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... as well as the mark of royal favour , with which Columbus had been lately
honoured , encouraged his friends to appear with greater confidence than
formerly in support of his scheme . The chief of these , Alonso de Quintanilla ,
comptroller of ...
... as well as the mark of royal favour , with which Columbus had been lately
honoured , encouraged his friends to appear with greater confidence than
formerly in support of his scheme . The chief of these , Alonso de Quintanilla ,
comptroller of ...
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Upon receiving an account of the unexpected revolution in his favour , he
returned directly to Santo Fe , though some remainder of diffidence still mingled
itself with his joy . But But the cordial reception which he met with from Isabella ...
Upon receiving an account of the unexpected revolution in his favour , he
returned directly to Santo Fe , though some remainder of diffidence still mingled
itself with his joy . But But the cordial reception which he met with from Isabella ...
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... and wonderful qualities of the strangers ; their admiration of the trinkets , which
she shewed with exultation ; and their eagerness to participate of the same
favours ; removed all their fears , and induced many of them to repair to the
harbour .
... and wonderful qualities of the strangers ; their admiration of the trinkets , which
she shewed with exultation ; and their eagerness to participate of the same
favours ; removed all their fears , and induced many of them to repair to the
harbour .
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... and felt such fatisfaction in this junction with his confort , which delivered him
from many disquieting apprehensions , that lame as Pinzon's apology was , he
admitted of it without difficulty , and restored him to favour . During his absence
from ...
... and felt such fatisfaction in this junction with his confort , which delivered him
from many disquieting apprehensions , that lame as Pinzon's apology was , he
admitted of it without difficulty , and restored him to favour . During his absence
from ...
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As he was born Ferdinand's subject , and very solicitous to secure the protection
of Spain , in order to facilitate the execution of his ambitious schemes in favour of
his own family , he was extremely willing to gratify the Spanish monarchs .
As he was born Ferdinand's subject , and very solicitous to secure the protection
of Spain , in order to facilitate the execution of his ambitious schemes in favour of
his own family , he was extremely willing to gratify the Spanish monarchs .
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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...
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| Titel | An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, Band 1 Band 1 von An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, William Winterbotham An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the American United States, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies, William Winterbotham |
| Autor/in | William Winterbotham |
| Verlag | editor; J. Ridgeway, 1795 |
| Original von | Oxford University |
| Digitalisiert | 4. Dez. 2006 |
| ISBN | 060839422X, 9780608394220 |
| Länge | 485 Seiten |
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