Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801, Volumen24Isaac Collins and sons, 1805 |
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... respect to commerce , in- separable . That policy must ever be narrow and short - sighted which would aggrandize the state by the oppression of its members . Every thing is purchased by labour , which alone is infinitely more valuable ...
... respect to commerce , in- separable . That policy must ever be narrow and short - sighted which would aggrandize the state by the oppression of its members . Every thing is purchased by labour , which alone is infinitely more valuable ...
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... respect to the truth of his system , Columbus stood in need of no stimulus to urge him to reduce it to prac- tice . His first step was to secure the patronage of some European power . To this end he laid his scheme before the senate of ...
... respect to the truth of his system , Columbus stood in need of no stimulus to urge him to reduce it to prac- tice . His first step was to secure the patronage of some European power . To this end he laid his scheme before the senate of ...
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... respect their new guests as a superior order of beings , and con- cluded that they were children of the Sun , who had descended to visit the earth . The Europeans were scarcely less amazed at the scene now 14 AMERICA .
... respect their new guests as a superior order of beings , and con- cluded that they were children of the Sun , who had descended to visit the earth . The Europeans were scarcely less amazed at the scene now 14 AMERICA .
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... respect to the advantages which they might derive from the regions that began to open to their view . The other , simple and undiscern- ing , had no foresight of the calamities and desola- tion which were approaching their country ...
... respect to the advantages which they might derive from the regions that began to open to their view . The other , simple and undiscern- ing , had no foresight of the calamities and desola- tion which were approaching their country ...
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... respect . His deportment was grave and stately , he gave the admiral some thin plates of gold , and a girdle of curious workmanship , re- ceiving in return presents of small value . Columbus , still intent on discovering the gold mines ...
... respect . His deportment was grave and stately , he gave the admiral some thin plates of gold , and a girdle of curious workmanship , re- ceiving in return presents of small value . Columbus , still intent on discovering the gold mines ...
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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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Página 257 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Página 247 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Página 284 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Página 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.
Página 242 - HANCOCK, whose offences are of too flagitious a nature to admit of any other consideration than that of condign punishment.
Página 14 - ... so much unnecessary disquiet, and had so often obstructed the prosecution of his well-concerted plan; and passing, in the warmth of their admiration, from one extreme to another, they now pronounced the man, whom they had so lately reviled and threatened, to be a person inspired by heaven with sagacity and fortitude more than human, in order to accomplish a design so far beyond the ideas and conception of all former ages.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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.