Four Centuries of Progress ...C. W. Stanton Company, 1893 - 923 pages |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 81
Page 34
... refusal , and then turned to Venice , with a like result . His next effort was to enlist the Portuguese king , John II . , in his scheme . Here he was subjected to delays and vexations innumerable , and once the Portuguese sovereign ...
... refusal , and then turned to Venice , with a like result . His next effort was to enlist the Portuguese king , John II . , in his scheme . Here he was subjected to delays and vexations innumerable , and once the Portuguese sovereign ...
Page 40
... refused to comply with the just demands of the admiral . the officers of the ship which bore him back home wished to remove his fetters , he refused to allow them to do so , saying , “ I will wear them as a memento of the gratitude of ...
... refused to comply with the just demands of the admiral . the officers of the ship which bore him back home wished to remove his fetters , he refused to allow them to do so , saying , “ I will wear them as a memento of the gratitude of ...
Page 54
... refused to abandon the belief that fabulous wealth was to be found in the interior of the continent ; and even those who had borne a part in the conquest of Mexico and Peru gave credit to the wild stories that were told concerning the ...
... refused to abandon the belief that fabulous wealth was to be found in the interior of the continent ; and even those who had borne a part in the conquest of Mexico and Peru gave credit to the wild stories that were told concerning the ...
Page 56
... refused , and that night the Indians , deceiving the sentinels , set fire to the village . The bewildered Spaniards were aroused from their slumbers to meet a fierce attack of the savages . The latter were re- pulsed after a hard fight ...
... refused , and that night the Indians , deceiving the sentinels , set fire to the village . The bewildered Spaniards were aroused from their slumbers to meet a fierce attack of the savages . The latter were re- pulsed after a hard fight ...
Page 69
... refused to proceed any farther , as he wished to go to the West Indies for purposes of trade . The instructions of Raleigh were thus disregarded , and the colonists were com- pelled to go ashore on Roanoke Island . Dangers of the First ...
... refused to proceed any farther , as he wished to go to the West Indies for purposes of trade . The instructions of Raleigh were thus disregarded , and the colonists were com- pelled to go ashore on Roanoke Island . Dangers of the First ...
Contents
21 | |
43 | |
50 | |
73 | |
89 | |
111 | |
121 | |
166 | |
458 | |
480 | |
531 | |
555 | |
609 | |
628 | |
633 | |
660 | |
182 | |
189 | |
193 | |
212 | |
227 | |
241 | |
251 | |
309 | |
354 | |
403 | |
417 | |
423 | |
439 | |
449 | |
675 | |
733 | |
736 | |
749 | |
756 | |
757 | |
769 | |
831 | |
841 | |
844 | |
854 | |
860 | |
863 | |
Common terms and phrases
advance appointed arms arrived artillery attack battle Boston Britain British Canada Captain captured charter Clinton coast Colonel colonists colony command Confederate Congress Connecticut constitution Cornwallis declared defeated defence effort election emigrants enemy England English eral expedition Federal fire fleet force Fort Edward France French frigate garrison governor guns harbor held Henry hostility hundred Indians Island Jackson John killed king Lake Lake Champlain land laws Lord Massachusetts meantime ment Mexican Mexico miles militia minister Mississippi Missouri Missouri Compromise North officers once party passed peace port position President prisoners province reached received refused region resolved retreat returned river sailed Saltillo Santa Anna savages Senate sent settled settlement settlers ships Sir Henry Clinton slavery slaves soon South Carolina surrender Taylor Territory thousand tion took Tories town treaty tribes troops Union United Vera Cruz vessels Virginia voyage Washington West William wounded York
Popular passages
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.