Text-book of Prose, from Burke, Webster, and Bacon, with Notes, and Sketches of the Authors' Lives, for Use in Schools and ClassesGinn, Heath, & Company, 1881 |
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Page 349
... authority of the general govern- ment reaches to war and peace , and to the regulation of com- merce . I have never seen any more difficulty in erecting light- houses on the lakes than on the ocean ; in improving the bar- bours of ...
... authority of the general govern- ment reaches to war and peace , and to the regulation of com- merce . I have never seen any more difficulty in erecting light- houses on the lakes than on the ocean ; in improving the bar- bours of ...
Page 362
... › n contested points of authority . " They also instanced the tariff of 1824 as a case that would justify a State in exercising this power of veto or control . The whole drift of his speech has been rather to 362 WEBSTER .
... › n contested points of authority . " They also instanced the tariff of 1824 as a case that would justify a State in exercising this power of veto or control . The whole drift of his speech has been rather to 362 WEBSTER .
Page 363
... authority , or for a topic of reproach ? Apparently for both ; for he told us that he should find no fault with the mere fact of holding such a convention , and considering and discuss- ing such questions as he supposes were then and ...
... authority , or for a topic of reproach ? Apparently for both ; for he told us that he should find no fault with the mere fact of holding such a convention , and considering and discuss- ing such questions as he supposes were then and ...
Page 366
... authority , on the part of the States , thus to interfere , for the purpose of correcting the exer- cise of power by the general government , of checking it , and of compelling it to conform to their opinion of the extent of its powers ...
... authority , on the part of the States , thus to interfere , for the purpose of correcting the exer- cise of power by the general government , of checking it , and of compelling it to conform to their opinion of the extent of its powers ...
Page 367
... authority . It is the servant of four - and - twenty masters , of different wills and different purposes , and yet bound to obey all . This absurd- ity ( for it seems no less ) arises from a misconception as to the origin of this ...
... authority . It is the servant of four - and - twenty masters , of different wills and different purposes , and yet bound to obey all . This absurd- ity ( for it seems no less ) arises from a misconception as to the origin of this ...
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