Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801 ...I. Collins and son, 1805 |
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... British Possessions in North America 297 XIII . History of the West - India Islands 308 XIV . History of the West - Indies con- tinued 336 XV . History of the West - Indies conclud- ed 361 MODERN HISTORY . HISTORY OF AMERICA . CHAP . I ...
... British Possessions in North America 297 XIII . History of the West - India Islands 308 XIV . History of the West - Indies con- tinued 336 XV . History of the West - Indies conclud- ed 361 MODERN HISTORY . HISTORY OF AMERICA . CHAP . I ...
Strana 213
... British constitution , ample provision was made for the liberties of the inha- bitants . In some of the provinces the inhabitants chose their governors and other public officers , and their legislatures were under little or no con- trol ...
... British constitution , ample provision was made for the liberties of the inha- bitants . In some of the provinces the inhabitants chose their governors and other public officers , and their legislatures were under little or no con- trol ...
Strana 214
... British dominions : they partici- pated in that excellent form of government with which the parent isle was blessed , and which has raised it to an admirable height of agriculture , commerce , and manufactures ; and trial by jury was ...
... British dominions : they partici- pated in that excellent form of government with which the parent isle was blessed , and which has raised it to an admirable height of agriculture , commerce , and manufactures ; and trial by jury was ...
Strana 219
... British encroach- ments , as they were called , having been made in vain by the governor of Canada , the French at length seized some British subjects ; and , persisting in their claims to the country on the Ohio as part of Canada ...
... British encroach- ments , as they were called , having been made in vain by the governor of Canada , the French at length seized some British subjects ; and , persisting in their claims to the country on the Ohio as part of Canada ...
Strana 220
... British colonies was generally approved both in England and America . It was , therefore , determined to take effectual measures for driving them from the Ohio , and also for re- ducing Niagara , Crown - Point , and the other posts ...
... British colonies was generally approved both in England and America . It was , therefore , determined to take effectual measures for driving them from the Ohio , and also for re- ducing Niagara , Crown - Point , and the other posts ...
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Strana 257 - For abolishing the free System of English Laws in a neighbouring Province, establishing therein an Arbitrary government, and enlarging its Boundaries so as to render it at once an example and fit instrument for introducing the same absolute rule into these Colonies...
Strana 247 - 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 284 - 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 246 - 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.
Strana 242 - HANCOCK, whose offences are of too flagitious a nature to admit of any other consideration than that of condign punishment.
Strana 14 - ... 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 order to accomplish a design so far beyond the ideas and conception of all former ages.
Strana 220 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Strana 256 - 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 danger of invasion from without, and convulsions within.
Strana 282 - 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.
Strana 13 - Deum, as a hymn of thanksgiving to God, and were joined by those of the other ships, with tears of joy, and transports of congratulation. This office of gratitude to Heaven was followed by an act of justice to their commander. They threw themselves at the feet of Columbus, with feelings of self-condemnation, mingled with reverence.