America: A HistoryT. Nelson and sons, 1882 - 564 pagini |
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Pagina 12
... held sailors to the coast , and gave them liberty to push out into the sea . Just when sailors were slowly learning to put confidence in the mariners ' compass , there arose in Europe a vehement desire for the discovery of unknown ...
... held sailors to the coast , and gave them liberty to push out into the sea . Just when sailors were slowly learning to put confidence in the mariners ' compass , there arose in Europe a vehement desire for the discovery of unknown ...
Pagina 39
... held in high account . In time his opinions drew down upon him the unfavourable notice of the authorities . The General Court of Massachusetts brought him to trial for the errors of his belief . His townsmen and congregation deserted ...
... held in high account . In time his opinions drew down upon him the unfavourable notice of the authorities . The General Court of Massachusetts brought him to trial for the errors of his belief . His townsmen and congregation deserted ...
Pagina 60
... held back from a gainful traffic by mere considerations of humanity . Sir John Hawkins made the first English venture in slave- trading . He sailed with three vessels to Sierra Leone . There , by purchase or by violence , he possessed ...
... held back from a gainful traffic by mere considerations of humanity . Sir John Hawkins made the first English venture in slave- trading . He sailed with three vessels to Sierra Leone . There , by purchase or by violence , he possessed ...
Pagina 67
... held her own , and lived and died an empress . During these busy years , a Virginian mother , widowed in early life , was training up her eldest son in the fear of God- all unaware , as she infused the love of goodness and duty into his ...
... held her own , and lived and died an empress . During these busy years , a Virginian mother , widowed in early life , was training up her eldest son in the fear of God- all unaware , as she infused the love of goodness and duty into his ...
Pagina 78
... held by the French was the city of Quebec . Thither in the month of June came a powerful English fleet , with an army under the command of General Wolfe . Captain James Cook , the famous navigator , who discovered so many of the sunny ...
... held by the French was the city of Quebec . Thither in the month of June came a powerful English fleet , with an army under the command of General Wolfe . Captain James Cook , the famous navigator , who discovered so many of the sunny ...
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Termeni și expresii frecvente
Acadie American arms army attack battle became Brazil British Canada Canadian ceased Church coast colonies colonists Confederate conquest continent Cortes Cuba Cusco defeat defence despotism dominion endured enemy England English Europe European evil Federal fell fight force forests France French gained gold Government Governor Grant Gulf of Mexico Hispaniola hope Hudson Bay Company hundred Inca increased Indians industrial island James river Jesuits King labour Lake Lake Winnipeg land Lawrence liberty lived Lower Canada M'Clellan ment Mexican Mexico miles million sterling nation native negroes neighbours Newfoundland North Northern Nova Scotia one-half passed peace Peru Pizarro political population Portugal possession President provinces Quebec railway rebel rebellion river savages scarcely sent settlements settlers ships slavery slaves soil soldiers sought South Southern Spain Spaniards Spanish strife success suffered territory thousand tion town trade troops Union Upper Canada valley vast victory Washington wealth
Pasaje populare
Pagina 195 - 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 206 - 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 218 - 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 250 - 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 241 - 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.
Pagina 232 - He hath loosed the fateful lightning of His terrible swift sword; His truth is marching on. I have seen Him in the watch-fires of a hundred circling camps; They have builded Him an altar in the evening dews and damps; I can read His righteous sentence by the dim and flaring lamps: His day is marching on. I have read a fiery gospel writ in burnished rows of steel; "As ye deal with my condemners, so with you my grace shall deal; Let the Hero, born of woman, crush the serpent with his heel, Since God...
Pagina 95 - 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 231 - 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 fateful lightning of his terrible swift sword: His truth is marching on.
Pagina 71 - Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec.
Pagina 123 - The scene is at last closed. I feel myself eased of a load of public care. I hope to spend the remainder of my days in cultivating the affections of good men, and in the practice of the domestic virtues.