The United States of America: A HistoryT. Nelson and Sons, 1870 - 278 pagini |
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Pagina 13
... French turned their attention to the northern parts of the New World . The rich fisheries of Newfoundland attracted them . A Frenchman sailed up the great St. Lawrence river . After some failures a French settlement was established ...
... French turned their attention to the northern parts of the New World . The rich fisheries of Newfoundland attracted them . A Frenchman sailed up the great St. Lawrence river . After some failures a French settlement was established ...
Pagina 43
... French and Indians , and was suffering cruelly from their ravages . The doctors sat in solemn conclave on the afflicted girls , and pronounced them bewitched . Mr. Paris , not doubting that it was even so , bestirred himself to find the ...
... French and Indians , and was suffering cruelly from their ravages . The doctors sat in solemn conclave on the afflicted girls , and pronounced them bewitched . Mr. Paris , not doubting that it was even so , bestirred himself to find the ...
Pagina 72
... French , to establish their claim , sent three hundred soldiers into the valley , and nailed upon the trees leaden plates which bore the royal arms of France . They strove by gifts and persuasion to gain over the natives , and ex ...
... French , to establish their claim , sent three hundred soldiers into the valley , and nailed upon the trees leaden plates which bore the royal arms of France . They strove by gifts and persuasion to gain over the natives , and ex ...
Pagina 73
... French encroachment . He had his artillery to carry with him , and to render that possible he had to make a road through the wilder- ness . He struggled heroically with the difficulties of his position . But he could not advance at any ...
... French encroachment . He had his artillery to carry with him , and to render that possible he had to make a road through the wilder- ness . He struggled heroically with the difficulties of his position . But he could not advance at any ...
Pagina 74
... French influence on the Ohio . It was this same fort of which Washing- ton endeavoured so manfully to possess himself in his disastrous campaign of last year . Fort Du Quesne had been built by the English , and taken from them by the French ...
... French influence on the Ohio . It was this same fort of which Washing- ton endeavoured so manfully to possess himself in his disastrous campaign of last year . Fort Du Quesne had been built by the English , and taken from them by the French ...
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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.