An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Volumen1editor; J. Ridgeway, 1795 - 485 páginas |
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... Some of them , from mistaken notions concerning the dimenfions of the globe , contended that a voyage to those remote parts of the eaft , which Columbus expected to difcover , could not be per- formed in less than three years . Others ...
... Some of them , from mistaken notions concerning the dimenfions of the globe , contended that a voyage to those remote parts of the eaft , which Columbus expected to difcover , could not be per- formed in less than three years . Others ...
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... some gentle- men of Ifabella's court , whom the appointed to accompany him . Though the expence of the undertaking was one of the circumstances which chiefly alarmed the court of Spain , and retarded fo long the ne gociation with ...
... some gentle- men of Ifabella's court , whom the appointed to accompany him . Though the expence of the undertaking was one of the circumstances which chiefly alarmed the court of Spain , and retarded fo long the ne gociation with ...
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... Some of the more audacious propofed , as the most expeditious and certain method for getting rid at once of his remonftrances , to throw him into the sea , being perfuaded that , upon their return to Spain , the death of an unsuccessful ...
... Some of the more audacious propofed , as the most expeditious and certain method for getting rid at once of his remonftrances , to throw him into the sea , being perfuaded that , upon their return to Spain , the death of an unsuccessful ...
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... some striking idea of their power to punish and destroy fuch as were the objects of their indignation . With this view , in presence of a vaft affembly , he drew up his men in order of battle , and made an oftentatious but innocent ...
... some striking idea of their power to punish and destroy fuch as were the objects of their indignation . With this view , in presence of a vaft affembly , he drew up his men in order of battle , and made an oftentatious but innocent ...
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... some of the natives , whom he had taken from the different islands which he dif covered ; and befides the gold , which was the chief object of research , he had collected specimens of all the productions which were likely to become ...
... some of the natives , whom he had taken from the different islands which he dif covered ; and befides the gold , which was the chief object of research , he had collected specimens of all the productions which were likely to become ...
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Página 208 - 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 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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 :
Página 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...