An Historical, Topographical, and Statistical View of the United States of America: From the Earliest Period to the Present Time, 1. kötetJ. Ridgway, 1819 |
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... bodies was perfectly fmooth . Their complexion was of a dufky copper colour , their fea- tures fingular , rather than ... body , were fantaftically painted with glaring co- lours . They were fhy at firft through fear , but foon became ...
... bodies was perfectly fmooth . Their complexion was of a dufky copper colour , their fea- tures fingular , rather than ... body , were fantaftically painted with glaring co- lours . They were fhy at firft through fear , but foon became ...
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... body of his troops . In this expedi- tion , March 12 , 1494 , he difplayed all the pomp of military magnifi- cence that he could exhibit , in order to ftrike the imagination of the natives . He marched with colours flying , with martial ...
... body of his troops . In this expedi- tion , March 12 , 1494 , he difplayed all the pomp of military magnifi- cence that he could exhibit , in order to ftrike the imagination of the natives . He marched with colours flying , with martial ...
45. oldal
... body of foldiers to Don Pedro Margarita , with which he was to visit the different parts of the island , and endeavour to establish the authority of the Spaniards among the inhabitants . Having left them very particular inftructions ...
... body of foldiers to Don Pedro Margarita , with which he was to visit the different parts of the island , and endeavour to establish the authority of the Spaniards among the inhabitants . Having left them very particular inftructions ...
47. oldal
... body or mind . The Spaniards , though the most ab- ftemious of all the European nations , appeared to them exceffively vo- racious . One Spaniard confumed as much as feveral Indians . This keennefs of appetite furprized them fo much ...
... body or mind . The Spaniards , though the most ab- ftemious of all the European nations , appeared to them exceffively vo- racious . One Spaniard confumed as much as feveral Indians . This keennefs of appetite furprized them fo much ...
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... body which took the field on March 24 , 1495 , confifted only of two hundred foot , twenty horfe , and twenty large dogs ; and how strange foever it may feem , to mention the last as compofing part of a military force , they were not ...
... body which took the field on March 24 , 1495 , confifted only of two hundred foot , twenty horfe , and twenty large dogs ; and how strange foever it may feem , to mention the last as compofing part of a military force , they were not ...
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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.
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...
221. oldal - RESOLVED, That the preceding Constitution be laid before the United States, in Congress assembled, and that it is the opinion of this Convention, that it should afterwards be submitted to a Convention of Delegates, chosen in each State by the people thereof, under the recommendation of its Legislature, for their assent and ratification...
208. oldal - And can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are of the gift of God ? That they are not to be violated but with his wrath ? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just ; that his justice cannot sleep forever...
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.
464. 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 - And that all disputes which might arise in future on the subject of the boundaries of the said United States may be prevented, it is hereby agreed and declared, that the following are and shall be their boundaries...
207. oldal - 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.
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...