History of the United States from 986 to 1905Harper & Brothers, 1905 - 632 páginas |
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... took a definite form . The vast accumulation of facts in regard to the early Ameri- can races then began to be classified and simplified ; and with whatever difference as to details , the gen- eral opinion of scholars now inclines to ...
... took a definite form . The vast accumulation of facts in regard to the early Ameri- can races then began to be classified and simplified ; and with whatever difference as to details , the gen- eral opinion of scholars now inclines to ...
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... took eighty castles . All their booty they sent back to Norway , and this wealth included not only what they took from ene- mies , but what they had from the very courts they served ; for it was the practice at Constantinople , when an ...
... took eighty castles . All their booty they sent back to Norway , and this wealth included not only what they took from ene- mies , but what they had from the very courts they served ; for it was the practice at Constantinople , when an ...
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... took to flight , and most of them out into the open ocean . At last the king grew weary of this work , and therefore one summer he sailed with his fleet right out into the West Sea . First he came to Shetland , and he slew all the ...
... took to flight , and most of them out into the open ocean . At last the king grew weary of this work , and therefore one summer he sailed with his fleet right out into the West Sea . First he came to Shetland , and he slew all the ...
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... took up his abode , leading a colony with him , about A.D. 986 , fifteen years before Christianity was established by law in Iceland . The colony prospered , and there is evidence that the climate of Greenland was then milder and that ...
... took up his abode , leading a colony with him , about A.D. 986 , fifteen years before Christianity was established by law in Iceland . The colony prospered , and there is evidence that the climate of Greenland was then milder and that ...
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... took the same ship , and made a third trip , with thirty men . He reached the huts the other party had built , called in the legends Leifsbudir , or " Leif's booths . " They spent two winters there , fishing and exploring , and in the ...
... took the same ship , and made a third trip , with thirty men . He reached the huts the other party had built , called in the legends Leifsbudir , or " Leif's booths . " They spent two winters there , fishing and exploring , and in the ...
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History of the United States from 986 to 1905 Thomas Wentworth Higginson,William MacDonald Vista completa - 1905 |
History of the United States from 986 to 1905 Thomas Wentworth Higginson,William MacDonald Vista completa - 1905 |
History of the United States from 986 to 1905 Thomas Wentworth Higginson,William MacDonald Vista completa - 1905 |
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Página 465 - That our title to the whole of the territory of Oregon is clear and unquestionable; that no portion of the same ought to be ceded to England or any other power; and that the re-occupation of Oregon and the re-annexation of Texas at the earliest practicable period are great American measures, which this convention recommends to the cordial support of the Democracy of the Union.
Página 445 - I will be as harsh as truth, and as uncompromising as justice. On this subject, I do not wish to think, or speak, or write, with moderation. No! no! Tell a man whose house is on fire, to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the...
Página 149 - God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Página 284 - Resolved, That a committee be appointed to prepare and digest the form of a confederation to be entered into between these Colonies"; which committee was appointed the next day, June 12, and consisted of a member from each Colony, namely: Mr.
Página 524 - Resolved, That the United States ought to cooperate with any State which may adopt gradual abolishment of slavery, giving to such State pecuniary aid, to be used by such State, in its discretion, to compensate for the inconveniences, public and private, produced by such change of system.
Página 291 - England, sir, is a nation which still, I hope, respects, and formerly adored her freedom. The colonists emigrated from you when this part of your character was most predominant; and they took this bias and direction the moment they parted from your hands. They are, therefore, not only devoted to liberty, but to liberty according to English ideas and on English principles.
Página 503 - On the contrary, they were at that time considered as a subordinate and inferior class of beings, who had been subjugated by the dominant race, and, whether emancipated or not, yet remained subject to their authority, and had no rights or privileges but such as those who held the power and the Government might choose to grant them.
Página 473 - That, as an express and fundamental condition to the acquisition of any territory from the republic of Mexico by the United States, by virtue of any treaty that may be negotiated between them, and to the use by the Executive of the moneys herein appropriated, neither slavery nor involuntary servitude shall ever exist in any part of said territory, except for crime, whereof the party shall first be duly convicted.
Página 149 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Página 148 - Being thus passed the vast ocean, and a sea of troubles before in their preparation (as may be remembered by that which went before), they had now no friends to welcome them nor inns to entertain or refresh their weatherbeaten bodies; no houses or much less towns to repair to, to seek for succour.