An Historical, Topographical, and Statistical View of the United States of America: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, Volumen1J. Ridgway, 1819 |
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... received at that period , with refpect to the remote parts of the Eaft , Columbus drew a juft conclufion . He contended , that , in proportion as the continent of India ftretched out towards the Eaft , it muft , in confequence of the ...
... received at that period , with refpect to the remote parts of the Eaft , Columbus drew a juft conclufion . He contended , that , in proportion as the continent of India ftretched out towards the Eaft , it muft , in confequence of the ...
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... received , that , instead of relinquishing his undertaking , he pursued it with fresh ardour . He made his next overture to John II . king of Portugal , in whose domi- nions he had been long eftablished , and whom he confidered , on ...
... received , that , instead of relinquishing his undertaking , he pursued it with fresh ardour . He made his next overture to John II . king of Portugal , in whose domi- nions he had been long eftablished , and whom he confidered , on ...
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... received as a perfon to whose propofitions ferious attention was due . Ferdinand and Ifabella , though fully occupied by their operations against the Moors , paid fo much regard to Columbus , as to remit the confideration of his plan to ...
... received as a perfon to whose propofitions ferious attention was due . Ferdinand and Ifabella , though fully occupied by their operations against the Moors , paid fo much regard to Columbus , as to remit the confideration of his plan to ...
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... received no accounts from his brother , whom he had fent to the court of England . In his voyage to that country , Bartholomew had been fo un . fortunate as to fall into the hands of pirates , who having stripped him of every thing ...
... received no accounts from his brother , whom he had fent to the court of England . In his voyage to that country , Bartholomew had been fo un . fortunate as to fall into the hands of pirates , who having stripped him of every thing ...
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... receiving an account of the unexpected revolution in his favour , he returned directly to Santo Fe , though fome remainder of diffidence ftill mingled itfelf with his joy . But But the cordial reception which he met with from Ifabella ...
... receiving an account of the unexpected revolution in his favour , he returned directly to Santo Fe , though fome remainder of diffidence ftill mingled itfelf with his joy . But But the cordial reception which he met with from Ifabella ...
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Página 210 - For the more convenient management of the general interests of the United States, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each State shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year, with a power reserved to each State, to recall its delegates, or any of them, at any time within the year, and to send others in their stead, for the remainder of the year.
Página 134 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Página 134 - Logan, not even sparing my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have...
Página 221 - RESOLVED, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States, in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification...
Página 208 - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep forever...
Página 134 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 464 - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.
Página 175 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their boundaries...
Página 207 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it ; for man is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he is learning to do what he sees others do.
Página 176 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...