An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, 1. kötetcompiler, 1799 - 510 oldal |
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... subject of the republic of Genoa , Neither the time nor In the zd Vol . of the Transactions of the Philofophical Society at Philadelphia , Mr. OTTO , in a Memoir on the Discovery of America , ftrenuously contends , that one BEHEм , a ...
... subject of the republic of Genoa , Neither the time nor In the zd Vol . of the Transactions of the Philofophical Society at Philadelphia , Mr. OTTO , in a Memoir on the Discovery of America , ftrenuously contends , that one BEHEм , a ...
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... subject of this kind . But true science had , hitherto , made fo little progrefs in Spain , that the pretended phi- lofophers , felected to judge in a matter of such moment , did not com- prehend the first principles upon which Columbus ...
... subject of this kind . But true science had , hitherto , made fo little progrefs in Spain , that the pretended phi- lofophers , felected to judge in a matter of such moment , did not com- prehend the first principles upon which Columbus ...
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... subject to the crown of Por- tugal . There , after a violent contest with the governor , in which Co- lumbus difplayed no less spirit than prudence , he obtained a fupply of fresh provifions , and whatever else he needed . One ...
... subject to the crown of Por- tugal . There , after a violent contest with the governor , in which Co- lumbus difplayed no less spirit than prudence , he obtained a fupply of fresh provifions , and whatever else he needed . One ...
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... subject on which they difcourfe , when they treat with a foreign ftate , they de liver one of those belts ; for if this ceremony should be omitted , all that they have faid paffes for nothing . Thofe belts are carefully depofited in ...
... subject on which they difcourfe , when they treat with a foreign ftate , they de liver one of those belts ; for if this ceremony should be omitted , all that they have faid paffes for nothing . Thofe belts are carefully depofited in ...
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... subjects as came cafually to their hands for diffection . " Comparative View of the Quadrupeds of Europe and of America . Europe . | America .. TABLE I. Aboriginals of both . lb. lb. Mammoth Buffalo . Bifon * 1800 White bear . Ours ...
... subjects as came cafually to their hands for diffection . " Comparative View of the Quadrupeds of Europe and of America . Europe . | America .. TABLE I. Aboriginals of both . lb. lb. Mammoth Buffalo . Bifon * 1800 White bear . Ours ...
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210. oldal - For the more convenient management of the general interests of the united states, delegates shall be annually appointed in such manner as the legislature of each state shall direct, to meet in Congress on the first Monday in November, in every year, with a power reserved to each state, to recall its delegates, or any of them, at any time within the year, and to send others in their stead, for the remainder of the Year.
176. oldal - 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...
134. oldal - 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 harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
134. oldal - 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...
134. oldal - 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.
462. oldal - That the respective colonies are entitled to the common law of England, and more especially to the great and inestimable privilege of being tried by their peers of the vicinage, according to the course of that law.
175. oldal - St. Croix River to the highlands; along the said highlands which divide those rivers that empty themselves into the river St. Lawrence, from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the northwesternmost head of Connecticut River...
137. oldal - ... we spread soft furs for him to rest and sleep on: We demand nothing in return. But if I go into a white man's house at Albany, and ask for victuals and drink, they say, where is your money; and if I have none they say, get out, you Indian Dog.
208. oldal - Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just; that his justice cannot sleep forever; that considering numbers, nature and natural means only, a revolution of the wheel of fortune, an exchange of situation is among possible events; that it may become probable by supernatural interference! The Almighty has no attribute which can take side with us in such a contest.
24. oldal - 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 selfcondemnation mingled with reverence.