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Though the ancients had hardly ever penetrated into India farther than the banks
of the Ganges , yet some Greek authors had ventured to describe the provinces
beyond that river . As men are prone , and at liberty , to magnify what is remote or
...
Though the ancients had hardly ever penetrated into India farther than the banks
of the Ganges , yet some Greek authors had ventured to describe the provinces
beyond that river . As men are prone , and at liberty , to magnify what is remote or
...
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... so it would afford the highest satisfaction to her piety and zeal , after re -
establishing the Christian faith in those provinces of Spain from which it had been
long banished , to discover a new world , to which she might communicate the
light ...
... so it would afford the highest satisfaction to her piety and zeal , after re -
establishing the Christian faith in those provinces of Spain from which it had been
long banished , to discover a new world , to which she might communicate the
light ...
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Isabella had ordered the ships , of which Columbus was to take the command , to
be fitted out in the port of Palos , a small maritime town in the province of
Andalusia . As the guardian Juan Perez , to whom Columbus has already been
so ...
Isabella had ordered the ships , of which Columbus was to take the command , to
be fitted out in the port of Palos , a small maritime town in the province of
Andalusia . As the guardian Juan Perez , to whom Columbus has already been
so ...
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... 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 entering
upon that province of discovery which they had hitherto deemed peculiarly their ...
... 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 entering
upon that province of discovery which they had hitherto deemed peculiarly their ...
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In order to secure the command of this valuable province , Columbus erected a
small fort , to which he gave the name of St. Thomas , by way of ridicule upon
some of his incredulous followers , who would not believe that the country
produced ...
In order to secure the command of this valuable province , Columbus erected a
small fort , to which he gave the name of St. Thomas , by way of ridicule upon
some of his incredulous followers , who would not believe that the country
produced ...
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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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