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... Providence , settlement of , 28 . Pequots , war with , 29 . Philip , king , war with , 38 . Province of Maine , settlement of , 32 ; dispute respecting , terminated , 48 ; erected into a state , 359 . Pennsylvania , settlement of , 50 ...
... Providence , settlement of , 28 . Pequots , war with , 29 . Philip , king , war with , 38 . Province of Maine , settlement of , 32 ; dispute respecting , terminated , 48 ; erected into a state , 359 . Pennsylvania , settlement of , 50 ...
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... Providence was opening his way to an unknown world . He first touched at the Canaries , and thence stretched westward into seas as yet unexplored . After sailing about two months , the crew became anx- ious and discontented . They were ...
... Providence was opening his way to an unknown world . He first touched at the Canaries , and thence stretched westward into seas as yet unexplored . After sailing about two months , the crew became anx- ious and discontented . They were ...
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... Providence may be con- necting with our smallest actions the most momentous results , to ourselves and others . With respect to Americus Vespucius , it may be ob- served , that although he deprived Columbus of the merit- ed honour of ...
... Providence may be con- necting with our smallest actions the most momentous results , to ourselves and others . With respect to Americus Vespucius , it may be ob- served , that although he deprived Columbus of the merit- ed honour of ...
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... Providence . From this we date the settlement of RHODE ISLAND . § Williams was a minister of Salem ; on account of here- tical opinions , connected , perhaps , with errours of conduct , he was summoned , in 1636 , to appear before the ...
... Providence . From this we date the settlement of RHODE ISLAND . § Williams was a minister of Salem ; on account of here- tical opinions , connected , perhaps , with errours of conduct , he was summoned , in 1636 , to appear before the ...
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... Providence of God , you are not collected by wild fancy , nor ferocious passions . It is not a tumultuous assembly , whose actions are abortive , or if successful , produce only theft , rapine , rape , and mur- der ; crimes inconsistent ...
... Providence of God , you are not collected by wild fancy , nor ferocious passions . It is not a tumultuous assembly , whose actions are abortive , or if successful , produce only theft , rapine , rape , and mur- der ; crimes inconsistent ...
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الصفحة 282 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
الصفحة 158 - 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.
الصفحة 234 - 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.
الصفحة 234 - We join you in commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, beseeching him to dispose the hearts and minds of its citizens, to improve the opportunity afforded them of becoming a happy and respectable nation.
الصفحة 273 - First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799.
الصفحة 359 - It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary, First. To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state under any pretext whatsoever ; and, Second.
الصفحة 158 - But, lest some unlucky event should happen, unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room, that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
الصفحة 282 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority...
الصفحة 148 - In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man; she would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the Constitution along with her.
الصفحة 283 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.