A History of the United States of America: From the First Discovery to the Fourth of March 1825R. Robbins, 1825 - 422 頁 |
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第 12 頁
... On his arrival , he was set at liberty by the king , but he never recovered his authority . Soon after a fourth voyage which he made , finding Isabella his pátroness , dead , and 12 PERIOD ..... 1492 .... 1607 .... DISCOVERIES .
... On his arrival , he was set at liberty by the king , but he never recovered his authority . Soon after a fourth voyage which he made , finding Isabella his pátroness , dead , and 12 PERIOD ..... 1492 .... 1607 .... DISCOVERIES .
第 13 頁
... soon af- ter fell in with a smaller island , which they nam- ed St. Johns ; thence , continuing westerly , they made the first discovery * of the Continent of America , and ranged its coast from Labrador to Virginia , or according to ...
... soon af- ter fell in with a smaller island , which they nam- ed St. Johns ; thence , continuing westerly , they made the first discovery * of the Continent of America , and ranged its coast from Labrador to Virginia , or according to ...
第 24 頁
... soon distinguished himself , and was advanced to the command of a company , consisting of two hundred and fifty horsemen , in the regiment of count Meldrick , a nobleman of Transylvania . The regiment in which he served was engaged in ...
... soon distinguished himself , and was advanced to the command of a company , consisting of two hundred and fifty horsemen , in the regiment of count Meldrick , a nobleman of Transylvania . The regiment in which he served was engaged in ...
第 25 頁
... soon become acquainted with the story of his misfor- tunes . In the midst of his distress , an opportunity to escape present- ed itself , but under circumstances , which , to a person of a less adventurous spirit , would have served ...
... soon become acquainted with the story of his misfor- tunes . In the midst of his distress , an opportunity to escape present- ed itself , but under circumstances , which , to a person of a less adventurous spirit , would have served ...
第 26 頁
... soon attached to the expedition . about to sail under Newport , and was appointed one of the magistrates of the colo- ny sent over at that time . Before the arrival of the colony , his colleagues in office becoming jealous of his ...
... soon attached to the expedition . about to sail under Newport , and was appointed one of the magistrates of the colo- ny sent over at that time . Before the arrival of the colony , his colleagues in office becoming jealous of his ...
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第 297 頁 - Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, religious or political; peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none; the support of the State governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
第 166 頁 - 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.
第 154 頁 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
第 242 頁 - 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.
第 297 頁 - ... a well-disciplined militia, our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them; the supremacy of the civil over the military authority...
第 287 頁 - First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799.
第 222 頁 - Let me hope, Sir, that if aught in my character impresses you with esteem towards me, if aught in my misfortunes marks me as the victim of policy and not of resentment, I shall experience the operation of these feelings in your breast, by being informed that I am not to die on a gibbet.
第 80 頁 - God would not impute the guilt of it to ourselves nor others; and we also pray that we may be considered candidly and aright by the living sufferers, as being then under the power of a strong and general delusion, utterly unacquainted with, and not experienced in , matters of that nature.
第 152 頁 - Resolved, therefore, That the general assembly of this colony have the sole right and power to lay taxes and impositions upon the inhabitants of this colony; and that every attempt to vest such power in any person or persons whatsoever, other than the general assembly aforesaid, has a manifest tendency to destroy British as well as American freedom.
第 294 頁 - ... any false, scandalous, and malicious writing or writings against the government of the United States, or either house of the Congress of the United States...