The History of the Discovery and Settlement of AmericaScott, Webster and Geary, 1835 - 551 Seiten |
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... possession ( dated in the years 1735 , 1736 , and 1737 ) , bear marks of a persevering assiduity , unexampled perhaps at so tender an age ; and the motto prefixed to all of them , ( Vita sine literis mors est , ) attests how soon those ...
... possession ( dated in the years 1735 , 1736 , and 1737 ) , bear marks of a persevering assiduity , unexampled perhaps at so tender an age ; and the motto prefixed to all of them , ( Vita sine literis mors est , ) attests how soon those ...
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... or reputation would induce me to break in upon a field of which he had taken prior possession ; and I determined that my interference with him should never be any obstruction to the sale or xvi AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE.
... or reputation would induce me to break in upon a field of which he had taken prior possession ; and I determined that my interference with him should never be any obstruction to the sale or xvi AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE.
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... possession . They relate chiefly to a scheme which was then in agitation , and which was soon after accomplished , of reviving in Dr. Robertson's favour the office of Historiographer for Scot- land ; but from various incidental passages ...
... possession . They relate chiefly to a scheme which was then in agitation , and which was soon after accomplished , of reviving in Dr. Robertson's favour the office of Historiographer for Scot- land ; but from various incidental passages ...
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... possession of the public favour , it may perhaps be thought presumption in me to interpose my own judgment with respect to its peculiar merits . I cannot help , however , remark- ing ( what appears still more characteristical of this ...
... possession of the public favour , it may perhaps be thought presumption in me to interpose my own judgment with respect to its peculiar merits . I cannot help , however , remark- ing ( what appears still more characteristical of this ...
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... possessed by those whose standard of propriety is always before them in their ordinary habits of conversation and of business , it must , perhaps , be granted , on the other hand , that an ear thus fami- liarized from infancy to phrases ...
... possessed by those whose standard of propriety is always before them in their ordinary habits of conversation and of business , it must , perhaps , be granted , on the other hand , that an ear thus fami- liarized from infancy to phrases ...
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Seite 64 - Columbus, with feelings of self-condemnation mingled with reverence. They implored him to pardon their ignorance, incredulity, and insolence, which had created him so much unnecessary disquiet, and had so often obstructed the prosecution 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...
Seite 62 - ... progress he had made, and confident of success. Sometimes he employed all the arts of insinuation, to soothe his men. Sometimes he endeavoured to work upon their ambition or avarice, by magnificent descriptions of the fame and wealth which they were about to acquire. On other occasions, he Assumed a tone of authority, and threatened them with vengeance from their sovereign, if, by their dastardly behaviour, they should defeat this noble effort to promote the glory of God, and to exalt the Spanish...
Seite 101 - 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 65 - Europeans were hardly less amazed at the scene now before them. Every herb and shrub and tree was different from those which flourished in Europe. The soil seemed to be rich, but bore few marks of cultivation. The climate, even to the Spaniards, felt warm, though extremely delightful.
Seite 65 - Spaniards, and with transports of joy received from them hawks' bells, glass beads, or other baubles, in return for which they gave such provisions as they had, and some cotton yarn, the only commodity of value that they could produce.
Seite 63 - Guttierez, a page of the queen's wardrobe. Guttierez perceived it, and calling to Salcedo, comptroller of the fleet, all three saw it in motion, as if it were carried from place to place. A little after midnight the joyful sound of land!
Seite 60 - Here the voyage of discovery may properly be said to begin; for" Columbus, holding his course due west, left immediately the usual track of navigation, and stretched into unfrequented and unknown seas. The first day, as it was very calm, he made but little way; but on the second, he lost sight of the 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...
Seite 61 - ... that floated on the waves, and entered every occurrence, with a minute exactness, in the journal which he kept. As the length of the voyage could not fail of alarming sailors habituated only to short excursions, Columbus endeavoured to conceal from them the real progress which they made.
Seite vii - Society subsisted in vigour for six or seven years, and produced debates, such as have not often been heard in modern assemblies ; — debates, where the dignity of the speakers was not lowered by the intrigues of policy, or the intemperance of faction ; and where the most splendid talents that have ever adorned this country were roused to their best exertions, by the liberal and ennobling discussions of literature and philosophy.
Seite 61 - Spanish sailors, accustomed only to coasting voyages in the Mediterranean, the maritime science of Columbus, the fruit of thirty years experience, improved by an acquaintance with all the inventions of the Portuguese, appeared immense. As soon as they put to sea, he regulated...