The United States of America: A HistoryT. Nelson and Sons, 1870 - 278 pagini |
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Pagina 13
... carrying with them their chief , wounded to death by the arrow of an Indian . Ferdinand de Soto had been with Pizarro in his expedition to Peru , and returned to Spain enriched by his share of the plunder . He did not doubt that in the ...
... carrying with them their chief , wounded to death by the arrow of an Indian . Ferdinand de Soto had been with Pizarro in his expedition to Peru , and returned to Spain enriched by his share of the plunder . He did not doubt that in the ...
Pagina 27
... carry them to the ship . Suddenly dragoons were seen spurring across the sands . The shipmaster pulled up his anchor and pushed out to sea with those of his passengers whom he had . The rest were conducted to prison . After a time they ...
... carry them to the ship . Suddenly dragoons were seen spurring across the sands . The shipmaster pulled up his anchor and pushed out to sea with those of his passengers whom he had . The rest were conducted to prison . After a time they ...
Pagina 34
... carried with him a library of two hundred and seventy - five volumes , and his was not the largest collection in the colony . The love of knowledge was deep and universal . New England has never swerved from her early loyalty to the ...
... carried with him a library of two hundred and seventy - five volumes , and his was not the largest collection in the colony . The love of knowledge was deep and universal . New England has never swerved from her early loyalty to the ...
Pagina 36
... , ere yet " the ever - during dark " surrounded him . From him Milton acquired his knowledge of the Dutch language . He carried with him to the New World certain strange opinions . Long thought had THE NEW ENGLAND PERSECUTIONS,
... , ere yet " the ever - during dark " surrounded him . From him Milton acquired his knowledge of the Dutch language . He carried with him to the New World certain strange opinions . Long thought had THE NEW ENGLAND PERSECUTIONS,
Pagina 42
... carried with them across the Atlantic the universal delusion . Their way of life was fitted to strengthen it . They lived on the verge of vast and gloomy forests . The howl of the wolf and the scream of the panther sounded nightly ...
... carried with them across the Atlantic the universal delusion . Their way of life was fitted to strengthen it . They lived on the verge of vast and gloomy forests . The howl of the wolf and the scream of the panther sounded nightly ...
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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.