An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies: In Four Volumes, المجلد 1Tiebout and O'Brien, 1796 - 493 من الصفحات |
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... remained fo long con- cealed , nor would the wifdom and fagacity of former ages have left the glory of this invention to an obfcure Genoefe pilot . It required all Columbus's patience and addrefs to negociate with B 2 DISCOVERY OF ...
... remained fo long con- cealed , nor would the wifdom and fagacity of former ages have left the glory of this invention to an obfcure Genoefe pilot . It required all Columbus's patience and addrefs to negociate with B 2 DISCOVERY OF ...
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... remained but one veffel , and that the fmalleft and moft crazy of the fquadron , to traverle fuch a vaft ocean , and carry so many men back to Europe . Each of thofe circumftances was alarming , and filled the mind of Columbus with the ...
... remained but one veffel , and that the fmalleft and moft crazy of the fquadron , to traverle fuch a vaft ocean , and carry so many men back to Europe . Each of thofe circumftances was alarming , and filled the mind of Columbus with the ...
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... remained only five days in Lisbon . On the fifteenth of March he arrived in the port of Palos , feven months and eleven days from the time when he fet out thence upon his voyage . As foon as his ship was dilcovered approaching the port ...
... remained only five days in Lisbon . On the fifteenth of March he arrived in the port of Palos , feven months and eleven days from the time when he fet out thence upon his voyage . As foon as his ship was dilcovered approaching the port ...
الصفحة 38
... remained , and the appellation of West Indies is given by ali the people of Europe to the country , and that of Indians to its inhabitants . The name by which Columbus diftinguifhed the countries which he 38 DISCOVERY OF AMERICA .
... remained , and the appellation of West Indies is given by ali the people of Europe to the country , and that of Indians to its inhabitants . The name by which Columbus diftinguifhed the countries which he 38 DISCOVERY OF AMERICA .
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... remained was fo much corrupted by the heat and moisture of the climate , as to be almost unfit for ufe ; the natives cultivated fo fmall a portion of ground , and with fo little fkill , that it hardly yielded what was fufficient for ...
... remained was fo much corrupted by the heat and moisture of the climate , as to be almost unfit for ufe ; the natives cultivated fo fmall a portion of ground , and with fo little fkill , that it hardly yielded what was fufficient for ...
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الصفحة 130 - 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 harbour a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
الصفحة 130 - 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.
الصفحة 133 - ... spread soft furs for him to rest and sleep on. We demand nothing in return.
الصفحة 130 - 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.
الصفحة 168 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
الصفحة 201 - 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...
الصفحة 204 - ... be capable of holding any office under the United States for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
الصفحة 131 - The Business of the Women is to take exact notice of what passes, imprint it in their Memories, for they have no Writing, and communicate it to their Children. They are the Records of the Council, and they preserve...
الصفحة 201 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it ; for man is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he is learning to do what he sees others do.
الصفحة 168 - ... to the middle of the river Apalachicola, or Catahouche ; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint river ; thence straight to the head of St. Mary's river ; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's river to the Atlantic ocean.