The Pictorial Field-book of the Revolution: Or, Illustrations, by Pen and Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence, Volume 1Harper & bros., 1851 |
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... possession began between the wild . Aborigines , who thrust no spade harvests , and those earnest delvers from the Old World , who came with the light of Christianity to plant a new empire and redeem the wilderness by cultivation , then ...
... possession began between the wild . Aborigines , who thrust no spade harvests , and those earnest delvers from the Old World , who came with the light of Christianity to plant a new empire and redeem the wilderness by cultivation , then ...
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... possession of the best portions of Gaul . They invaded the British Islands , and placed the renowned Canute upon the throne of Alfred . Long before Christianity had shed its genial rays over their frozen territory of the North , and ...
... possession of the best portions of Gaul . They invaded the British Islands , and placed the renowned Canute upon the throne of Alfred . Long before Christianity had shed its genial rays over their frozen territory of the North , and ...
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... possession of the land in the name of the Spanish sovereigns , giving the island the title of San Salvador . ' With the most extravagant demonstrations of joy , his followers crowded around him . The most insolent in the mutinous ...
... possession of the land in the name of the Spanish sovereigns , giving the island the title of San Salvador . ' With the most extravagant demonstrations of joy , his followers crowded around him . The most insolent in the mutinous ...
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... possession of in the name of the King of England . He fitted out two vessels at his own expense , which were freighted by merchants of London and Bristol ; and it was stipulated that , in lieu of all customs and imposts , Cabot was to ...
... possession of in the name of the King of England . He fitted out two vessels at his own expense , which were freighted by merchants of London and Bristol ; and it was stipulated that , in lieu of all customs and imposts , Cabot was to ...
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... possession of C. Edwards Lester , Esq . , late United States consul at Genoa . It was commit- ted to his care by the Vespucci family , to be placed in the possession of our government . No arrange- ment for its purchase has yet been ...
... possession of C. Edwards Lester , Esq . , late United States consul at Genoa . It was commit- ted to his care by the Vespucci family , to be placed in the possession of our government . No arrange- ment for its purchase has yet been ...
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Página 84 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never.
Página 438 - Faith, etc., having undertaken for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do, by these presents, solemnly and mutually, in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Página 518 - To conclude, my Lords: if the Ministers thus persevere in misadvising and misleading the King, I will not say that they can alienate the affections of his subjects from his crown; but I will affirm that they will make the crown not worth his wearing. I will not say that the King is betrayed; but I will pronounce that the kingdom is undone.
Página 518 - I trust it is obvious to your lordships that all attempts to impose servitude upon such men, to establish despotism over such a mighty continental nation must be vain, must be fatal. We shall be forced ultimately to retract; let us retract while we can, not when we must.
Página 84 - You may swell every expense, and every effort, still more extravagantly ; pile and accumulate every assistance you can buy or borrow ; traffic and barter with every little pitiful German prince that sells and sends his subjects to the shambles...
Página 84 - We do not know the worst; but we know that in three campaigns we have done nothing, and suffered much.
Página 438 - ... to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Página 550 - I must declare and avow, that in all my reading and observation — and it has been my favorite study — I have read Thucydides and have studied and admired the master states of the world — that for solidity of reasoning, force of sagacity, and wisdom of conclusion, under such a complication of difficult circumstances, no nation or body of men can stand in preference to the general congress at Philadelphia.
Página 227 - THE thoughts are strange that crowd into my brain, While I look upward to thee. It would seem As if God poured thee from His hollow hand, And hung His bow upon thine awful front; And spoke in that loud voice, which seemed to him Who dwelt in Patmos for his Saviour's sake, The sound of many waters ; and had bade Thy flood to chronicle the ages back, And notch His centuries in the eternal rocks.
Página 475 - He made an administration, so checkered and speckled ; he put together a piece of joinery, so crossly indented and whimsically dove-tailed ; a cabinet so variously inlaid ; such a piece of diversified Mosaic ; such a tesselated pavement without cement ; here a bit of black stone, and there a bit of white ; patriots and courtiers, king's friends and republicans ; whigs and tories ; treacherous friends and open enemies ; that it was indeed a very curious show ; but utterly unsafe to touch, and unsureto...