Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801, Svazek 24Isaac Collins and sons, 1805 |
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... of New Spain by Hernando Cortes 1 43 67 - 118 V. History of the Conquest of Peru , Chili , & c . by Pizarro ; with an Account of the Manners and Cus- toms of the Mexicans and Peru- vians 149 Page CHAP . VI . View of the other Spanish.
... of New Spain by Hernando Cortes 1 43 67 - 118 V. History of the Conquest of Peru , Chili , & c . by Pizarro ; with an Account of the Manners and Cus- toms of the Mexicans and Peru- vians 149 Page CHAP . VI . View of the other Spanish.
Strana 67
... Mexicans and Peruvians . The bodily Constitution . The Qualities af their Minds . Their domestic State . Their political Institutions . Their System of War . The Arts with which they were acquainted . Their religious Institutions ...
... Mexicans and Peruvians . The bodily Constitution . The Qualities af their Minds . Their domestic State . Their political Institutions . Their System of War . The Arts with which they were acquainted . Their religious Institutions ...
Strana 76
... Mexicans concerning their own origin . According to them their ancestors came from a remote country , situated to the north - west of Mexico . They point out the vari- ous stations as they advanced from this into the inferior provinces ...
... Mexicans concerning their own origin . According to them their ancestors came from a remote country , situated to the north - west of Mexico . They point out the vari- ous stations as they advanced from this into the inferior provinces ...
Strana 118
... Mexicans . Grandeur of the City . Cortes makes Montezuma Prisoner . Cruel Death of his Son . Acknowledges himself Vassal of the King of Castile . Attempts to convert him to Christianity . Orders Cortes to depart . Narvaez sent to seize ...
... Mexicans . Grandeur of the City . Cortes makes Montezuma Prisoner . Cruel Death of his Son . Acknowledges himself Vassal of the King of Castile . Attempts to convert him to Christianity . Orders Cortes to depart . Narvaez sent to seize ...
Strana 122
... Mexicans intended . Cortes insisted upon a personal interview with their sovereign , which they endeavoured by every means in their power to prevent . During this interview , some painters in the train of the Mexi- can chiefs had been ...
... Mexicans intended . Cortes insisted upon a personal interview with their sovereign , which they endeavoured by every means in their power to prevent . During this interview , some painters in the train of the Mexi- can chiefs had been ...
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Almagro America animals appeared appointed arms army arrived Atahualpa attempted Barbadoes British Canada Caribbees carried cazique chief civil climate coast colonies colours Columbus command conduct congress considerable continent Cortes court crown crown of Castile Cuba cultivation Cuzco death Diego Columbus discovered discovery Dominica dominion earth endeavoured enemies England English established Europe European expedition extended favour Ferdinand force French gave gold governor Great-Britain Grenada Hispaniola honour hundred important inca Indians inhabitants island Jamaica king labour land liberty Lord Cornwallis lumbus ment Mexican empire Mexicans Mexico monarch Montezuma nations natives nature negroes neral New-York North officers persons Peru Peruvians Pizarro Port-Royal Portuguese possession prisoners provinces Quito received repartimientos river sail savage sent settlement ships slaves soil soldiers soon South sovereign Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit subjects subsistence success sugar thousand tion took town trade tribes troops vigour voyage West-Indies World XXIV
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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.