History of the United States of America: From the Discovery of the ContinentAppleton, 1883 - United States |
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... desired to escape the necessity of strengthening the Ottoman power by the pay- ment of tribute on all intercourse with the remoter east . Maritime enterprise , transferring its home to the borders of the Atlantic , set before itself as ...
... desired to escape the necessity of strengthening the Ottoman power by the pay- ment of tribute on all intercourse with the remoter east . Maritime enterprise , transferring its home to the borders of the Atlantic , set before itself as ...
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... desired the exclusive honor of discovery . They neither embarked in company nor acted in concert . In May , 1541 , Cartier sailed from St. Malo . Arrived at the scene of his former adventures , near the site of Quebec , he built a fort ...
... desired the exclusive honor of discovery . They neither embarked in company nor acted in concert . In May , 1541 , Cartier sailed from St. Malo . Arrived at the scene of his former adventures , near the site of Quebec , he built a fort ...
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... desired to rival Cortes in glory , and surpass Pizarro in wealth . Blinded by avarice and the love of power , he repaired to Va- lladolid , and demanded permission to conquer Florida at his own cost ; and Charles V. readily conceded to ...
... desired to rival Cortes in glory , and surpass Pizarro in wealth . Blinded by avarice and the love of power , he repaired to Va- lladolid , and demanded permission to conquer Florida at his own cost ; and Charles V. readily conceded to ...
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... desired to be enrolled for the service . A muster was held the Portuguese glittered in burnished armor ; and the Castilians were " very gallant with silk upon silk . " From the numerous aspirants , Soto selected for his companions six ...
... desired to be enrolled for the service . A muster was held the Portuguese glittered in burnished armor ; and the Castilians were " very gallant with silk upon silk . " From the numerous aspirants , Soto selected for his companions six ...
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... desired either to make a settlement on the fruitful soil around them , or to return . The governor was a stern man , and of few words . " Willingly hearing the opinions of others , he was inflexible when he had once declared his own ...
... desired either to make a settlement on the fruitful soil around them , or to return . The governor was a stern man , and of few words . " Willingly hearing the opinions of others , he was inflexible when he had once declared his own ...
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Page 105 - 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 304 - 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 198 - 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 215 - 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 236 - 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 207 - ... 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 269 - 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 206 - 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 70 - We found the people most gentle, loving, and faithful, void of all guile and treason and such as lived after the manner of the Golden Age.
Page 269 - ... the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser.