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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... favourable to the cultivation of science , the body of fecular clergy has hardly , during two centuries and a half , produced one author whose works convey fuch useful information , or poffefs fuch a degree of merit , as to be ranked ...
... favourable to the cultivation of science , the body of fecular clergy has hardly , during two centuries and a half , produced one author whose works convey fuch useful information , or poffefs fuch a degree of merit , as to be ranked ...
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... favourable idea of their abilities . The natural and moral history of the New World , by the Jefuit Acofta , contains more accurate observations , perhaps , and more found fcience , than are to be found in any description of remote ...
... favourable idea of their abilities . The natural and moral history of the New World , by the Jefuit Acofta , contains more accurate observations , perhaps , and more found fcience , than are to be found in any description of remote ...
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... favourable opportunity ; an ample supply was poured in by interlopers from the English , the French , and Dutch islands ; and when the Galeons at length arrived , they found the markets fo glutted by this illicit commerce , that there ...
... favourable opportunity ; an ample supply was poured in by interlopers from the English , the French , and Dutch islands ; and when the Galeons at length arrived , they found the markets fo glutted by this illicit commerce , that there ...
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... favourable to the progrefs of discovery . During one period of it , the active part which he took in the affairs of the continent , and the vigour with which he engaged in the contest between the two mighty rivals , Charles V. and ...
... favourable to the progrefs of discovery . During one period of it , the active part which he took in the affairs of the continent , and the vigour with which he engaged in the contest between the two mighty rivals , Charles V. and ...
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... favourable to commercial enterprise , and called it forth into vigorous exertion . The difcerning eye of Elizabeth having early per- ceived that the fecurity of a kingdom , environed by the fea , depended on its naval force , fhe began ...
... favourable to commercial enterprise , and called it forth into vigorous exertion . The difcerning eye of Elizabeth having early per- ceived that the fecurity of a kingdom , environed by the fea , depended on its naval force , fhe began ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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.