A History of the United States of AmericaBarber & Robinson, 1823 - Počet stran: 400 |
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Strana 7
... spirit of rebellion , by promising to return , if land should not be discovered within three days . The night of the 11th of October , 1492 , was memora- ble to Columbus , and to the world . Convinced from ap- pearances that land was ...
... spirit of rebellion , by promising to return , if land should not be discovered within three days . The night of the 11th of October , 1492 , was memora- ble to Columbus , and to the world . Convinced from ap- pearances that land was ...
Strana 17
... spirit , would have served only to heighten it . His employment was threshing , at the distance of a league from the residence of the bashaw , who daily visited him , but treated him with rigorous severity , and in fits of anger even ...
... spirit , would have served only to heighten it . His employment was threshing , at the distance of a league from the residence of the bashaw , who daily visited him , but treated him with rigorous severity , and in fits of anger even ...
Strana 18
... spirit to remain idle when his services were needed . Nobly disdaining revenge , he offer- ed his assistance , and by his talents , experience and indefa- tigable zeal furnished important aid to the infant colony . Continuing to assert ...
... spirit to remain idle when his services were needed . Nobly disdaining revenge , he offer- ed his assistance , and by his talents , experience and indefa- tigable zeal furnished important aid to the infant colony . Continuing to assert ...
Strana 24
... spirit , and extremely hostile to the colony , concerted a plan to cut them off at a blow . 22d of March , this plan was so far put in execution , that three hundred and forty seven of the colony , men , women and children , were ...
... spirit , and extremely hostile to the colony , concerted a plan to cut them off at a blow . 22d of March , this plan was so far put in execution , that three hundred and forty seven of the colony , men , women and children , were ...
Strana 46
... spirit of rebellion had gone before him . He therefore found himself unable to resist Bacon , who now ranged the country at plea- sure . At length the governour , with a small force , under com- mand of major Robert Beverly , crossed ...
... spirit of rebellion had gone before him . He therefore found himself unable to resist Bacon , who now ranged the country at plea- sure . At length the governour , with a small force , under com- mand of major Robert Beverly , crossed ...
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Strana 282 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Strana 158 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those I doubt not they will discharge, and that is all I desire.
Strana 234 - 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.
Strana 234 - We join you in commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, beseeching him to dispose the hearts and minds of its citizens, to improve the opportunity afforded them of becoming a happy and respectable nation.
Strana 273 - First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799.
Strana 359 - It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary, First. To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to and settling in this state under any pretext whatsoever ; and, Second.
Strana 158 - 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.
Strana 282 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority...
Strana 148 - In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man; she would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the Constitution along with her.
Strana 283 - ... freedom of religion; freedom of the press, and freedom of person under the protection of the habeas corpus, and trial by juries impartially selected. These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation.