America: A HistoryT. Nelson and sons, 1882 - 564 pagini |
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Pagina 15
... natives attacked him , slew many of his men , and drove the rest to their ships , 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 ...
... natives attacked him , slew many of his men , and drove the rest to their ships , 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 ...
Pagina 16
... natives showed at first some disposition to be helpful . But the Spaniards , in their disappointment , were pitiless and savage . They amused themselves by inflicting pain upon the prisoners . They cut off their hands ; they hunted ...
... natives showed at first some disposition to be helpful . But the Spaniards , in their disappointment , were pitiless and savage . They amused themselves by inflicting pain upon the prisoners . They cut off their hands ; they hunted ...
Pagina 25
... native races presents to us . But she did not live to revisit her native land . Death parted her very early from her husband and her child . When Smith returned from captivity the colony was on the verge of extinction . Only thirty ...
... native races presents to us . But she did not live to revisit her native land . Death parted her very early from her husband and her child . When Smith returned from captivity the colony was on the verge of extinction . Only thirty ...
Pagina 34
... native land . The region around New Plymouth became too narrow for the population . From time to time a little party would go forth , with a minister at its head . With wives and children and baggage they crept slowly through the swampy ...
... native land . The region around New Plymouth became too narrow for the population . From time to time a little party would go forth , with a minister at its head . With wives and children and baggage they crept slowly through the swampy ...
Pagina 38
... native England and came to the " outside of the world , " as they called it , that they might enjoy liberty to worship God according to the way which they deemed right . They had discovered that they themselves were entitled to ...
... native England and came to the " outside of the world , " as they called it , that they might enjoy liberty to worship God according to the way which they deemed right . They had discovered that they themselves were entitled to ...
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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.