History of the United States of America: From the Discovery of the Continent, Volume 1D. Appleton & Company, 1898 |
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... command of Ferdinand , the Catholic king of Castile , and was appointed one of the council for the New Indies , ever cherishing the hope to discover " that hidden se- cret of nature , " the direct passage to Asia . In 1518 he was named ...
... command of Ferdinand , the Catholic king of Castile , and was appointed one of the council for the New Indies , ever cherishing the hope to discover " that hidden se- cret of nature , " the direct passage to Asia . In 1518 he was named ...
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... command of an expedition with plans of passing into the Pacific , examining the south - western coast of the American continent , and opening a trade with the Moluccas . His larger purposes being defeated by a mutiny , he entered the ...
... command of an expedition with plans of passing into the Pacific , examining the south - western coast of the American continent , and opening a trade with the Moluccas . His larger purposes being defeated by a mutiny , he entered the ...
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... command of Alvarez Alonso de Pineda . His pro- fessed object was the search for some strait , west of Florida , which was not yet certainly known to form a part of the con- tinent . The strait having been sought for in vain , his ships ...
... command of Alvarez Alonso de Pineda . His pro- fessed object was the search for some strait , west of Florida , which was not yet certainly known to form a part of the con- tinent . The strait having been sought for in vain , his ships ...
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... command of the explorers ; more young men of the proudest families in Spain rallied under his banner than had ever acted together in America ; and the viceroy himself , sending Pedro de Alarcon up the coast with two ships and a tender ...
... command of the explorers ; more young men of the proudest families in Spain rallied under his banner than had ever acted together in America ; and the viceroy himself , sending Pedro de Alarcon up the coast with two ships and a tender ...
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... command of Juan Ro- driguez Cabrillo , a Portuguese . In January , 1543 , Cabrillo died in the harbor of San Diego ; but his pilot , Bartolome Ferrelo , continued the exploration , and traced the coast of the American continent on the ...
... command of Juan Ro- driguez Cabrillo , a Portuguese . In January , 1543 , Cabrillo died in the harbor of San Diego ; but his pilot , Bartolome Ferrelo , continued the exploration , and traced the coast of the American continent on the ...
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Page 103 - Peace, plenty, love, truth, terror, That were the servants to this chosen infant, Shall then be his, and like a vine grow to him ; Wherever the bright sun of heaven shall shine, His honour and the greatness of his name Shall be, and make new nations...
Page 302 - This liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is a liberty to that only which is good, just, and honest. This liberty you are to stand for, with the hazard (not only of your goods, but) of your lives, if need be. Whatsoever crosseth this, is not authority, but a distemper thereof.
Page 196 - So absolute indeed was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved by the puritans alone ; and it was to this sect, whose principles appear so frivolous and habits so ridiculous, that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution.
Page 205 - ... to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 213 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 234 - We shall find that the God of Israel is among us, when ten of us shall be able to resist a thousand of our enemies, when He shall make us a praise and glory, that men shall say of succeeding plantations: "The Lord make it like that of New England.
Page 267 - They who have the power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in their power, also, to set the bounds and limitations of the power and place unto which they call them.
Page 203 - I charge you, before God and his blessed angels, that you follow me no farther than you have seen me follow the Lord Jesus Christ. " If God reveal anything to you, by any other instrument of his, be as ready to receive it as ever you were to receive any truth by my ministry ; for I am verily persuaded the Lord has more truth yet to break forth out of his holy Word.
Page 204 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc.
Page 267 - ... the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser.