By long usage, sometimes by express grant, this privilege has become a vested right of the population in the neighborhood of many public and even large private forests; but it is generally regarded as a serious evil.
— from The Earth as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh
In 1824 he again visited the United States, being everywhere greeted with enthusiasm, and receiving from Congress $200,000 and a township of land.
— from Daniel Webster for Young Americans Comprising the greatest speeches of the defender of the Constitution by Daniel Webster
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— from Leslie's Loyalty by Charles Garvice
The most interesting portrait is the one appearing as the final volume frontispiece, a photogravure of the painting that originally belonged to Franklin, which was taken from his home in Philadelphia during the British occupation, and after the lapse of 130 years was presented to the United States by Earl Gray.
— from Stephen A. Douglas: A Study in American Politics by Allen Johnson
By long usage, sometimes by express grant, this privilege has become a vested right of the population in the neighborhood of many public, and even large private forests; but it is generally regarded as a serious evil.
— from Man and Nature; Or, Physical Geography as Modified by Human Action by George P. (George Perkins) Marsh
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