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Σελίδα 7
... thought will con- vince all . Only let thoughts be followed by acts and an invaluable work is easily and quickly accomplished . ROBT . W. FURNAS , President . NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY . OFFICERS . ROBT . W.
... thought will con- vince all . Only let thoughts be followed by acts and an invaluable work is easily and quickly accomplished . ROBT . W. FURNAS , President . NEBRASKA STATE HISTORICAL SOCIETY . OFFICERS . ROBT . W.
Σελίδα 14
... thought advisa- ble to call a meeting at Lincoln on some day of the State Fair to effect the organization of a " state historical society . " Would like your views , and , if favorably entertained , to use your name to such call ...
... thought advisa- ble to call a meeting at Lincoln on some day of the State Fair to effect the organization of a " state historical society . " Would like your views , and , if favorably entertained , to use your name to such call ...
Σελίδα 30
... thought John was the nearest " white " of any man I ever knew , when gathering up my tools . Mr. Nuckolls asked me if I could do a job for Judge Bradford . It was a small one , for which he paid me a five dollar gold piece . Oh ! how ...
... thought John was the nearest " white " of any man I ever knew , when gathering up my tools . Mr. Nuckolls asked me if I could do a job for Judge Bradford . It was a small one , for which he paid me a five dollar gold piece . Oh ! how ...
Σελίδα 31
... thought of the plate of butter in the root house , which was a great luxury those days . I felt easy until the table was being set , when , alas ! vain hopes . Our dog " Trusty , " so untrue to his title , had stolen the butter , and ...
... thought of the plate of butter in the root house , which was a great luxury those days . I felt easy until the table was being set , when , alas ! vain hopes . Our dog " Trusty , " so untrue to his title , had stolen the butter , and ...
Σελίδα 36
... thought of what a wicked thing profane swearing is . Perhaps Many young men have mistaken notions in regard to this practice . I may think it an accomplishment , while it is a shameful disgrace . It carries with it other evils that you ...
... thought of what a wicked thing profane swearing is . Perhaps Many young men have mistaken notions in regard to this practice . I may think it an accomplishment , while it is a shameful disgrace . It carries with it other evils that you ...
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Σελίδα 200 - He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief.
Σελίδα 171 - That the Legislature of said State, by a Solemn Public Act, shall declare the assent of the said State to the said fundamental condition...
Σελίδα 171 - Approved, April 19th, 1864. SEC. 3. And be it further enacted, That this act shall not take effect except upon the fundamental condition, that within the state of Nebraska, there shall be no denial •of the elective franchise, or of any other right, to any person, by reason of race or color, •excepting Indians not taxed...
Σελίδα 34 - to nominate, and by and with the advice and consent of the senate to appoint ambassadors...
Σελίδα 183 - Pekitanoui, following the account which the Indians have given me; for from them I learn that advancing up this river for five or six days, you come to a beautiful prairie twenty or thirty leagues long, which you must cross to the northwest. It terminates at another little river on which you can embark, it not being difficult to transport canoes over so beautiful a country as that prairie. This second river runs southwest for ten or fifteen leagues, after which it enters a small lake...
Σελίδα 171 - ... the assent of the said state to the said fundamental condition, and shall transmit to the president of the United States, on or before the fourth Monday in November next, an authentic copy of the said act, upon the receipt whereof the president, by proclamation, shall announce the fact; whereupon, and without any further proceeding on the part of Congress, the admission of said state into the Union shall be considered as complete...
Σελίδα 183 - As we were discoursing of them, sailing gently down a beautiful, still, clear water, we heard the noise of a rapid into which we were about to fall. I have seen nothing more frightful ; a mass of large trees...
Σελίδα 183 - I learn that advancing up this river for five or six days, you come to a beautiful prairie twenty or thirty leagues long, which you must cross to the northwest. It terminates at another little river on which you can embark, it not being difficult to transport canoes over so beautiful a country as that prairie. This second river runs southwest for ten or fifteen leagues, after which it enters a small lake, which is the source of another deep river, running to the west, where it empties into the sea....
Σελίδα 199 - Their masters have no other riches nor substance; of them they eat, they drink, they apparel, they...
Σελίδα 183 - I have seen nothing more frightful; a mass of large trees, entire, with branches, real floating islands, came rushing from the mouth of the river Pekitanoui, so impetuously, that we could not, without great danger, expose ourselves to pass across.