An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Том 1editor; J. Ridgeway, 1795 - 485 страници |
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... taken this Work in Numbers , will , in juftice to himself , as well as to the cha- racter of William Penn , defroy the half - fheet , fignature P p vol . ii . page 289 to 296 inclusive , and substitute the half - fheet of the fame figna ...
... taken this Work in Numbers , will , in juftice to himself , as well as to the cha- racter of William Penn , defroy the half - fheet , fignature P p vol . ii . page 289 to 296 inclusive , and substitute the half - fheet of the fame figna ...
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... taken to foften the harfhnefs of this declaration , Columbus confidered it as a final rejection of his propofals . But hap- pily for mankind , the fuperiority of genius , which is capable of forming great and uncommon defigns , is ...
... taken to foften the harfhnefs of this declaration , Columbus confidered it as a final rejection of his propofals . But hap- pily for mankind , the fuperiority of genius , which is capable of forming great and uncommon defigns , is ...
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William Winterbotham. purpose , and taken measures for the disposal of his children during his abfence , when Juan Perez , the guardian of the monaftery of Rabida , near Palos , in which they had been educated , earnestly folicited him ...
William Winterbotham. purpose , and taken measures for the disposal of his children during his abfence , when Juan Perez , the guardian of the monaftery of Rabida , near Palos , in which they had been educated , earnestly folicited him ...
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... taken every precaution for the fecurity of the Colony , he left Navidad on the fourth of January , one thoufand four hundred and ninety - three , and fteering towards the eaft , difcovered , and gave names to most of the harbours on the ...
... taken every precaution for the fecurity of the Colony , he left Navidad on the fourth of January , one thoufand four hundred and ninety - three , and fteering towards the eaft , difcovered , and gave names to most of the harbours on the ...
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... taken . These reflections extinguished all fense of his own personal dan- ger . Lefs affected with the lofs of life , than folicitous to preserve the memory of what he had attempted and achieved , he retired to his cab bin , and wrote ...
... taken . These reflections extinguished all fense of his own personal dan- ger . Lefs affected with the lofs of life , than folicitous to preserve the memory of what he had attempted and achieved , he retired to his cab bin , and wrote ...
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Страница 132 - 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.
Страница 132 - 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 fully glutted my vengeance.
Страница 174 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Страница 132 - 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.
Страница 206 - 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...
Страница 460 - 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.
Страница 205 - For if a slave can have a country in this world, it must be any other in preference to that in which he is born to live and labour for another...
Страница 425 - And now will these Americans, children planted by our care, nourished up by our indulgence until they are grown to a degree of strength and opulence, and protected by our arms, will they grudge to contribute their mite to relieve us from the heavy weight of that burden which we lie under ?" Colonel Barre arose, and, echoing Townshend's words, thus commented :
Страница 219 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace, and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the General Government of the Union...