Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801 ...I. Collins and son, 1805 |
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الصفحة 124
... army , consisting of se- veral thousand persons . When they drew near the city , about a thousand persons , who appeared to be of distinction , came forth to meet them , adorned with plumes , and clad in mantles of fine cotton . Each of ...
... army , consisting of se- veral thousand persons . When they drew near the city , about a thousand persons , who appeared to be of distinction , came forth to meet them , adorned with plumes , and clad in mantles of fine cotton . Each of ...
الصفحة 130
... army in proportion to their different ranks . After all the defalcations , the share of a private man did not exceed twenty pounds ; a sum so much below their expectations , that se- veral of the soldiers rejected it with scorn , and ...
... army in proportion to their different ranks . After all the defalcations , the share of a private man did not exceed twenty pounds ; a sum so much below their expectations , that se- veral of the soldiers rejected it with scorn , and ...
الصفحة 132
... army capitulated , and quietly submitted to their conquerors . This signal victory proved more acceptable , as it was gained almost without bloodshed ; only two soldiers were killed on the side of Cortes . He treated the vanquished not ...
... army capitulated , and quietly submitted to their conquerors . This signal victory proved more acceptable , as it was gained almost without bloodshed ; only two soldiers were killed on the side of Cortes . He treated the vanquished not ...
الصفحة 138
... army ; they were unwilling to hazard the dangers of an- other campaign . The utmost he was able to ef- fect was to prevail with them to defer their depar- ture , for which they loudly called , for some time , on a promise that he would ...
... army ; they were unwilling to hazard the dangers of an- other campaign . The utmost he was able to ef- fect was to prevail with them to defer their depar- ture , for which they loudly called , for some time , on a promise that he would ...
الصفحة 139
... army . From these various quarters the army of Cortes was augmented with a hundred and eighty men and twenty horses ; and it is not a little remark- able , that the two persons chiefly instrumental in furnishing him with supplies should ...
... army . From these various quarters the army of Cortes was augmented with a hundred and eighty men and twenty horses ; and it is not a little remark- able , that the two persons chiefly instrumental in furnishing him with supplies should ...
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الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 242 - HANCOCK, whose offences are of too flagitious a nature to admit of any other consideration than that of condign punishment.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.