Pictorial History of America: From the Earliest Times to the Close of the Mexican War. Embracing the Most Remarkable Events which Have Transpired Since the Discovery, المجلد 1J. L. Gihon, 1853 |
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الصفحة 38
... town situated by the side of a large river on the west side of the gulf : the inhabitants were of a mild character , and did not use poisoned arrows . " The suggestion of Balboa was no sooner made than it was eagerly embraced by all ...
... town situated by the side of a large river on the west side of the gulf : the inhabitants were of a mild character , and did not use poisoned arrows . " The suggestion of Balboa was no sooner made than it was eagerly embraced by all ...
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... town . With his men he cut down wood , and built four brigs ; but unfortunately the timber was so bad that they proved unfit for service . HIS disappointment by no means deterred Balboa . He found better timber , built two brigs , and ...
... town . With his men he cut down wood , and built four brigs ; but unfortunately the timber was so bad that they proved unfit for service . HIS disappointment by no means deterred Balboa . He found better timber , built two brigs , and ...
الصفحة 47
... town at no great distance . This prince was subject to Montezuma , but so exceedingly impatient of the yoke , that nothing could be more acceptable to him than a chance of being delivered from it . For this rea- son , he sent ...
... town at no great distance . This prince was subject to Montezuma , but so exceedingly impatient of the yoke , that nothing could be more acceptable to him than a chance of being delivered from it . For this rea- son , he sent ...
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... town ; the Tlascalans had orders to advance ; the magistrates and chief citizens were sent for under vari- ous pretexts , and seized . On a signal given , the troops rushed out , and fell upon the multitude , destitute of leaders ; the ...
... town ; the Tlascalans had orders to advance ; the magistrates and chief citizens were sent for under vari- ous pretexts , and seized . On a signal given , the troops rushed out , and fell upon the multitude , destitute of leaders ; the ...
الصفحة 67
... town of Caxamalca was filled with lamentations , which quickly extended over the whole kingdom . The murder of Atabalipa did no service to the Spaniards . Friends and enemies accused him of inhumanity and treachery . Loads of gold that ...
... town of Caxamalca was filled with lamentations , which quickly extended over the whole kingdom . The murder of Atabalipa did no service to the Spaniards . Friends and enemies accused him of inhumanity and treachery . Loads of gold that ...
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afterwards alarm America appeared appointed arms army arrived Assembly attack attempt Boston Britain British cacique Canada Captain Carolina carried charter church coast Colonel colonists colony command conduct Connecticut Cortes council countrymen court crown Crown Point danger declared defence despatched Dutch endeavoured enemy England English established expedition favour fire force Fort Duquesne France French friends garrison George Carteret governor Hampshire harbour honour hundred Indians inhabitants island killed king labour land laws liberty Lord Lord Baltimore Lord Loudoun Massachusetts ment ministers Narraganset nation natives officers parliament party peace persons Pizarro planters Plymouth possession present prisoners proceeded proprietors province provisions Quakers received rendered respect Rhode Island river royal sachem sailed savages Savanna sent sentiments settlement settlers ships shore soon Spaniards Spanish spirit Stamp Act states-general success thousand tion took town trade tribes troops vessels Virginia voyage William wounded Yamassees
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الصفحة 755 - Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace; but there is no peace.
الصفحة 663 - Treason, treason!" echoed from every part of the house. Henry faltered not for an instant, but, taking a loftier attitude, and fixing on the speaker an eye of fire, he added " may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it...
الصفحة 218 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
الصفحة 433 - I choose to solve the controversy with this small distinction, and it belongs to all three: any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion.
الصفحة 749 - A Provisional Act, for settling the Troubles in America, and for asserting the Supreme Legislative Authority and Superintending Power of Great Britain over the Colonies.
الصفحة 653 - They planted by your care! No! your oppressions planted them in America. — They fled from your tyranny to a then uncultivated and...
الصفحة 686 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
الصفحة 218 - ... to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
الصفحة 27 - October, after public prayers for success, he ordered the sails to be furled, and the ships to lie to, keeping strict watch lest they should be driven ashore in the night. During this interval of suspense and expectation, no man shut his eyes, all kept upon deck, gazing intently towards that quarter where they expected to discover the land, which had so long been the object of their wishes.
الصفحة 755 - Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.