manner, yet inexcusably inconsiderate in his behavior. Again, ... ...arged edition by David Masson. Edinburgh: A. and C. Black, 1889-1890. [New York: The Macmillan Co. 14 vols., with footnotes, a preface to each volume,... ...SM 4. D. MASSON. Thomas De Quincey. English Men of Let- ters. London. [New York: Harper. An excellent brief biogra- phy. This book, with a good volum... ... other, and so far in danger of discord, yet all obedient as slaves to the supreme baton of some great leader, terminate in a perfection of harmony li... ...utsides were in- dicted for this criminal attempt at the next assizes, the court would regard it as a case of lunacy or delirium tremens rather than o... ...7. 12 9 QUARTER SESSIONS: This court is held in England in the counties by justices of the peace for the trial of minor criminal offenses and to admin...

...n have been taken from the Athenaeum Press Selections from De Quincey; many of the notes have also been transferred from that volume. A number of the new notes I owe to a review of the Selections by Dr. Lane Cooper, of Cornell University. I wish also to thank for many favors the Committee and officers of the Glasgow University Library....

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Democracy in America

By: Alexis de Tocqueville

... and thorough. When the Constitution was thus perfected and established, a new form of government was created, but it was neither speculative nor expe... ...es sealed with blood, in many great struggles of the people. They were not new to the people. They were consecrated theories, but no govern- ment had ... ...ion to the duties of good citizenship are ignored in the laws, because the courts can seldom deal with such questions in a uniform and satis- factory ... ...n hasty or in- considerate legislation, and upon executive action, and the supreme arbitrament of the courts, will be found sufficient 9 Tocqueville ... ...legislation, and upon executive action, and the supreme arbitrament of the courts, will be found sufficient 9 Tocqueville for the safety of personal ... ...ocracy was seemingly un- known, when on a sudden it took possession of the supreme power. Everything was then submitted to its caprices; it was worshi... ...was only adopted in New England.*** *This was the case in the State of New York. **Maryland, the Carolinas, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey were in this ... ...ors are almost all commingled with the gen- eral mass. In the State of New York, which formerly con- tained many of these, there are but two who still... ...ations; but more commonly the townships and town officers, conjointly with justices of the peace, regulate the minor details of social life, according...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 5 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

...d cannot authorize them to prohibit slavery. That is one of the things the court can decide, but can never give an intel- 5 The Writings of Abraham L... ... any Buchanan, or Fremonters, have shifted ground, and how the majority of new votes will go, you can judge better than I. Of course you, on the groun... ...Aug. 5, 1858. HON. J. M. PALMER. DEAR SIR:—Since we parted last evening no new thought has occurred to [me] on the subject of which we talked most yes... ...ll be loaded down with the investigation of smaller cases—a work which the courts ought to perform, and can perform much more perfectly. How can the L... ...owing rapidly upon the heels of this action of Congress, a decision of the Supreme Court is made, by which it is de- clared that Congress, if it desir... ...n remember, save once, when he makes a remark, that upon his principle the Supreme Court were authorized to pronounce a decision that the act called t... ...ngs of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five 1860 SPEECH AT THE COOPER INSTITUTE, NEW YORK FEBRUARY 27, 1860 MR. PRESIDENT AND FELLOW-CITIZENS OF NEW YORK:—The f... ... 170 The Writings of Abraham Lincoln: V ol Five ADDRESS A T BUFF ALO, NEW YORK, FEBRUARY 16, 1861 Mr. MAYOR AND FELLOW-CITIZENS OF BUFFALO AND THE ST... ...re three vacancies on the bench of the Supreme Court—two by the decease of Justices Daniel and McLean and one by the resignation of Justice Campbell. ...

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King Richard Iii

By: William Shakespeare

...of Wales, (PRINCE EDWARD:) afterwards King Edward V., and RICHARD: Duke of York, (YORK:) sons to the King. GEORGE: Duke of Clarence, (CLARENCE:) an... ... : Archbishop of Canterbury. (CAR DINAL:) THOMAS ROTHERHAM: Archbishop of York. (ARCH BISHOP OF YORK:) JOHN MORTON : Bishop of Ely. (BISHOP OF EL... ...easing of a lute. But I, that am not shaped for sportive tricks, Nor made to court an amorous looking glass; I, that am rudely stamp’d, and want love’... ...it your godfathers: O, belike his majesty hath some intent That you shall be new christen’d in the Tower. But what’s the matter, Clarence? may I know... ...eaven, If heaven will take the present at our hands. But who comes here? the new deliver’d Hastings? [Enter HASTINGS .] HASTINGS: Good time of day un... ...ile in men’s faces, smooth, deceive and cog, Duck with French nods and apish courtesy, I must be held a rancorous enemy. Cannot a plain man live and t... ...G EDWARD IV : Take heed you dally not before your king; Lest he that is the supreme King of kings Confound your hidden falsehood, and award Either of... ...t all to God. whither away? Second Citizen : Marry, we were sent for to the justices. Third Citizen : And so was I: I’ll bear you company. [Exeunt.]... ...Christian land? BUCKINGHAM: Then know, it is your fault that you resign The supreme seat, the throne majestical, The scepter’d office of your ancesto...

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The War in the Air

By: H. G. Wells

...e under notice to quit, the last patch of country in a district flooded by new and prbaa things. He did his best to console himself, to imagine matter... ...rench artichokes and aub- ergines, foreign apples—apples from the State of New York, apples from California, apples from Canada, apples from New Zeala... ...h artichokes and aub- ergines, foreign apples—apples from the State of New York, apples from California, apples from Canada, apples from New Zealand, ... ...AT MONO-RAIL DISASTER AT TIMBUCTOO. or this:— WAR A QUESTION OF HOURS. NEW YORK CALM. 37 H G Wells EXCITEMENT IN BERLIN. or again:— WASHINGTON STILL ... ... presently rose is like nothing else in human experience. It is one of the supreme things possible to man. No flying machine can ever better it. It is... ...e engine, which was of the extraordinarily power- ful Pforzheim type, that supreme triumph of German inven- tion, was worked by wires from this forepa... ... all that occurred in that central place. The 127 H G Wells City Hall and Court House, the Post-Office and a mass of buildings on the west side of Br... ... into his mind. “Yes,” said the proprietor, startled for a moment from his courtly bearing. “But what in hell is a shilling?” “He means a quarter,” sa... ... husbanded, the cattle and sheep well guarded, and a group of two or three justices, the village doctor or a farmer, dominating the whole place; a rev...

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The French Revolution a History

By: Thomas Carlyle

...state becomes, to be extruded, stands grouped in the rain, occupies Tennis-Court, scene there, joined by clergy, doings on King’s speech, ratified by ... ...nch Parliament, book of law, dispute with King, Baiser de Lamourette, High Court, decrees vetoed, scenes in, reprimands King’s ministers, declares war... ...at massacres, Septem- ber 1792, in Salut Committee, and Robespierre’s Etre Supreme, accuses Robespierre, accused, banished. BLANC, Le, landlord at Var... ...RUS, Mlle., and Tallien, imprisoned. CAEN, Girondins at. CALENDAR, Romme’s new, comparative ground-scheme of. CALONNE, M. de, Financier, character of,... ...Federation-scene at, funeral-service, Nanci, riot, Patriot petition, 1791, new Federation, 1792. CHAMPS Elysees, Menads at, festivities in. CHANTILLY ... ...property, Carmagnole, Goddess of Reason, Representatives, at Feast of Etre Supreme, end of Robespierre, retrospect of, Feraud, Ger- minal, Prairial, t... ...ght. FEUILLANS, Club, denounce Jacobins, decline, extinguished, Battalion, Justices and Patriotism. FINANCES, serious state of, how to be improved. FL... ...ged out of the Jacobins, tried and guillotined. WIMPFEN, Girondin General. YORK, Duke of, besieges Valenciennes and Dunkirk. YOUNG, Arthur, at French ...

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Kenilworth

By: Sir Walter Scott

...it seems, was proved by the report of Dr. Walter Bayly, sometime fellow of New College, then living in Oxford, and professor of physic in that univers... ... to take away her life by poison, the Earl endeavoured to displace him the court. This man, it seems, reported for most certain that there was a pract... ...h he willed her to use in any faintness, which she, after his returne from court, not knowing it was poison, gave him, and so he died.”—Ben Jonson ’s ... ...ing boys to bring my harvests home, Or I shall hear no flails thwack. —The New Inn. IT IS THE PRIVILEGE of tale-tellers to open their story in an inn,... ...dfather, like some other Cornishmen, kept a warm affection to the House of York, and espoused the quarrel of this Simnel, assuming the title of Earl o... ...ers, countenanced the cause of Perkin Warbeck, calling himself the Duke of York. My grandsire joined Simnel’s standard, and was taken fighting despera... ...ear-warder interfered in such matters. Varney has interest enough with the justices to dismount my noble emblem from the post on which he swings so ga... ... ultra to all which is to follow, and would not barter one iota of her own supreme power for all the alphabet of both Cupid and Hymen.” 223 Sir Walte... ...hee. Not to mortal man, nor to celestial intelligence— under that which is supreme—will Dudley’s lips say more in condescension or apology. Speak rath...

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A Child's History of England

By: Charles Dickens

...ace, after this, for sev enty years. A Child’s Histroy of England 16 Then new enemies arose. They were the Sax ons, a fierce, sea faring people from... ...f Kent, was soon converted; and the moment he said he was a Christian, his courtiers all said they were Christians; after which, ten thousand of his s... ...r. One day, she mixed a cup of poison for a certain noble belonging to the court; but her husband drank of it too, by mistake, and died. Upon this, th... ...the first time, called the country over which he ruled, England. And now, new enemies arose, who, for a long time, troubled England sorely. These wer... ...ght in which the English were commanded by two nobles; and then be sieged York. Harold, who was waiting for the Normans on the coast at Hastings, wit... ...s missal, were left dead upon the field. The victo rious army marched to York. As King Harold sat there at the feast, in the midst of all his compan... ...re prevented from holding too much land, and so becoming too powerful; and Justices of the Peace were first appointed (though not at first under that ... ...s offence—as it was pre tended, but really for denying the King to be the supreme Head of the Church—he got into trouble, and was put in prison; but,... ... Thereupon, the Commons made an ordinance of their own, that they were the supreme government of the country, and would bring the King to trial. The K...

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Vanity Fair

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...Sambo, the black servant, has just rung the bell; and the coach- man has a new red waistcoat.” “Have you completed all the necessary preparations inci... ...Thus the world began for these two young ladies. For Amelia it was quite a new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it. It was not quite a... ..., with the full con- sent of the Duke, her noble father: or instead of the supremely genteel, suppose we had resorted to the entirely low, and de- scr... ...n’s Crawley AMONG THE MOST RESPECTED of the names beginning in C which the Court-Guide contained, in the year 18—, was that of Crawley, Sir Pitt, Baro... ...it only lords that wear stars? But he will be very handsomely dressed in a court suit, with ruffles, and his hair a little powdered, like Mr. Wroughto... ... you suppose I can talk about the nursery with Lady Fuddleston, or discuss justices’ business with that goose, old Sir Giles Wapshot? I insist upon Mi... ...d Emmy crying over George’s hand, and kissing it humbly, as if he were her supreme chief and master, and as if she were quite a guilty and unworthy pe... ...boy embarked for Canada, he gave the officers such a dinner as the Duke of York might have sat down to. Had he ever refused a bill when George drew on...

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Vanity Fair

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...Sambo, the black servant, has just rung the bell; and the coach- man has a new red waistcoat.” “Have you completed all the necessary preparations inci... ...Thus the world began for these two young ladies. For Amelia it was quite a new, fresh, brilliant world, with all the bloom upon it. It was not quite a... ..., with the full con- sent of the Duke, her noble father: or instead of the supremely genteel, suppose we had resorted to the entirely low, and de- scr... ...n’s Crawley AMONG THE MOST RESPECTED of the names beginning in C which the Court-Guide contained, in the year 18—, was that of Crawley, Sir Pitt, Baro... ...it only lords that wear stars? But he will be very handsomely dressed in a court suit, with ruffles, and his hair a little powdered, like Mr. Wroughto... ... you suppose I can talk about the nursery with Lady Fuddleston, or discuss justices’ business with that goose, old Sir Giles Wapshot? I insist upon Mi... ...d Emmy crying over George’s hand, and kissing it humbly, as if he were her supreme chief and master, and as if she were quite a guilty and unworthy pe... ...boy embarked for Canada, he gave the officers such a dinner as the Duke of York might have sat down to. Had he ever refused a bill when George drew on...

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Waverley or Tis Sixty Years Since

By: Sir Walter Scott

... noble specimen 6 Waverley of the old Highlander, far descended, gallant, courteous, and brave, even to chivalry. He had been out, I believe, in 1715... ...he costume of his hero to be impressive, would willingly attire him in the court dress of George the Second’s reign, with its no collar, large sleeves... ... a court, had for some time been gradually reconciling them- selves to the new dynasty. But the wealthy country gentle- men of England, a rank which r... ...es reached the ears of Sir Everard at once, there can be no doubt that the new commissioner would have had little reason to pique himself on the succe... ...s times, it had often been the refuge of the family. There, in the wars of York and Lancaster, the last adherents of the Red Rose who dared to maintai... ...ust not dispute, nor I disobey.’ He handed to W averley a warrant from the Supreme Crimi- nal Court of Scotland, in full form, for apprehending and se... ...dly offered me this commission, and as the auld Fifteen [The Judges of the Supreme Court of Session in Scotland are proverbially termed, among the cou... ...ere was a party of ours left to support the beadles, and con- stables, and justices, and these sort of creatures that are exam- ining papers and stopp... ...ity of bearing arms), ‘will stand godfa- ther to a sup of brandy, for your Yorkshire ale is cold on my stomach.’ The vivacity of this good lady, as it...

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Unknown to History : A Story of the Captivity of Mary of Scotland

By: Charlotte Mary Yonge

............................................ 348 CHAPTER XXXIX THE FETTERLOCK COURT ........................................................................ ...inswoman of the famous Bess of Hardwicke, and had formed one of the little court of gentlewomen with whom great ladies were wont to surround themselve... ...e despatched by carriers; and the travellers jogged slowly on through deep Yorkshire lanes, often halting to re- fresh the horses and supply the wants... ...bones of whales, which often served for gate-posts in that eastern part of Yorkshire. And thus they journeyed, with frequent halts, until they came to... ...herself might have been in her more private expedi- tions. Indeed, she was new to her dignity as Countess, hav- ing been only a few weeks married to t... ...s of orange, yellow, brown, and red. There was a great gateway between two new octagon towers of red brick, with battlements and dressings of stone, a... ...r dream, and to hear her commendations, perhaps be kissed by her, would be supreme bliss. Nay, she still hoped that there would be an interference of ... ... into the routine of the place, where Dr. Jones might be re- garded as the supreme legislator. Each division of the great bath hall was fitted with dr... ...s,” here exclaimed Cis. “Are they the judges, Humfrey?” “Ay, the two Chief-Justices and the Chief Baron of the Exchequer. There they sit in front of t...

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The History Of

By: H. G. Wells

...le difficulty in finding his cap before he came out. He wanted his cap—the new golf cap—and Mrs. Polly must needs fish out his old soft brown felt hat... ...ojecting cor- ners, technically a “wing-poke”; that and his tie, which was new and loose and rich in colouring, had been selected to encourage and sti... ...gland mind, and the wide rough country roads and hills and woodland of New York State. But none of these change scene and character in three miles of ... ...gallant Parsons they professed to be all desperately in love with her, and courted her to say which she preferred of them, it was so manifest she did ... ... He didn’t ought to have touched my window.” Polly was to go to the police court in the morning as a wit- ness. The terror of that ordeal almost overs... ...liceman from a brisk attempt to get into the vacant dock. The clerk to the Justices repeated the oath with incredible rapidity. “Right O,” said Mr. Po... ...meeting in a small knob behind; her wrinkled mouth bore that expression of supreme resolution common with the toothless aged. She was shaky, not with ... ... Dead Eel, and after some months of involun- tary truce there was the last supreme conflict of the Night Surprise. Each of these campaigns merits a se...

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Catherine : A Story

By: William Makepeace Thackeray

...s mother, when they were both penniless hangers-on at Charles the Second’s court;—it is, we say, quite useless to repeat all the scandal of which we a... ...n evening shone upon any two men in county or city, at desk or harvest, at Court or at Newgate, drunk or sober, who were greater rascals than Count Gu... ...the rustic bystanders were quite convinced of the good intentions of their new friend, and accompanied him back to the “Bugle,” to re- gale upon the p... ...ght use, if he liked, the Galgenstein arms with a bar-sinister; and in her new cares and duties had not so many opportunities as usual of quarrelling ... ...anning of Her Majesty’s fleet, 58 Catherine: A Story which authorises all justices to issue warrants to constables, petty constables, headboroughs, a... ...ared last night, in the hearing of several witnesses, that he was going to York; says he is a man of independent property, and has large estates in Ir... ...he fortunes of both. For, as it has often happened to the traveller in the York or the Exeter coach to fall snugly asleep in his corner, and on awakin... ...e for such scenes of strife: in the midst of them his spirit rose calm and supreme, soaring (like an angel or not, but anyway the compliment is a very... ...ighty field-marshal. My dear sir, when you have well studied the world—how supremely great the meanest thing in this world is, and how infinitely mean...

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North America Volume One

By: Anthony Trollope

...................................................... 20 CHAPTER III: MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND VERMONT.................................................... ................................................. 169 CHAPTER XII: BUFFALO TO NEW YORK ..................................................................... ............................................. 169 CHAPTER XII: BUFFALO TO NEW YORK ......................................................................... ........................................................ 201 CHAPTER XIV: NEW YORK.......................................................................... ...ney- sweeper as readily as to a lady; and forbear from an inter- change of courtesies with a Billingsgate heroine, even though at heart I may have a p... ...r meets an uncivil or unruly man, but the women of the lower ranks are not courteous. American ladies love to lie at ease in their carriages, as thoro... ...ch good living on that side of the question is very rife. It has an air of supreme plenty, as though the agonies of an 42 North America V ol. 1 empty... ...sually sits for about ten weeks. There are in the State eight judges—three supreme, who sit at Concord, the capital, as a court of appeal both in civi... ...In Sec. 20 of this article it is provided that no judicial officer, except justices of the peace, shall re- ceive to his own use any fees or perquisit...

...TER II: NEWPORT?RHODE ISLAND ................................................................................................. 20 CHAPTER III: MAINE, NEW HAMPSHIRE, AND VERMONT ............................................................................ 34 CHAPTER IV: LOWER CANADA ................................................................................................

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The Federalist Papers

By: Alexander Hamilton

...uction For the Independent Journal. HAMILTON To the People of the State of New York: After an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the sub- sis... ...on For the Independent Journal. HAMILTON To the People of the State of New York: After an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the sub- sisting... ...he sub- sisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its o... ...ics, the great- est number have begun their career by paying an obsequious court to the people; commencing demagogues, and ending tyrants. In the cour... ...fluence For the Independent Journal. JAY To the People of the State of New York: When the people of America reflect that they are now called upon to d... ...er contracted influence, may place men in State assemblies, or senates, or courts of justice, or executive departments, yet more general and exten- si... ... manner of inconveniences. “If a single member should attempt to usurp the supreme au- thority, he could not be supposed to have an equal authority an... ... late dismemberment, where another national diet was the depositary of the supreme power. Pass- ing by France and Spain, we find that in Great Britain... ...ive, executive, and judiciary departments of thirteen and more States, the justices of peace, officers of militia, min- 208 The Federalist Papers ist...

...Excerpt: To the People of the State of New York: After an unequivocal experience of the inefficacy of the subsisting federal government, you are called upon to deliberate on a new Constitution for the United States of America. The subject speaks its own importance...

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The French Revolution a History

By: Thomas Carlyle

..................................................... 275 Chapter 2.4.V . The New Berline. ................................................................. ...ory many things, in that sick-room of Louis, are now visible, which to the Courtiers there present were invisible. For indeed it is well said, ‘in eve... ...auroux, with her band-boxes and rouge-pots, at his side; so that, at every new station, a wooden gallery must be run up between their lodgings. He has... ... teach us, How they grow; and, after long stormy growth, bloom out mature, supreme; then quickly (for the blossom is brief) fall into decay; sorrowful... ...tradition and example, that God’s Universe is Belial’s and a Lie; and ‘the Supreme Quack’ the hierarch of men! In which mournfulest faith, nevertheles... ...that period of the Fronde, the Noble has changed his fighting sword into a court rapier, and now loyally attends his king as ministering satellite; di... ...rofessional one of Monseigneur. Elf jokeis, we have seen; but see now real Yorkshire jockeys, and what they ride on, and train: English racers for Fre... ...qual-justice, of De- partmental Courts, National Appeal-Court, of elective Justices, Justices of Peace, and other Thouret-and-Duport apparatus be got ... .... And England has donned the red coat; and marches, with Royal Highness of York,— whom some once spake of inviting to be our King. Changed that humour...

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The Writings of Abraham Lincoln in Seven Volumes Volume 2 of 7

By: Abraham Lincoln

... Two consequently are much confounded at V .B.’s cutting them off from the new Texas question. Nearly half the leaders swear they won’t stand it. Of t... ... Jany. 19, 1845. DEAR GENERAL: I do not wish to join in your proposal of a new plan for the selection of a Whig candidate for Congress because: 1st. I... ...N. TO _________ WILLIAMS, SPRINGFIELD, March 1, 1845. FRIEND WILLIAMS: The Supreme Court adjourned this morning for the term. Y our cases of Reinhardt... ..._______ WILLIAMS, SPRINGFIELD, March 1, 1845. FRIEND WILLIAMS: The Supreme Court adjourned this morning for the term. Y our cases of Reinhardt vs. Sch... ...o show the real consideration given for the land. Bunce against Graves the court confirmed, wherefore, in accordance with your directions, I moved to ... ... on the point in difference between them. If the Whig abolitionists of New York had voted with us last fall, Mr. Clay would now be President, Whig pri... ...think) paid us twenty dollars as an advance fee to attend to a case in the Supreme Court for him, against a Mr. Campbell, the record of which case was... ...ment were for the most part issued upon the principal offices, such as New York, Philadel- phia, Boston, Baltimore, etc., where the large offices of p... ...was rendered against your Petitioner for costs, by J. C. Spugg, one of the Justices of the Peace in and for said County of Sangamon, in a suit wherein...

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Theological Essays and Other Papers

By: Thomas de Quincey

...usehold laws;’ that is, not teaching such laws, not formally prescribing a new economy of life, so much as inspiring it indirectly through a new atmos... ...ring it indirectly through a new atmosphere surround- ing all objects with new attributes. But there is also in Chris- tianity, 4thly. A doctrinal par... ... The reader must not understand me to mean that, merely as a compromise of courtesy, two pro- fessors of different idolatries would agree to recognise... ... could have extorted upon the Roman stage a public declaration,—that their supreme gods were capable of enormities which a poor, unpretending human cr... ...urated with Christian ideas and feelings,* attempts to realize the idea of supreme Deity, he becomes aware of a double and contradictory movement in h... ... of the weak, but as a sheriff assessing damages in a case forced upon his court by the plaintiff. 38 Theological Essays and Other Papers – V olume O... ...ered little, but would have been awkward had he come to be Arch- bishop of York; and that he did not, turned upon the acci- dent of a few weeks too so... ...Cham- berlain when detecting Guy Faux—let them even swear it before twenty justices of the peace; I for one, says Hume, am free to confess that I woul...

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An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations

By: Adam Smith

... his hand from one sort of employment to another. When he first begins the new work, he is seldom very keen and hearty; his mind, as they say, does no... ...lowed the same privi- lege, and might pay with the same nominal sum of the new and debased coin whatever they had borrowed in the old. Such opera- tio... ...igher in North America than in any part of England. In the province of New York, common labourers earned in 1773, before the commencement of the late ... ... price; and wages are said to be as high in the other colo- nies as in New York. The price of provisions is everywhere in North America much lower tha... ...ope, would have so little chance for a second husband, is there frequently courted as a sort of fortune. The value of children is the greatest of all ... ...ges to the faith of the contracting 84 The Wealth of Nations parties. The courts of justice of their kings seldom intermeddled in it. The high rate o... ...ement in any parish; but that within that time it should be lawful for two justices of the peace, upon complaint made by the church-wardens or oversee... ...riginal purpose of its institution. In- 615 Adam Smith stead of it, a new supreme court of judicature was established, consisting of a chief justice ... ...ry in a state, bring no advantage or pleasure to any indi- vidual; and the supreme power is obliged to alter its conduct with regard to the retainers ...

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Up from Slavery : An Autobiography

By: Booker Taliaferro Washington

...formation of Mr. Washington’s character, then, went the missionary zeal of New England, influenced by one of the strongest personalities in modern edu... ...ard of the head of an important coloured school who was not a preacher. “A new kind of man in the coloured world,” I said to myself—”a new kind of man... ... taught any one who wanted to learn anything that I could teach him. I was supremely happy in the opportu- nity of being able to assist somebody else.... ...e of the young men that I sent to Hampton in this way is now Dr. Samuel E. Courtney, a successful physician in Boston, and a mem- ber of the School Bo... ...h Alabama, examining into the actual life of the people, especially in the court dis- tricts, and in getting the school advertised among the glass of ... ...an sought to do as little work as pos- sible. He seemed at that time to be supremely happy, because he was living, as he expressed it, through one wee... ...the North. The first gift from any Northern person was received from a New York lady whom Miss Davidson met on the boat that was bringing her North. T... ...s for the completion of our new building. On my way North I stopped in New York to try to get a letter of recommendation from an officer of a missiona... ...tion at his residence. At this reception we met many Americans, among them Justices Fuller and Harlan, of the United States Su- preme Court. During ou...

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Considerations on Representative Government

By: John Stuart Mill

...ht forward in their support. Several of the opinions at all events, if not new, are for the present as little likely to meet with general acceptance a... ...asily, what they are al ready used to; but people also learn to do things new to them. Familiarity is a great help; but much dwelling on an idea will... ...organization, it may choose; but the essence of the whole, the seat of the supreme power, is determined for it by social circumstances. That there is ... ...n of the nation, retaining in his own hands the power of taxation, and the supreme legislative as well as executive authority. Were he to act thus, an... ...ich they called fiscal arrangements, and in the secrecy of their frightful courts of justice. It must be acknowledged that the benefits of freedom, so... ...by every circumstance of his life and by every person surrounding him, are courted by all persons, and ministered to by all circumstances. It would be... ...inciple of their political clas 107 J S Mill sification. The notion that Yorkshire and Middlesex have rights apart from those of their inhabitants, ... ...embers (two), whether it be little Dela ware or the “Empire State” of New York. These members are not chosen by the population, but by the State Legi... ...in a well constituted popular govern ment. All who were or had been chief justices, or heads of any of the superior courts of law or equity. All who ...

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