Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801 ...R. Phillips, 1804 |
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... produced gold till they saw it with their own eyes , and touched it with their own hands . As soon as he saw it prudent to leave the island , Columbus resolved to pursue his discoveries , that he might be able to ascertain whether those ...
... produced gold till they saw it with their own eyes , and touched it with their own hands . As soon as he saw it prudent to leave the island , Columbus resolved to pursue his discoveries , that he might be able to ascertain whether those ...
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... produced in some degree the effects which they ex pected . The Spaniards were reduced to extreme want ; but they received seasonable supplies of provisions from Europe , and found so many re- sources in their own ingenuity and industry ...
... produced in some degree the effects which they ex pected . The Spaniards were reduced to extreme want ; but they received seasonable supplies of provisions from Europe , and found so many re- sources in their own ingenuity and industry ...
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... produced , seemed fully to refute what the malecontents had propa- gated with respect to the poverty of the country . By reducing the Indians to obedience , and impo- sing on them a regular tax , he had secured a large accession of new ...
... produced , seemed fully to refute what the malecontents had propa- gated with respect to the poverty of the country . By reducing the Indians to obedience , and impo- sing on them a regular tax , he had secured a large accession of new ...
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... producing satisfactory proofs of his own integrity and honour . Ferdinand received him with decent civility , and Isabella with tenderness and respect . They both expressed their sorrow for what had happened , disavowed their knowledge ...
... producing satisfactory proofs of his own integrity and honour . Ferdinand received him with decent civility , and Isabella with tenderness and respect . They both expressed their sorrow for what had happened , disavowed their knowledge ...
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... produced pearls . This became a place of considerable resort , and large fortunes were acquired by the fishery for pearls , which was carried on with extraordinary ardour . The Indians , especially those from the Lucayo islands , were ...
... produced pearls . This became a place of considerable resort , and large fortunes were acquired by the fishery for pearls , which was carried on with extraordinary ardour . The Indians , especially those from the Lucayo islands , were ...
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Almagro America antient appeared appointed arms army arrived Atahualpa attempted Barbadoes Brazil Britain British Canada Caribbees cazique chief climate coast colonies colour Columbus command commerce conduct congress conquest considerable continent Cortes coun crown crown of Castile Cuba cultivation Cuzco death Diego Columbus discovered discovery Dominica dominion drarias empire endeavoured enemies England English established Europe European expedition favour force French gave gold governor granted Grenada Hispaniola honour hundred important inca Indians Indies industry inhabitants island Jamaica king labour land liberty Lord Cornwallis Massachussetts ment Mexican empire Mexicans Mexico monarch Montezuma nations natives negroes neral North officers persons Peru Peruvians Pizarro Portuguese possession prisoners provinces Quito received religion river royal sail savage sent settled settlement ships slaves soil soldiers soon South sovereign Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit subjects success sugar thousand tion took town trade tribes troops Virginia voyage wealth West World XXIV
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Seite 32 - The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind.
Seite 12 - ... 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.
Seite 8 - Canaries ; and many of the sailors, dejected already and dismayed, when they contemplated the boldness of the undertaking, began to beat their breasts and to shed tears, as if they were never more to behold land. Columbus comforted them with assurances of success, and the prospect of vast wealth in those opulent regions whither he was conducting them. This early discovery of the spirit of his followers taught Columbus that he must prepare to struggle not only with the unavoidable...
Seite 9 - From secret whispers or murmurings, they proceeded to open cabals and public complaints. They taxed their sovereign with inconsiderate credulity, in paying such regard to the vain promises and rash conjectures of an indigent foreigner, as to hazard the lives of so many of...
Seite 244 - 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.
Seite 12 - ... not foresee the consequences. The dress of the Spaniards, the whiteness of their skins, their beards, their arms, appeared strange and surprising. The vast machines in which they had traversed the ocean, that seemed to move upon the waters with wings, and uttered a dreadful sound resembling thunder, accompanied with lightning and smoke, struck them with such terror, that they began to respect theii new guests as a superior order of beings, and concluded that they were children of the Sun, who...
Seite 205 - Resolved, That any person who shall, by speaking or writing, assert or maintain that any person or persons, other than the general assembly of this colony, have any right or power to impose or lay any taxation on the people here, shall be deemed an enemy to His Majesty's colony.
Seite 124 - Mexicans, that their ancestors came originally from a remote region, and Conquered the provinces now subject to his dominion ; that after they were settled there, the great captain who conducted this colony returned to his own country, promising that at some future period his descendants should visit them, assume the government, and reform their constitution and laws ; that from what he had heard and seen of Cortes and his followers, he was convinced that they were the very persons whose appearance...
Seite 5 - After a course of westerly winds, trees torn up by the roots were often driven upon the coasts of the Azores ; and, at one time, the dead bodies of two men with singular features, resembling neither the inhabitants of Europe nor of Africa, were cast ashore there.
Seite 10 - It was necessary, on all these accounts, to soothe passions which he could no longer command, and to give way to a torrent too impetuous to be checked. He promised solemnly to his men that he would comply with their request, provided they would accompany him, and obey his commands •for three days longer, and if, during that time, land were not discovered, he would then abandon the enterprise, and direct his course towards Spain...