The United States of America: A HistoryT. Nelson and Sons, 1870 - 278 pagini |
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A History Robert Mackenzie. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . ON the 3rd inst . there died at Dundee , in the fifty - ninth year of his age , Mr. Robert Mackenzie , author of ' America and her " Feb. Army , ' History of the United States ...
A History Robert Mackenzie. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . ON the 3rd inst . there died at Dundee , in the fifty - ninth year of his age , Mr. Robert Mackenzie , author of ' America and her " Feb. Army , ' History of the United States ...
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... America to Europe increases . Every year our history connects itself more closely with America . Even now there is no country which exercises upon our destiny an influence so com- manding . There is , therefore , no country about which ...
... America to Europe increases . Every year our history connects itself more closely with America . Even now there is no country which exercises upon our destiny an influence so com- manding . There is , therefore , no country about which ...
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... . ... : 230 233 238 244 ... :: ... 258 261 264 270 273 : 276 : : : XII . HOW THE AMERICANS CARED FOR THEIR SOLDIERS , XIII . ENGLAND AND AMERICA , XIV . REUNITED AMERICA , ... 1 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . BOOK I. I. CONTENTS . K vii.
... . ... : 230 233 238 244 ... :: ... 258 261 264 270 273 : 276 : : : XII . HOW THE AMERICANS CARED FOR THEIR SOLDIERS , XIII . ENGLAND AND AMERICA , XIV . REUNITED AMERICA , ... 1 THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . BOOK I. I. CONTENTS . K vii.
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A History Robert Mackenzie. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . BOOK I. I. DISCOVERY . Ir was late in the history of the world before Europe and America became known to each other . During the first fifteen centuries of the Christian era ...
A History Robert Mackenzie. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . BOOK I. I. DISCOVERY . Ir was late in the history of the world before Europe and America became known to each other . During the first fifteen centuries of the Christian era ...
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... America . Cabot was to bear all expenses , and the King was to receive one - fifth of the gains of the adventure . Taking with him his son Sebastian , John Cabot sailed straight westward across the Atlantic . He reached the American con ...
... America . Cabot was to bear all expenses , and the King was to receive one - fifth of the gains of the adventure . Taking with him his son Sebastian , John Cabot sailed straight westward across the Atlantic . He reached the American con ...
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Pagina 204 - Our new government is founded upon exactly the opposite ideas ; its foundations are laid, its corner-stone rests upon the great truth that the negro is not equal to the white man; that slavery, subordination to the superior race, is his natural and normal condition.
Pagina 240 - In the beauty of the lilies Christ was born across the sea, With a glory in his bosom that transfigures you and me: As he died to make men holy, let us die to make men free, While God is marching on.
Pagina 213 - He sincerely hopes that your views and your action may so accord with his as to assure all faithful citizens who have been disturbed in their rights of a certain and speedy restoration to them, under the Constitution and the laws. And having thus chosen our course, without guile and with pure purpose, let us renew our trust in God, and go forward without fear and with manly hearts.
Pagina 226 - And I further declare and make known that such persons of suitable condition, will be received into the armed service of the United States to garrison forts, positions, stations, and other places, and to man vessels of all sorts in said service. And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the Constitution, upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind, and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Pagina 201 - I have lived more than a quarter of a century, here my children were born, and here one of them lies buried. I know not how soon I shall see you again. A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of Washington.
Pagina 239 - Mine eyes have seen the glory of the coming of the Lord: He is trampling out the vintage where the grapes of wrath are stored; He hath loosed the fatal lightning of His terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Pagina 103 - Howe gazed at the mushroom fortress with astonishment, as it loomed indistinctly, but grandly, through a morning fog. " The rebels," exclaimed he, " have done more work in one night, than my whole army would have done in one month.
Pagina 258 - A duty devolves upon me which is, perhaps, greater than that which has devolved upon any other man since the days of WASHINGTON. He never would have succeeded except for the aid of Divine Providence, upon which he at all times relied. I feel that I cannot succeed without the same Divine aid which sustained him, and on the same Almighty Being I place my reliance for support...
Pagina 78 - Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec.
Pagina 249 - And then there will be some black men who can remember that with silent tongue, and clenched teeth, and steady eye, and wellpoised bayonet, they have helped mankind on to this great consummation, while I fear there will be some white ones unable to forget that with malignant heart and deceitful speech they strove to hinder it.