A Popular History of the United States: From the First Discovery of the Western Hemisphere by the Northmen, to the End of the First Century of the Union of the States. Preceded by a Sketch of the Prehistoric Period and the Age of the Mound Builders, Volumen1Scribner, Armstrong, & Company, 1876 |
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... , as to be involved in frequent disagreements , and thus to prove effectual checks upon each other , relieving the European powers from the danger of aggression in this quarter . It was sometimes said by Englishmen who thought.
... , as to be involved in frequent disagreements , and thus to prove effectual checks upon each other , relieving the European powers from the danger of aggression in this quarter . It was sometimes said by Englishmen who thought.
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... thought that they were speaking in the interest of humanity : " All the interest we feel in your quarrel is this , that you should go to pieces as quickly and with as little bloodshed as possible . " The steps taken by Great Britain and ...
... thought that they were speaking in the interest of humanity : " All the interest we feel in your quarrel is this , that you should go to pieces as quickly and with as little bloodshed as possible . " The steps taken by Great Britain and ...
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... thought important to record , briefly , but clearly and comprehensively , the present state of our knowledge of the Mound Builders , as well as of the savage tribes by whom they were succeeded , as prelimi- nary to the discovery and ...
... thought important to record , briefly , but clearly and comprehensively , the present state of our knowledge of the Mound Builders , as well as of the savage tribes by whom they were succeeded , as prelimi- nary to the discovery and ...
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... thought by some impossible to define it in any other way than by the recurrence of a second glacial era when all Europe was wrapped in an Arctic winter , and buried in Arctic ice , probably for hundreds of years.1 2 At any rate a long ...
... thought by some impossible to define it in any other way than by the recurrence of a second glacial era when all Europe was wrapped in an Arctic winter , and buried in Arctic ice , probably for hundreds of years.1 2 At any rate a long ...
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... thought to occupations and subjects which could have nothing to do with their material welfare a mental con- dition far in advance of the savage state . And the degree of civiliza- tion which they had reached , trifling in some respects ...
... thought to occupations and subjects which could have nothing to do with their material welfare a mental con- dition far in advance of the savage state . And the degree of civiliza- tion which they had reached , trifling in some respects ...
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Página 356 - So they left that goodly and pleasant city which had been their resting place near twelve years; but they knew they were pilgrims, and looked not much on those things, but lift up their eyes to the heavens, their dearest country, and quieted their spirits.
Página 494 - We desire you would be pleased to take notice of the principals and body of our company, as those who esteem it our honor to call the Church of England, from whence we rise, our Dear Mother, and cannot part from- our native country, where she specially resideth, without much sadness of heart and many tears in our eyes ; ever acknowledging that such hope and part as we have obtained in the common salvation, we have received in her bosom, and sucked it from her breasts.
Página 98 - East where spices growe, by a way that was never knowen before, by this fame and report there increased in my heart a great flame of desire to attempt some notable thing.
Página 356 - Being thus arrived in a good harbor, and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof, again to set their feet on the firm and stable earth, their proper element.
Página 181 - Mississippi to the sea, and took formal possession of the country in the name of the King of France, in honor of whom he called it Louisiana.
Página 510 - Whereas, Mr. Roger Williams, one of the elders of the church of Salem, hath broached and divulged divers new and dangerous opinions, against the authority of magistrates ; as also writ letters of defamation, both of the magistrates and churches...
Página 366 - From lightning and tempest ; from plague, pestilence, and famine ; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Good Lord, deliver us.
Página 356 - In ye name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwriten, the loyall subjects of our dread soveraigne Lord, King James, by ye grace of God, of Great Britaine, Franc, & Ireland king, defender of ye faith, &c., haveing undertaken, for ye glorie of God, and advancemente of ye Christian faith, and honour of our king & countrie...
Página 356 - Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God, and one of another, covenant & combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick, for our better ordering & preservation & furtherance of ye ends aforesaid ; and by vertue hearof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just & equall lawes, ordinances, acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete & convenient for ye general! good of ye Colonie, unto which we promise all due submission...
Página 380 - ... we could not now take time for further search or consideration, our victuals being much spent, especially our beer, and it being now the 19th of December.