Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania, Volume 161836 |
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... consideration , if the possession re- main with the debtor , the act is void as againt credi- tors ; 10 S. & R. 424. A party claiming against the creditors would be bound to remove all doubt of the fairness of the transaction , even if ...
... consideration , if the possession re- main with the debtor , the act is void as againt credi- tors ; 10 S. & R. 424. A party claiming against the creditors would be bound to remove all doubt of the fairness of the transaction , even if ...
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... consideration of the Lancaster turnpike company , a statement of the cost and profits of a steam carriage to carry 100 barrels of flour , 50 miles in 24 hours - tending to show , that one such steam carriage would make more net profits ...
... consideration of the Lancaster turnpike company , a statement of the cost and profits of a steam carriage to carry 100 barrels of flour , 50 miles in 24 hours - tending to show , that one such steam carriage would make more net profits ...
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... consideration . " will come when carr ages propelled by steam will be in general use , as well for the transportation of passengers as goo ' s , travelling at the rate of fifteen miles an hour , or 300 miles per day . nient , to build a ...
... consideration . " will come when carr ages propelled by steam will be in general use , as well for the transportation of passengers as goo ' s , travelling at the rate of fifteen miles an hour , or 300 miles per day . nient , to build a ...
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... consideration different plans . Mr. John Ellicott , ( of John , ) has suggested that paths be made for the wheels of carriages to run on , of hard substances , such as turnpike roads are made of , with a rail between them set on posts ...
... consideration different plans . Mr. John Ellicott , ( of John , ) has suggested that paths be made for the wheels of carriages to run on , of hard substances , such as turnpike roads are made of , with a rail between them set on posts ...
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... consideration , we are of opinion that no class of people deserve more for their labor than the boatmen . We are exposed to all the storms , and the country ought at least to afford us a living . It is known that the slaves in the South ...
... consideration , we are of opinion that no class of people deserve more for their labor than the boatmen . We are exposed to all the storms , and the country ought at least to afford us a living . It is known that the slaves in the South ...
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Page 294 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. 'But not the praise...
Page 168 - And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee; Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour...
Page 131 - In order to come within the provision of the constitution of the United States which declares that no state shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts...
Page 268 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower and is cut down; He fleeth as a shadow and continueth not.
Page 289 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 301 - ... comes home in its effects to every man's fire-side; — it passes on his property, his reputation, his life, his all. Is it not to the last degree important, that he should be rendered perfectly and completely independent, with nothing to control him but God and his conscience?
Page 132 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 292 - I do not conceive we can exist long as a nation without having lodged somewhere a power, which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic a manner as the authority of the State governments extends over the several States.
Page 30 - Resolved, that the clerk of the corporation be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the family of the deceased.
Page 290 - ... our lordly masters in Great Britain will be satisfied with nothing less than the deprivation of American freedom, it seems highly necessary that something should be done to avert the stroke, and maintain the liberty, which we have derived from our ancestors.