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Page ix
... Nearly a century passed away before the European mind began to appreciate the true import of the dis- covery . Columbus himself did not imagine the blessings which he had almost unconsciously bestowed . He had no idea even that he had ...
... Nearly a century passed away before the European mind began to appreciate the true import of the dis- covery . Columbus himself did not imagine the blessings which he had almost unconsciously bestowed . He had no idea even that he had ...
Page x
... nearly exterminated . There were few permanent settlements , but there was great zeal in explorations , in which Vespuccius , Ponce de Leon , the Cabots , Cartier , De Soto and other famous captains and navigators distinguished ...
... nearly exterminated . There were few permanent settlements , but there was great zeal in explorations , in which Vespuccius , Ponce de Leon , the Cabots , Cartier , De Soto and other famous captains and navigators distinguished ...
Page xii
... nearly four thousand , chiefly em- ployed in the cultivation of tobacco , then worth on the London docks six shillings a pound . But the people were not all voters . Only those who possessed a landed estate had the right of suffrage ...
... nearly four thousand , chiefly em- ployed in the cultivation of tobacco , then worth on the London docks six shillings a pound . But the people were not all voters . Only those who possessed a landed estate had the right of suffrage ...
Page xv
... nearly four millions of people , wearied by English rule , ambitious to become a nation , and bound together by the ties of interest . As yet no lights in science had arisen except Benjamin Franklin , no distinguished literary men , no ...
... nearly four millions of people , wearied by English rule , ambitious to become a nation , and bound together by the ties of interest . As yet no lights in science had arisen except Benjamin Franklin , no distinguished literary men , no ...
Page xvii
... nearly unanimous that taxation by Great Britain was an infringement on liberties and charters , which were to be defended as sacred . But I am inclined to the belief that opposition to Eng- lish taxation was based on the secret desire ...
... nearly unanimous that taxation by Great Britain was an infringement on liberties and charters , which were to be defended as sacred . But I am inclined to the belief that opposition to Eng- lish taxation was based on the secret desire ...
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Page 97 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 350 - Episcopalian as he is, Dr. Cooper himself never prayed with such fervor, such ardor, such earnestness and pathos, and in language so elegant and sublime — for America, for the Congress, for the province of Massachusetts Bay, and especially the town of Boston.
Page 92 - They knew they were PILGRIMS, and looked not much on those things, but lifted up their eyes to Heaven, their dearest country, and quieted their spirits.
Page 352 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Page 326 - Reformation, a few people came over into this new world for conscience' sake. Perhaps this apparently trivial incident may transfer the great seat of empire into America. It looks likely to me: for if we can remove the turbulent Gallicks, our people, according to the exactest computations, will in another century become more numerous than England itself. Should this be the case, since we have, I may say, all the naval stores of the nation in our hands, it will be easy to obtain the mastery of the...
Page 326 - I will to my dying day oppose with all the powers and faculties God has given me, all such instruments of slavery on the one hand, and villany on the other, as this writ of assistance is.
Page 127 - 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, well furnished many of them...
Page xxv - The occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers...
Page xx - I can see, the most wonderful work ever struck off at a given time by the brain and purpose of man.
Page 284 - To the public," said Davis, a learned divine, in the following month, " I point out that heroic youth, Colonel "Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.