A Universal History of the United States of America: Embracing the Whole Period from the Earliest Discoveries, Down to the Present Time. In Three PartsE. Strong, 1829 - 472 頁 |
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第 46 頁
... army lay wind bound until Friday , and captain Mason and his officers were entirely divided in opinion , with respect to the manner of prosecuting their enterprise . The court , by the commission and instructions which it had given ...
... army lay wind bound until Friday , and captain Mason and his officers were entirely divided in opinion , with respect to the manner of prosecuting their enterprise . The court , by the commission and instructions which it had given ...
第 48 頁
... army therefore , consisting of seventy seven Englishmen , sixty Mohegan and river Indians , and about two hundred Narragansets , marched on Wednesday morning , and that day reached the eastern Nihantic , about eighteen or twenty miles ...
... army therefore , consisting of seventy seven Englishmen , sixty Mohegan and river Indians , and about two hundred Narragansets , marched on Wednesday morning , and that day reached the eastern Nihantic , about eighteen or twenty miles ...
第 49 頁
... army halted , at the close of the day . But the sachem and his Indians conducted themselves in a haughty manner towards the English , and would not suffer them to enter within their fort . Cap- tain Mason therefore placed a strong guard ...
... army halted , at the close of the day . But the sachem and his Indians conducted themselves in a haughty manner towards the English , and would not suffer them to enter within their fort . Cap- tain Mason therefore placed a strong guard ...
第 52 頁
... From the number of wigwams , and the reinforcement , the proba bility is that about six hundred were destroyed . Though the victory was complete , yet the army were 52 UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF The fort and wigwams burnt,
... From the number of wigwams , and the reinforcement , the proba bility is that about six hundred were destroyed . Though the victory was complete , yet the army were 52 UNIVERSAL HISTORY OF The fort and wigwams burnt,
第 53 頁
... army were in great danger and distress . The men had been ex- ceedingly fatigued by the heat , and long marches through rough and difficult places ; and by that constant watch and guard which they had been obliged to keep . They had now ...
... army were in great danger and distress . The men had been ex- ceedingly fatigued by the heat , and long marches through rough and difficult places ; and by that constant watch and guard which they had been obliged to keep . They had now ...
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第 204 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 27 頁 - Faith, etc., 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...
第 152 頁 - But lest some unlucky event should happen unfavorable 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.
第 187 頁 - MR. PRESIDENT : The great events on which my resignation depended having at length taken place, I have now the honor of offering my sincere congratulations to Congress, and of presenting myself before them, to surrender into their hands the trust committed to me, and to claim the indulgence of retiring from the service of my country.
第 188 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. 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.
第 204 頁 - ... a well-disciplined militia — our best reliance in peace and for the first moments of war, till regulars may relieve them...
第 183 頁 - ... happy, thrice happy, shall they be pronounced hereafter, who have contributed any thing, who have performed the meanest office in erecting this stupendous fabric of Freedom and Empire, on the broad basis of independency ; who have assisted in protecting the rights of human nature, and establishing an asylum for the poor and oppressed of all nations and religions.
第 29 頁 - Who raised up the righteous man from the east, called him to his foot, gave the nations before him, and made him rule over kings ? he gave them as the dust to his sword, and as driven stubble to his bow.
第 28 頁 - WE HAVE heard with our ears, O God, our fathers have told us, what work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
第 10 頁 - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...