Four Centuries of Progress ...C. W. Stanton Company, 1893 - 923 pages |
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... held that , if not the Ten Tribes , there was a Jewish Colony . It would certainly be an amazing thing if a tribe of barbarians . But when we add that their bodily shape must have completely changed , their skulls lengthened , the beard ...
... held that , if not the Ten Tribes , there was a Jewish Colony . It would certainly be an amazing thing if a tribe of barbarians . But when we add that their bodily shape must have completely changed , their skulls lengthened , the beard ...
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... held his course . At length he fell in with the trade- winds , which wafted him steadily towards the west . The sailors were greatly alarmed at this , and declared , that if the wind did not change it would be impossible for them to ...
... held his course . At length he fell in with the trade- winds , which wafted him steadily towards the west . The sailors were greatly alarmed at this , and declared , that if the wind did not change it would be impossible for them to ...
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... held a three days ' incantation over him to ascertain his character and design . All this while his de- meanor was calm and fearless , as if he enter- tained no apprehension for his safety . He was regarded by the savages as a superior ...
... held a three days ' incantation over him to ascertain his character and design . All this while his de- meanor was calm and fearless , as if he enter- tained no apprehension for his safety . He was regarded by the savages as a superior ...
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... held office for two years , and governed according to the most rigid forms of martial law . He swindled the company , and ex- torted their hard earnings from the settlers , who were driven to desperation by his brutal- ities . In their ...
... held office for two years , and governed according to the most rigid forms of martial law . He swindled the company , and ex- torted their hard earnings from the settlers , who were driven to desperation by his brutal- ities . In their ...
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... held the best lands in the colony , but the whites , when these lands were wanted , took possession of them without regard to the rights of their dusky owners . The Indians , unable to contend with the whites in open . conflict , saw ...
... held the best lands in the colony , but the whites , when these lands were wanted , took possession of them without regard to the rights of their dusky owners . The Indians , unable to contend with the whites in open . conflict , saw ...
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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.
Page 863 - In the discharge of my official duty I shall endeavor to be guided by a just and unstrained construction of the Constitution, a careful observance of the distinction between the powers granted to the Federal Government and those reserved to the States or to the people...
Page 348 - The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders, are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American.