Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801 ...I. Collins and son, 1805 |
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... Almagro penetrates into Chili . Lays claim to Cuzco . Takes Ferdinand Pizarro Prisoner . Releases him . Is made Prisoner by Pizarro , and put to Death . Pizarro's Conduct and Death . Vaca de Castro arrives . His wise and reso- lute ...
... Almagro penetrates into Chili . Lays claim to Cuzco . Takes Ferdinand Pizarro Prisoner . Releases him . Is made Prisoner by Pizarro , and put to Death . Pizarro's Conduct and Death . Vaca de Castro arrives . His wise and reso- lute ...
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... Almagro these virtues were ac- companied with openness , generosity , and can- dour : in Pizarro , they were united with the ad- dress , the craft , and the dissimulation of a politi- cian . Hernando de Luque was an ecclesiastic , who ...
... Almagro these virtues were ac- companied with openness , generosity , and can- dour : in Pizarro , they were united with the ad- dress , the craft , and the dissimulation of a politi- cian . Hernando de Luque was an ecclesiastic , who ...
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... Almagro , they agreed , should be adelanto , or king's lieutenant ; and Luque , who was a priest , was to be first bishop and protector of the Indians . The other profits of the enterprise were to be equally divided . Pizarro solicited ...
... Almagro , they agreed , should be adelanto , or king's lieutenant ; and Luque , who was a priest , was to be first bishop and protector of the Indians . The other profits of the enterprise were to be equally divided . Pizarro solicited ...
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... Almagro , and another to Nicaragua , with a con- siderable sum to several persons of influence in that province , in hopes of alluring adventurers by this early display of the wealth which he had ac- quired . In the mean time he ...
... Almagro , and another to Nicaragua , with a con- siderable sum to several persons of influence in that province , in hopes of alluring adventurers by this early display of the wealth which he had ac- quired . In the mean time he ...
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... Almagro had a grant also of two hundred more to the southward of Pi- zarro's . It seems to have been a doubtful point in whose territory the city of Cuzco lay . Both con- tended for it ; but it was at length awarded to Pi- zarro , and a ...
... Almagro had a grant also of two hundred more to the southward of Pi- zarro's . It seems to have been a doubtful point in whose territory the city of Cuzco lay . Both con- tended for it ; but it was at length awarded to Pi- zarro , and a ...
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Almagro America animals appeared appointed arms army arrived Atahualpa attempted Barbadoes British Canada Caribbees carried cazique chief civil climate coast colonies colours Columbus command conduct congress considerable continent Cortes court crown crown of Castile Cuba cultivation Cuzco death Diego Columbus discovered discovery Dominica dominion earth endeavoured enemies England English established Europe European expedition extended favour Ferdinand force French gave gold governor Great-Britain Grenada Hispaniola honour hundred important inca Indians inhabitants island Jamaica king labour land liberty Lord Cornwallis lumbus ment Mexican empire Mexicans Mexico monarch Montezuma nations natives nature negroes neral New-York North officers persons Peru Peruvians Pizarro Port-Royal Portuguese possession prisoners provinces Quito received repartimientos river sail savage sent settlement ships slaves soil soldiers soon South sovereign Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit subjects subsistence success sugar thousand tion took town trade tribes troops vigour voyage West-Indies World XXIV
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Страница 246 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
Страница 242 - HANCOCK, whose offences are of too flagitious a nature to admit of any other consideration than that of condign punishment.
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Страница 220 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Страница 256 - He has refused, for a long time after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected ; whereby the legislative powers, incapable of annihilation, have returned to the people at large, for their exercise ; the State remaining, in the mean time, exposed to all the danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Страница 282 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Страница 13 - Deum, as a hymn of thanksgiving to God, and were joined by those of the other ships, with tears of joy, and transports of congratulation. This office of gratitude to Heaven was followed by an act of justice to their commander. They threw themselves at the feet of Columbus, with feelings of self-condemnation, mingled with reverence.