The History of the United States of America, Volume 1Harper, 1849 - United States |
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... persons , often rude , hard , narrow , super- stitious , and mistaken , but always earnest , down- right , manly , and sincere . The result of their la- bors is eulogy enough ; their best apology is to tell their story exactly as it was ...
... persons , often rude , hard , narrow , super- stitious , and mistaken , but always earnest , down- right , manly , and sincere . The result of their la- bors is eulogy enough ; their best apology is to tell their story exactly as it was ...
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... persons , facts , and bearings of our history , in narrative somewhat picturesque and life - like , is a task so difficult , that in the pres- ent defective state of our historical literature even a distant iv ADVERTISEMENT .
... persons , facts , and bearings of our history , in narrative somewhat picturesque and life - like , is a task so difficult , that in the pres- ent defective state of our historical literature even a distant iv ADVERTISEMENT .
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... persons also to the condition of servitude . Hence , in America , the slavery of the Indians , and presently of ne- groes , whom experience proved to be much more capable of enduring the hardships of that condition . The exploration of ...
... persons also to the condition of servitude . Hence , in America , the slavery of the Indians , and presently of ne- groes , whom experience proved to be much more capable of enduring the hardships of that condition . The exploration of ...
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... jealousies of trade , con- ducted at that time on much narrower principles than at present . CHAPTER IV . SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA . THE persons named 98 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES . New Netherland; conflicting Territorial Claims.
... jealousies of trade , con- ducted at that time on much narrower principles than at present . CHAPTER IV . SETTLEMENT OF VIRGINIA . THE persons named 98 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES . New Netherland; conflicting Territorial Claims.
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... person so transported . It was expected by this allowance not only to encourage the voluntary emigra- tion of persons able to pay their own expenses , but to promote the transportation , at the expense of private in- dividuals , of ...
... person so transported . It was expected by this allowance not only to encourage the voluntary emigra- tion of persons able to pay their own expenses , but to promote the transportation , at the expense of private in- dividuals , of ...
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Page 294 - He that passeth by, and meddleth with strife belonging not to him, is like one that taketh a dog by the ears.
Page 301 - 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.
Page 389 - I further add that I never denied, that notwithstanding this liberty, the commander of this ship ought to command the ship's course, yea, and also command that justice, peace and sobriety, be kept and practiced, both among the seamen and all the passengers.
Page 322 - Further, the Lord hath been pleased to turn all the wigwams, huts, and hovels the English dwelt in at their first coming, into orderly, fair, and well-built houses...
Page 362 - It being one chief project of that old deluder Satan to keep men from the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times by keeping them in an unknown tongue, so in these latter times by persuading from the use of tongues...
Page 132 - Netherlands, with the exclusive privilege to traffic and plant colonies on the coast of Africa from the Tropic of Cancer to the Cape of Good Hope ; on the coast of America, from the straits of Magellan to the remotest north.
Page 320 - The serpent is the devil ; the synod, the representative of the churches of Christ in New England. The devil had formerly and lately attempted their disturbance and dissolution ; but their faith in the seed of the woman overcame him and crushed his head.
Page 527 - No, may it please your honor, we will not hurt a hair of your ' head, nor of any other man's; we are come for a commission ' to save our lives from the Indians, which you have so often ' promised, and now we will have it before we go.
Page 166 - They were well weaned from the delicate milk of their mother country, and inured to the difficulties of a strange land.
Page 206 - Calvert issued a proclamation in 1638, to prohibit "all unreasonable disputations in point of religion tending to the disturbance of the public peace and quiet of the colony, and to the opening of faction in religion.