The history of America. In which is included the posthumous volume, containing the history of Virginia, to the year 1688; and of New England, to the year 1652, Band 8 |
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... their monarchs . Though they had contributed little to the difco- very , and almoft nothing to the conquest of the New World , they inftantly affumed the function of VIII . of its legiflators ; and having acquired a 12 HISTORY OF AMERICA .
... their monarchs . Though they had contributed little to the difco- very , and almoft nothing to the conquest of the New World , they inftantly affumed the function of VIII . of its legiflators ; and having acquired a 12 HISTORY OF AMERICA .
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... acquired there as vested in the crown , rather than in the state . By the bull of Alexander VI . on which , as its great charter , Spain founded its right , all the regions that had been , or fhould be difcovered , were beftowed as a ...
... acquired there as vested in the crown , rather than in the state . By the bull of Alexander VI . on which , as its great charter , Spain founded its right , all the regions that had been , or fhould be difcovered , were beftowed as a ...
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... acquired was originally estimated according to the number of Indians which lived upon them , America was in general fo thinly peopled , that only districts of great extent could afford fuch a number of labourers as might be employed in ...
... acquired was originally estimated according to the number of Indians which lived upon them , America was in general fo thinly peopled , that only districts of great extent could afford fuch a number of labourers as might be employed in ...
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... acquire other advantages , hardly lefs confiderable than those which they derive from the partial favour of government . Though fome of the Creolian race are defcended from the conquerors of the New World ; though others can trace up ...
... acquire other advantages , hardly lefs confiderable than those which they derive from the partial favour of government . Though fome of the Creolian race are defcended from the conquerors of the New World ; though others can trace up ...
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... acquired during two centuries , have enabled the court of Spain to make fuch im- provements in this part of its American fyftem , that a fhort view of the prefent condition of the Indians may prove both curious and in- terefling . By ...
... acquired during two centuries , have enabled the court of Spain to make fuch im- provements in this part of its American fyftem , that a fhort view of the prefent condition of the Indians may prove both curious and in- terefling . By ...
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adminiſtration affume againſt almoſt America Atahualpa BOOK caufes cauſes charter church coaft coloniſts colony commerce commiffion commodities confequence confiderable Cortes council courſe court Cuzco diſcovered diſcovery diſtricts dominions ecclefiaftical England Engliſh eſtabliſhed extenfive fame favourable fecure feems fent fettle fettlements fettlers feveral fhall fhips fhould filver firft firſt fituation fmall fociety fome foon fpirit ftate ftill fubjects fuccefs fuch fuperior fupply fyftem Gonzalo Pizarro governor granted ibid iffued increaſe Indians induſtry intercourſe intereft iſlands jurifdiction king Kingdom of Granada land lefs Maffachufets Bay meaſure ment Mexican empire Mexico moft moſt muſt nation natives neceffary obferved occafioned pefos perfons Peru Pizarro poffeffed poffeffion prefent progrefs provinces publiſhed Quito refided refpect regulations reſtraint ſcheme ſeem ſeveral ſmall Spain Spaniards Spaniſh ſtate ſtill ſuch thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thouſand tion trade uſe veffels veſted viceroy vigour VIII Virginia voyage whofe
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 270 - They were knit together in a strict and sacred bond, to take care of the good of each other and of the whole. It was not with them as with other men, whom small things could discourage, or small discontents cause to wish themselves again at home.
Seite 67 - Projects of mining, instead of replacing the capital employed in them, together with the ordinary profits of stock, commonly absorb both capital and profit. They are the projects, therefore, to which of all others a prudent lawgiver, who desired to increase the capital of his nation, would least choose to give any extraordinary encouragement, or to turn towards them a greater share of that capital than what would go to them of its own accord.
Seite 261 - ... yet one matter toucheth me so near, as I may not overskip, religion, the ground on which all other matters ought to take root, and being corrupted, may mar all the tree.
Seite 261 - Thus much I must say that some faults and negligences may grow and be, as in all other great charges it happeneth, and what vocation without? All which if you my lords of the clergy do not amend, I mean to depose you. Look ye therefore well to your charges. This may be amended without heedless or open exclamations.
Seite 279 - Bay, to a corporation consisting chiefly of merchants resident in London. The new adventurers were incorporated as a body politic; and their right to the territory which they had purchased from the council of Plymouth being confirmed by the king, they were empowered to dispose of the lands, and to govern the people who should settle upon them.
Seite 270 - They were well weaned from the delicate milk of their mother country, and inured to the difficulties of a strange land.