An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Band 1editor; J. Ridgeway, 1795 - 485 Seiten |
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... Portugal , with fome Venetian Caravels , returning richly laden from the Low Countries , the veffel on board which he served took fire , together with one of the enemy's fhips , to which it was faft grappled . In this dreadful extremity ...
... Portugal , with fome Venetian Caravels , returning richly laden from the Low Countries , the veffel on board which he served took fire , together with one of the enemy's fhips , to which it was faft grappled . In this dreadful extremity ...
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... Portugal , in whofe domi- nions he had been long established , and whom he confidered , on that account , as having the fecond claim to his fervice . Here every circum- ftance feemed to promife him a more favourable reception . He ...
... Portugal , in whofe domi- nions he had been long established , and whom he confidered , on that account , as having the fecond claim to his fervice . Here every circum- ftance feemed to promife him a more favourable reception . He ...
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... Portugal . As the flow of fpirits which accompanies fuccefs elevates the mind , and renders it enterprising , Quin- tanilla and Santangel , the vigilant and difcerning patrons of Columbus , took advantage of this favourable fituation ...
... Portugal . As the flow of fpirits which accompanies fuccefs elevates the mind , and renders it enterprising , Quin- tanilla and Santangel , the vigilant and difcerning patrons of Columbus , took advantage of this favourable fituation ...
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... Portugal , they strictly enjoined him not to approach near to the Portuguese fettlements on the coaft of Guinea , or in any the other countries to which the Portuguese claimed right as difcoverers . Ifabella had ordered the fhips , of ...
... Portugal , they strictly enjoined him not to approach near to the Portuguese fettlements on the coaft of Guinea , or in any the other countries to which the Portuguese claimed right as difcoverers . Ifabella had ordered the fhips , of ...
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... Portugal , on the fourth of March , one thousand four hundred and ninety - three , he was allowed to come up to Lisbon ; and , notwithstanding the envy which it was natural for the Portuguese to feel , when they beheld another nation ...
... Portugal , on the fourth of March , one thousand four hundred and ninety - three , he was allowed to come up to Lisbon ; and , notwithstanding the envy which it was natural for the Portuguese to feel , when they beheld another nation ...
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Seite 208 - 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.
Seite 132 - 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.
Seite 132 - 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 fully glutted my vengeance.
Seite 174 - Lawrence ; comprehending all islands within twenty leagues of any part of the shores of the United States, and lying between lines to be drawn due east from the points where the aforesaid boundaries between Nova Scotia on the one part and East Florida on the other, shall respectively touch the Bay of Fundy and the Atlantic Ocean ; excepting such islands as now are, or heretofore have been, within the limits of the said province of Nova Scotia.
Seite 132 - 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.
Seite 206 - 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...
Seite 460 - 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.
Seite 205 - For if a slave can have a country in this world, it must be any other in preference to that in which he is born to live and labour for another...
Seite 425 - And now will these Americans, children planted by our care, nourished up by our indulgence until they are grown to a degree of strength and opulence, and protected by our arms, will they grudge to contribute their mite to relieve us from the heavy weight of that burden which we lie under ?" Colonel Barre arose, and, echoing Townshend's words, thus commented :
Seite 219 - The friends of our country have long seen and desired that the power of making war, peace, and treaties, that of levying money and regulating commerce, and the correspondent executive and judicial authorities, should be fully and effectually vested in the General Government of the Union...