History of the United States of America: From the Discovery of the ContinentAppleton, 1883 - United States |
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... persons of every trade and art ; to repair with them to the newly discovered territory ; and to dwell there among the natives . To make up the complement of his men , he might take from the prisons whom he would , excepting only those ...
... persons of every trade and art ; to repair with them to the newly discovered territory ; and to dwell there among the natives . To make up the complement of his men , he might take from the prisons whom he would , excepting only those ...
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... persons - soldiers , sailors , priests , Jesuits , married men with their families , laborers , and mechanics , and , with the exception of three hundred soldiers , all at the cost of Melendez - undertook the invasion . The trade ...
... persons - soldiers , sailors , priests , Jesuits , married men with their families , laborers , and mechanics , and , with the exception of three hundred soldiers , all at the cost of Melendez - undertook the invasion . The trade ...
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... persons were killed . A few escaped into the woods , among them Laudonnière , Challus , and Le Moyne , who have related the horrors of the scene . But whither should they fly ? Death met them in the woods ; and the heavens , the earth ...
... persons were killed . A few escaped into the woods , among them Laudonnière , Challus , and Le Moyne , who have related the horrors of the scene . But whither should they fly ? Death met them in the woods ; and the heavens , the earth ...
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... persons were chosen to form the colony , which was to secure to England a country too inhospitable to produce a tree or a shrub , yet where gold lay glistening in heaps upon the surface . Twelve vessels were to return immediately with ...
... persons were chosen to form the colony , which was to secure to England a country too inhospitable to produce a tree or a shrub , yet where gold lay glistening in heaps upon the surface . Twelve vessels were to return immediately with ...
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... persons of intelligence and rank were directed to Virginia . The brave and ingenious Gosnold , who had him- self witnessed the fertility of the western soil , after long solici- tations , prevailed with Edward Maria Wingfield , a ...
... persons of intelligence and rank were directed to Virginia . The brave and ingenious Gosnold , who had him- self witnessed the fertility of the western soil , after long solici- tations , prevailed with Edward Maria Wingfield , a ...
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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.