Young Folks' History of AmericaHezekiah Butterworth Estes and Lauriat, 1881 - 543 pagini |
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Pagina 14
... Northern Africa . The Pillars of Her- cules ( Gibraltar ) were for a long period believed to be the end of the world . The Phoenician sailors began to strike out beyond the Pillars of Hercules . They visited the British Islands for tin ...
... Northern Africa . The Pillars of Her- cules ( Gibraltar ) were for a long period believed to be the end of the world . The Phoenician sailors began to strike out beyond the Pillars of Hercules . They visited the British Islands for tin ...
Pagina 16
... Northern or Eastern Europe , nor with any recent historical date . Below the breastplate , and entirely encircling the body , was a belt composed of brass tubes , each four and a half inches in length and three - six- teenths of an inch ...
... Northern or Eastern Europe , nor with any recent historical date . Below the breastplate , and entirely encircling the body , was a belt composed of brass tubes , each four and a half inches in length and three - six- teenths of an inch ...
Pagina 19
... Northern land , By the wild Baltic strand , I , with my childish hand , Tamed the ger - falcon . " The researches of travellers and antiquaries have , however , thrown discredit upon the romantic narrative that follows these lines ...
... Northern land , By the wild Baltic strand , I , with my childish hand , Tamed the ger - falcon . " The researches of travellers and antiquaries have , however , thrown discredit upon the romantic narrative that follows these lines ...
Pagina 36
... northern parts of 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 1497 . Voyage of John Cabot . 37 ...
... northern parts of 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 1497 . Voyage of John Cabot . 37 ...
Pagina 37
... Northern Europe are rescued from perpetual winter , and warmed up to the enjoyable temperature which they possess , by an enormous river of warm water flowing between banks of cold water east- ward from the Gulf of Mexico . The Cabots ...
... Northern Europe are rescued from perpetual winter , and warmed up to the enjoyable temperature which they possess , by an enormous river of warm water flowing between banks of cold water east- ward from the Gulf of Mexico . The Cabots ...
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Pagina 404 - 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 451 - 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 435 - 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 420 - 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 85 - Lay in the fruitful valley. Vast meadows stretched to the eastward, Giving the village its name, and pasture to flocks without number.
Pagina 308 - He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet.
Pagina 451 - Oh be swift my soul, to answer him ! be jubilant, my feet ! Our God is marching on. 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 482 - 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 197 - Now, gentlemen, I would rather be the author of that poem than take Quebec.
Pagina 467 - 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.