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Page 438 - In measure, when it shooteth forth, thou wilt debate with it : he stayeth his rough wind in the day of the east wind.
Page 109 - The legislatures of those districts, or new states, shall never interfere with the primary disposal of the soil by the Unite'd States in Congress assem-bled, nor with any regulations Congress may find necessary for securing the title in such soil to the bona fide purchasers.
Page 22 - The ancients of Gebal and the wise men thereof were in thee thy calkers: all the ships of the sea with their mariners were in thee to occupy thy merchandise.
Page 576 - ... new powers shall appear; that a man is the word made flesh, born to shed healing to the nations; that he should be ashamed of our compassion, and that the moment he acts from himself, tossing the laws, the books...
Page 248 - That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions, from unreasonable searches and seizures...
Page 543 - House as a Day of Fasting, Humiliation, and Prayer, devoutly to implore the divine Interposition for averting the heavy Calamity, which...
Page 22 - They have made all thy ship boards of fir trees of Senir : they have taken cedars from Lebanon to make masts for thee. Of the oaks of Bashan have they made thine oars ; the company of the Ashurites have made thy benches of ivory, brought out of the isles of Chittim.
Page 162 - An act for granting certain duties in the British colonies and plantations in America; for allowing a drawback of the duties of customs upon the exportation from this kingdom, of coffee and...
Page 426 - ... in hand; and shall have a right to inspect such general accounts in the books of the bank as shall relate to the said statements. Provided, That this shall not be construed to imply a right of inspecting the account of any private individual or individuals with the bank.
Page 160 - for some of my successors, who may have more courage than I have, and be less a friend to commerce than I am. It has been a maxim with me, during my Administration, to encourage the trade of the American colonies in the utmost latitude...