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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... present state of North - Carolina . About the year 1729 , the extenfive territory belong- ing to the proprietors , was divided into North and South Carolina , They remained separate royal governments until they became indepen- dent ...
... present state of North - Carolina . About the year 1729 , the extenfive territory belong- ing to the proprietors , was divided into North and South Carolina , They remained separate royal governments until they became indepen- dent ...
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... , And it is certain that when La Salle failed down the Miffiffippi to the fea , the opening of that river was very different from what it is at present . The The nearer you approach to the fea , this truth 186 GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
... , And it is certain that when La Salle failed down the Miffiffippi to the fea , the opening of that river was very different from what it is at present . The The nearer you approach to the fea , this truth 186 GENERAL DESCRIPTION.
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... present elevated height before the deluge , but not fo bare of foil as now . ” How Mr. Evans came to be fo circum- ftantially acquainted with thefe pretended facts , is difficult to determine , unless we fuppofe him to have been an ...
... present elevated height before the deluge , but not fo bare of foil as now . ” How Mr. Evans came to be fo circum- ftantially acquainted with thefe pretended facts , is difficult to determine , unless we fuppofe him to have been an ...
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... present appear- A ances of nature . SOIL AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTIONS . In the United States are to be found every species of foil that the earth affords . In one part of them or another , they produce all the various kinds of fruits ...
... present appear- A ances of nature . SOIL AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTIONS . In the United States are to be found every species of foil that the earth affords . In one part of them or another , they produce all the various kinds of fruits ...
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... present . Judgment in cafes of impeachment , fhall not extend further than to re- moval from office , and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honour , truft , or profit under the United States ; but the party , convicted ...
... present . Judgment in cafes of impeachment , fhall not extend further than to re- moval from office , and disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honour , truft , or profit under the United States ; but the party , convicted ...
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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...