History of the United States: From Their First Settlement as Colonies, to the Cession of Florida, in Eighteen Hundred and Twenty-one: Comprising, Every Important Political Event; with a Progressive View of the Aborigines; Population, Religion, Agriculture, and Commerce ... and a Copious Alphabetical IndexBenjamin Warne, 1821 - 271 Seiten |
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... party of his men , under the command of an experienced officer ; and on the 4th of Jan- 1493 uary sailed for Europe ; where he arrived after , ex- periencing dangers and fatigues which required all his skill and fortitude to surmount ...
... party of his men , under the command of an experienced officer ; and on the 4th of Jan- 1493 uary sailed for Europe ; where he arrived after , ex- periencing dangers and fatigues which required all his skill and fortitude to surmount ...
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... party left there by sir Richard Greenville ; but of their fate they collected no satisfactory account . It is most probable , that their misconduct had caused their dispersion ; perhaps their death the bones of one person were seen ...
... party left there by sir Richard Greenville ; but of their fate they collected no satisfactory account . It is most probable , that their misconduct had caused their dispersion ; perhaps their death the bones of one person were seen ...
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... party's success . When encamped before the walls of Regall , in Transylvania , he had an opportunity of distinguishing himself in a most sin- gular adventure . So much time had been spent by the Christians in erecting their batteries ...
... party's success . When encamped before the walls of Regall , in Transylvania , he had an opportunity of distinguishing himself in a most sin- gular adventure . So much time had been spent by the Christians in erecting their batteries ...
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... party of sixteen men , well armed , went to explore the country ; and , about a mile from the sea , discovered five tr savages , " who immediately fled . “ He pursued them about ten miles ; but , night coming on , he placed sentinels ...
... party of sixteen men , well armed , went to explore the country ; and , about a mile from the sea , discovered five tr savages , " who immediately fled . “ He pursued them about ten miles ; but , night coming on , he placed sentinels ...
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... party of Indians , who fled ; and about midnight , when sleeping in the woods , being roused by the sentinel , his men fired two guns , but perceived no enemy : the shots , however , alarmed the poor natives , who were probably lurk ...
... party of Indians , who fled ; and about midnight , when sleeping in the woods , being roused by the sentinel , his men fired two guns , but perceived no enemy : the shots , however , alarmed the poor natives , who were probably lurk ...
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Seite 168 - Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action ; and, bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Seite 108 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country, to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
Seite 101 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We, have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
Seite 103 - But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room that I this day declare, with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Seite 87 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Seite 167 - It was impossible the choice of confidential officers to compose my family should have been more fortunate. Permit me, sir, to recommend in particular, those who have continued in the service to the present moment, as worthy of the favorable notice and patronage of Congress.
Seite 108 - In every stage of these oppressions, we have petitioned for redress in the most humble terms: our repeated petitions have been answered only by repeated injury. A prince whose character is thus marked by every act which may define a tyrant is unfit to be the ruler of a free people.
Seite 166 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Seite 108 - He has refused for a long time, after such dissolutions, to cause others to be elected; whereby the Legislative Powers, incapable of Annihilation, have returned to the People at large for their exercise; the State remaining in the mean time exposed to all the dangers of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Seite 84 - God knows I do not at this time speak from motives of party heat ; what I deliver are the genuine sentiments of my heart. However superior to me in general. knowledge and experience the respectable body of this house may be, yet I claim to know more of America than most of you, having seen and been conversant in that country.