Epochs of nationality, war and greatnessOfficial Company, 1901 |
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Página 33
... called , lying between Louisiana and Mexico had been from 1821 to 1836 a province of the latter republic . It had been the policy of Spain aforetime , while Mexico flourished and the United States grew apace , to keep Texas unpeopled ...
... called , lying between Louisiana and Mexico had been from 1821 to 1836 a province of the latter republic . It had been the policy of Spain aforetime , while Mexico flourished and the United States grew apace , to keep Texas unpeopled ...
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... called at the age of forty - nine to the presidential chair . At the head of the new cabinet as Secretary of State was placed James Buchanan , of Pennsylvania . It was an office requiring high abilities , for the threatening question ...
... called at the age of forty - nine to the presidential chair . At the head of the new cabinet as Secretary of State was placed James Buchanan , of Pennsylvania . It was an office requiring high abilities , for the threatening question ...
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... called Resaca de la Palma . Here an old river bed , dry and over- grown with cacti , lay across the road along which the Americans were making their way in the direction of Fort Brown . The Mexican artillery was planted to command the ...
... called Resaca de la Palma . Here an old river bed , dry and over- grown with cacti , lay across the road along which the Americans were making their way in the direction of Fort Brown . The Mexican artillery was planted to command the ...
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... called home from Havana , where he was living in exile . He was at once made President of the republic and commander - in - chief of the Mexican armies . Though the enemy still boasted , it was clear that alarm had taken the place of ...
... called home from Havana , where he was living in exile . He was at once made President of the republic and commander - in - chief of the Mexican armies . Though the enemy still boasted , it was clear that alarm had taken the place of ...
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... called Churu- busco and Chapultepec . These various outposts were oc- cupied by Santa Anna with a force of fully thirty thousand Mexicans . The army of General Scott was not more than one - third as strong in numbers , but with this ...
... called Churu- busco and Chapultepec . These various outposts were oc- cupied by Santa Anna with a force of fully thirty thousand Mexicans . The army of General Scott was not more than one - third as strong in numbers , but with this ...
Términos y frases comunes
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Pasajes populares
Página 139 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage.
Página 398 - The canal shall be free and open to the vessels of commerce and of war of all nations observing these Rules, on terms of entire equality, so that there shall be no discrimination against any such nation, or its citizens or subjects, in respect of the conditions or charges of traffic, or otherwise.
Página 387 - The Suez Maritime Canal shall always be free and open, in time of war as in time of peace, to every vessel of commerce or of war, without distinction of flag.
Página 139 - The officers to give their individual paroles not to take up arms against the Government of the United States until properly exchanged ; and each company or regimental commander sign a like parole for the men of their commands.
Página 398 - Prizes shall be in all respects subject to the same rules as vessels of war of the belligerents. 4. No belligerent shall embark or disembark troops, munitions of war, or warlike materials in the canal except in case of accidental hindrance of the transit, and in such case the transit shall be resumed with all possible dispatch. 5. The provisions of this Article shall apply to waters adjacent to the canal, within 3 marine miles of either end.
Página 164 - Majesty shall be continued westward along the said forty-ninth parallel of north latitude to the middle of the channel which separates the continent from Vancouver's Island, and thence southerly through the middle of the said channel, and of Fuca's Straits to the Pacific Ocean...
Página 342 - ... the established policy of the United States to maintain the two metals on a parity with each other upon the present legal ratio, or such ratio as may be provided by law.
Página 337 - It is evident that if the opportunity for the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1 had still existed, there would have been another sudden change in the actual monetary standard.
Página 398 - ... regulations in force, and with only such intermission as may result from the necessities of the service. Prizes shall be in all respects subject to the same rules as vessels of war of the belligerents.
Página 398 - Such conditions and charges of traffic shall be just and equitable. 2. The canal shall never be blockaded, nor shall any right of war be exercised nor any act of hostility be committed within it. The United States, however, shall be at liberty to maintain such military police along the canal as may be necessary to protect it against lawlessness and disorder.