Four Centuries of Progress ...C. W. Stanton Company, 1893 - 923 pages |
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... Cause of the Witches - Samuel Parris - He Originates the Sa- lem Delusion - A Strange History - A Special Court Appointed for the Trial of the Witches - The Vic- tims - Execution of the Rev. George Burroughs- Cotton Mather's Part in the ...
... Cause of the Witches - Samuel Parris - He Originates the Sa- lem Delusion - A Strange History - A Special Court Appointed for the Trial of the Witches - The Vic- tims - Execution of the Rev. George Burroughs- Cotton Mather's Part in the ...
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... CAUSES OF THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE . injustice of Great Britain towards Her Colonies - The Navigation Acts - Effects ... Cause -- Patrick Henry- PAGE England Persists in Her Determination to Tax Amer- ica -- Passage of the Stamp Act ...
... CAUSES OF THE STRUGGLE FOR INDEPENDENCE . injustice of Great Britain towards Her Colonies - The Navigation Acts - Effects ... Cause -- Patrick Henry- PAGE England Persists in Her Determination to Tax Amer- ica -- Passage of the Stamp Act ...
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... cause of their extinction , are among the profoundest mysteries of the past . Traces as distinct as those which mark the various physical changes which the continent has undergone , exist to show that these primitive inhabitants were ...
... cause of their extinction , are among the profoundest mysteries of the past . Traces as distinct as those which mark the various physical changes which the continent has undergone , exist to show that these primitive inhabitants were ...
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... cause ascribed is utterly inadequate for the effect . 8. The Chinese or Tartary theory is , that about the year 1250 Kublai Khan sent Tartar colonies to America ; that among them were some Nestorian Christians , which accounts for the ...
... cause ascribed is utterly inadequate for the effect . 8. The Chinese or Tartary theory is , that about the year 1250 Kublai Khan sent Tartar colonies to America ; that among them were some Nestorian Christians , which accounts for the ...
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... cause of humanity . He had served in the army of the Huguenots of France under Coligni , and had heard from the voyagers sent out by that leader of the richness and beauty of Carolina . Undaunted by the sad fate of Sir Hum- phrey ...
... cause of humanity . He had served in the army of the Huguenots of France under Coligni , and had heard from the voyagers sent out by that leader of the richness and beauty of Carolina . Undaunted by the sad fate of Sir Hum- phrey ...
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Page 385 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon, them or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Page 95 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Page 292 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Page 780 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage.
Page 392 - I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country...
Page 126 - 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, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honour of our king and country...
Page 124 - Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Page 126 - ... 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.
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Page 348 - The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders, are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American.