Our Country: A History of the United States, from the Discovery of America to the Present Time, Volume 2 |
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Page 307
... domain eight thousand square miles in extent ; at the close of the war , there were probably not a thousand within that territory . The blight of war , pestilence and famine fell upon the colony . Sickness prevailed among the people ...
... domain eight thousand square miles in extent ; at the close of the war , there were probably not a thousand within that territory . The blight of war , pestilence and famine fell upon the colony . Sickness prevailed among the people ...
Page 315
... domain . Even the capital of the colony consisted only of a church , state- house and eighteen dwellings at the time we are considering , and the Assem- bly had , until lately , met in the hall of an alehouse . Meanwhile , the large ...
... domain . Even the capital of the colony consisted only of a church , state- house and eighteen dwellings at the time we are considering , and the Assem- bly had , until lately , met in the hall of an alehouse . Meanwhile , the large ...
Page 322
... domain for life , with a salary double in amount that received by the late magistrate , because he was a peer . It now became a proprietary colony . Culpepper went there reluctantly , THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR CENOX AND TILDEN ...
... domain for life , with a salary double in amount that received by the late magistrate , because he was a peer . It now became a proprietary colony . Culpepper went there reluctantly , THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ASTOR CENOX AND TILDEN ...
Page 335
... domain westward , which comprised nearly the whole of Westchester county , and raised thereon , at Cow Bay , the arms of the States - General . For awhile the New Englanders disregarded Indian title - deeds and Dutch proclamations ; and ...
... domain westward , which comprised nearly the whole of Westchester county , and raised thereon , at Cow Bay , the arms of the States - General . For awhile the New Englanders disregarded Indian title - deeds and Dutch proclamations ; and ...
Page 342
... domain to twelve persons , they conveyed to Lord Stirling , the proprietor of Nova Scotia , " a part of New England and an island adjacent called Long Island . " Stirling had tried to take posses- sion of Long Island , but failed . At ...
... domain to twelve persons , they conveyed to Lord Stirling , the proprietor of Nova Scotia , " a part of New England and an island adjacent called Long Island . " Stirling had tried to take posses- sion of Long Island , but failed . At ...
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Page 315 - I thank God, there are no free schools, nor printing in Virginia, and I hope we shall not have them 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 360 - Esq., or in his absence, to such as for the time being, take care for preserving the peace and administering the laws, in their majesties' province of New- York, in America.
Page 374 - HE that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune ; for they are impediments to great enterprises, either of virtue or mischief. Certainly the best works, and of greatest merit for the public, have proceeded from the unmarried or childless men ; which both in affection and means have married and endowed the public.
Page 542 - In short, the dastardly behavior of those they call regulars exposed all others, that were inclined to do their duty, to almost certain death ; and, at last, in despite of all the efforts of the officers to the contrary, they ran, as sheep pursued by dogs, and it was impossible to rally them.
Page 459 - My soul prays to God for thee, that thou mayest stand in the day of trial, that thy children may be blessed of the Lord, and thy people saved by His power.
Page 330 - He was exactly five feet six inches in height, and six feet five inches in circumference.
Page 519 - I will keep you at arm's length. I lay this down as a trial for both, to see which will have the greatest regard to it, and that side we will stand by, and make equal sharers with us. Our brothers the English have heard this, and I come now to tell it to you, for I am not afraid to discharge you off this land.
Page 385 - Commons publicly acknow"*3' ledged, that "the plantations in New England had, by the blessing of the Almighty, had good and prosperous success, without any public charge to the parent state ;" and their imports and exports were freed from all taxation, " until the House of Commons should take order to the contrary.
Page 588 - Elegy in a Country Churchyard " — " The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await, alike, the inevitable hour — The path of glory leads but to the grave.
Page 540 - as void of honor or honesty. We have frequent disputes on this head, which are maintained with warmth on both sides, especially on his, as he is incapable of arguing without it, or giving up any point he asserts, be it ever so incompatible with reason or common sense.