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... AUCKLAND , THIS VOLUME OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY IS , WITH EVERY SENTIMENT OF ESTEEM AND RESPECT , INSCRIBED , BY HIS LORDSHIP'S MOST FAITHFUL AND DEVOTED HUMBLE SERVANT , THE EDITOR . ADVERTISEMENT . IN the history of the world there is.
... AUCKLAND , THIS VOLUME OF UNIVERSAL HISTORY IS , WITH EVERY SENTIMENT OF ESTEEM AND RESPECT , INSCRIBED , BY HIS LORDSHIP'S MOST FAITHFUL AND DEVOTED HUMBLE SERVANT , THE EDITOR . ADVERTISEMENT . IN the history of the world there is.
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... respect to commerce , inseparable . That policy must ever be narrow and short - sighted which would aggrandize the state by the oppression of its members . Every thing is purchased by labour , which alone is infinitely more valuable ...
... respect to commerce , inseparable . That policy must ever be narrow and short - sighted which would aggrandize the state by the oppression of its members . Every thing is purchased by labour , which alone is infinitely more valuable ...
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... respect to the truth of his system , Columbus stood in need of no stimulus to urge him to reduce it to practice . His first step was to secure the patronage of some European power . To this end he laid his scheme before the senate of ...
... respect to the truth of his system , Columbus stood in need of no stimulus to urge him to reduce it to practice . His first step was to secure the patronage of some European power . To this end he laid his scheme before the senate of ...
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... respect their new guests as a superior order of beings , and concluded that they were children of the Sun , who had descended to visit the earth . The Europeans were scarcely less amazed at the scene now 5 The 14 AMERICA .
... respect their new guests as a superior order of beings , and concluded that they were children of the Sun , who had descended to visit the earth . The Europeans were scarcely less amazed at the scene now 5 The 14 AMERICA .
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... respect to the advantages which they might derive from the regions that be- gan to open to their view . The other , simple and undiscerning , had no foresight of the cala- mities and desolation which were approaching their country ...
... respect to the advantages which they might derive from the regions that be- gan to open to their view . The other , simple and undiscerning , had no foresight of the cala- mities and desolation which were approaching their country ...
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Page 255 - Prudence, indeed, will dictate that governments long established, should not be changed for light and transient causes ; and, accordingly, all experience hath shewn, that mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forms to which they are accustomed.
Page 284 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, and those who have the superintendence of them to his holy keeping. Having now finished the work assigned me, I retire from the great theatre of action, and bidding an affectionate farewell to this august body, under whose orders I have so long acted, I here offer my commission, and take my leave of all the employments of public life.
Page 246 - But, lest some unlucky event should happen unfavourable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every Gentleman in the room that I this day declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Page 246 - MR. PRESIDENT: Though I am truly sensible of the high honor done me, in this appointment, yet I feel great distress, from a consciousness that my abilities and military experience may not be equal to the extensive and important trust.
Page 247 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Page 283 - Happy in the confirmation of our independence and sovereignty, and pleased with the opportunity afforded the United States of becoming a respectable nation, I resign with satisfaction the appointment I accepted with diffidence ; a diffidence in my abilities to accomplish so arduous a task, which, however, was superseded by a confidence in the rectitude of our cause, the support of the supreme power of the Union, and the patronage of Heaven.
Page 283 - The successful termination of the war has verified the most sanguine expectations ; and my gratitude for the interposition of Providence, and the assistance I have received from my countrymen, increases with every review of the momentous contest.
Page 246 - We are reduced to the alternative of choosing an unconditional submission to the tyranny of irritated ministers, or resistance by force. The latter is our choice. We have counted the cost of this contest, and find nothing so dreadful as voluntary slavery.
Page 34 - The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind.
Page 258 - Nor have we been wanting in attention to our British brethren. We have warned them, from time to time, of attempts made by their legislature to extend an unwarrantable jurisdiction over us. We have reminded them of the circumstances of our emigration and settlement here.