Young Folks' History of AmericaHezekiah Butterworth Estes and Lauriat, 1881 - 543 pagini |
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Pagina 13
... became so wicked that they were drowned by the judg- ment of heaven , and that the island itself , that was larger than Africa and Asia , sunk in the sea . For many years it was deemed dangerous for navigators to sail westward on ...
... became so wicked that they were drowned by the judg- ment of heaven , and that the island itself , that was larger than Africa and Asia , sunk in the sea . For many years it was deemed dangerous for navigators to sail westward on ...
Pagina 29
... became known to each other . During the first fif teen centuries of the Christian era Europe was unaware of the vast continent which lay beyond the sea . Men had been slow to establish completely their dominion over the sea . They ...
... became known to each other . During the first fif teen centuries of the Christian era Europe was unaware of the vast continent which lay beyond the sea . Men had been slow to establish completely their dominion over the sea . They ...
Pagina 30
... became in- creasingly eager to ascertain the form and extent of the world in which they dwelt , and to acquaint themselves with those unknown races who were their fellow - inhabitants . Portugal and Spain , looking out upon the ...
... became in- creasingly eager to ascertain the form and extent of the world in which they dwelt , and to acquaint themselves with those unknown races who were their fellow - inhabitants . Portugal and Spain , looking out upon the ...
Pagina 42
... became dangerous . De Soto hoped to awe them by claiming to be one of the gods , but the imposture was too palpable . " How can a man be God when he cannot get bread to eat ? " asked a sagacious savage . It was now three years since De ...
... became dangerous . De Soto hoped to awe them by claiming to be one of the gods , but the imposture was too palpable . " How can a man be God when he cannot get bread to eat ? " asked a sagacious savage . It was now three years since De ...
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... became its chief . His fitness was so manifest that no reluctance on his own part , no jealousies on that of his companions , could bar him from the highest place . Men became kings of old by the same process which now made Smith a ...
... became its chief . His fitness was so manifest that no reluctance on his own part , no jealousies on that of his companions , could bar him from the highest place . Men became kings of old by the same process which now made Smith a ...
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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.