Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801, المجلد 24Isaac Collins and sons, 1805 |
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... law , his im- patience to visit them became irresistible . He made a voyage to Madeira , and for several years continued to trade with that island , with the Ca- naries , the Azores , the settlements in Guinea , and all the other places ...
... law , his im- patience to visit them became irresistible . He made a voyage to Madeira , and for several years continued to trade with that island , with the Ca- naries , the Azores , the settlements in Guinea , and all the other places ...
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... law had found to the west of the Madeira isles a piece of timber fashioned in the same manner , and brought by the same wind Trees torn up by their roots were frequently driven by westerly winds upon the coasts of the Azores , and at ...
... law had found to the west of the Madeira isles a piece of timber fashioned in the same manner , and brought by the same wind Trees torn up by their roots were frequently driven by westerly winds upon the coasts of the Azores , and at ...
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... laws , and by ex- ecuting them with impartiality , accustomed the people of the colony to reverence them . He found- ed several new towns , and endeavoured to turn the attention of his countrymen to some branch of in- dustry more useful ...
... laws , and by ex- ecuting them with impartiality , accustomed the people of the colony to reverence them . He found- ed several new towns , and endeavoured to turn the attention of his countrymen to some branch of in- dustry more useful ...
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... laws to which it is subject , with respect to the distribution of heat and cold . The maxims which are founded upon the observa- tion of our hemisphere will not apply to the other . In the New World cold predominates . The ri- gour of ...
... laws to which it is subject , with respect to the distribution of heat and cold . The maxims which are founded upon the observa- tion of our hemisphere will not apply to the other . In the New World cold predominates . The ri- gour of ...
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... law of nature , the human body is not entirely exempt from the operation of climate , and when exposed to the extremes of cold and heat , its size or vigour diminishes . The com- plexion of the Americans is of a reddish brown , nearly ...
... law of nature , the human body is not entirely exempt from the operation of climate , and when exposed to the extremes of cold and heat , its size or vigour diminishes . The com- plexion of the Americans is of a reddish brown , nearly ...
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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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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.