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... passed the winter there . In the spring he explored the main - land , and , finding it covered with a delightful verdure , he called it Greenland . 4. There was formerly , say the ancient sagas , a man of Nor- way who navigated from one ...
... passed the winter there . In the spring he explored the main - land , and , finding it covered with a delightful verdure , he called it Greenland . 4. There was formerly , say the ancient sagas , a man of Nor- way who navigated from one ...
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... was Marco Polo , who passed seventeen years in the service of the Khan of Tartary , during which he visited the chief countries and cities of Eastern Idea and Plan of Columbus . 19 travelers , had. 18 1003 Discoveries and Explorations .
... was Marco Polo , who passed seventeen years in the service of the Khan of Tartary , during which he visited the chief countries and cities of Eastern Idea and Plan of Columbus . 19 travelers , had. 18 1003 Discoveries and Explorations .
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... passed quite round the Stormy cape , as he termed it , but which John the Second ( King of Portugal ) , with happier augury , called the cape of Good Hope . But before Vasco de Gama had availed himself of this discovery to spread his ...
... passed quite round the Stormy cape , as he termed it , but which John the Second ( King of Portugal ) , with happier augury , called the cape of Good Hope . But before Vasco de Gama had availed himself of this discovery to spread his ...
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... passed through the principal cities , with collars , bracelets , and other ornaments of gold , rudely fashioned . He exhibited also considerable quantities of the same metal in dust or in crude masses , numerous vegetable exotics ...
... passed through the principal cities , with collars , bracelets , and other ornaments of gold , rudely fashioned . He exhibited also considerable quantities of the same metal in dust or in crude masses , numerous vegetable exotics ...
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... passed through the busy , populous city of Seville ( sev ' - il ) , every window , balcony , and house- top which could afford a glimpse of him is described to have been crowded with spectators . 22. It was the middle of April before ...
... passed through the busy , populous city of Seville ( sev ' - il ) , every window , balcony , and house- top which could afford a glimpse of him is described to have been crowded with spectators . 22. It was the middle of April before ...
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Page 340 - NEW YORK William Floyd Philip Livingston Francis Lewis Lewis Morris NEW JERSEY Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark PENNSYLVANIA Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin...
Page 339 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country ; to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
Page 175 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you : I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Page 252 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Page 189 - Relying on its kindness in this, as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations, I anticipate, with pleasing expectation, that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free Government — the ever favorite object of my heart — and the...
Page 138 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone.
Page 272 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it...
Page 140 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Page 182 - 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.
Page 9 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the consent of Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign State.