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... natural disposition of Ferdinand , that he cordially approv ed of them , and Isabella discouraged , declined giving any countenance to Columbus , and abruptly broke off the conference . The mind of Columbus firm as it was , could hardly ...
... natural disposition of Ferdinand , that he cordially approv ed of them , and Isabella discouraged , declined giving any countenance to Columbus , and abruptly broke off the conference . The mind of Columbus firm as it was , could hardly ...
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... natural for him to expect from the nature of the undertaking . Fortunately for himself , and for the country which employed him , to an ardent inventive ge- nius , he joined other virtues but rarely united with them : he possessed a ...
... natural for him to expect from the nature of the undertaking . Fortunately for himself , and for the country which employed him , to an ardent inventive ge- nius , he joined other virtues but rarely united with them : he possessed a ...
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... natural curiosities , which might attract the attention , and excite the wonder of the people . The voyage was prosperous to the fourteenth of Febru- ary , at which time they had advanced five hundred leagues when the wind began to rise ...
... natural curiosities , which might attract the attention , and excite the wonder of the people . The voyage was prosperous to the fourteenth of Febru- ary , at which time they had advanced five hundred leagues when the wind began to rise ...
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... natural caution gave way to the torrent of public opinion : he seemed to have caught the same spirit with his subjects . Another expedition was carried on with a rapidity unu sual to the Spaniards . A fleet consisting of seventeen ships ...
... natural caution gave way to the torrent of public opinion : he seemed to have caught the same spirit with his subjects . Another expedition was carried on with a rapidity unu sual to the Spaniards . A fleet consisting of seventeen ships ...
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... natural inac- tivity of the Spaniards , seemed to encrease under the ener- vating influence of a hot climate . Some of them were gen- tlemen unused to bodily fatigue ; they had engaged in the enterprize with the same sanguine hopes ...
... natural inac- tivity of the Spaniards , seemed to encrease under the ener- vating influence of a hot climate . Some of them were gen- tlemen unused to bodily fatigue ; they had engaged in the enterprize with the same sanguine hopes ...
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Almagro Americans appeared appointed arms army arrived artillery assembly Atahualpa attack attempt body Boston brigantines Britain British brother carried cazique coast colonel colony Columbus command conduct Congress considered continued Cortes countrymen courage court crown of Castile Cuba Cuzco danger declared defence discovered discovery empire endeavoured enemy engaged enterprize execution expedition favour Ferdinand fire fleet force gold governor harbour Hispaniola honour hopes Huascar hundred Inca Indians inhabitants instantly island land liberty lord lord Cornwallis Lord Dunmore Manco Capac ment Mexican empire Mexicans Mexico military monarch Montezuma natives notwithstanding obliged officers Panama party persons Peru Pizarro possession prisoners proceeded province Quito received respect retreat river royal sail seized sent ships soldiers soon sovereign Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit success suffered Sullivan's island surprize thousand tion Tlascalans took town troops Tumbez utmost valour Velasquez vessels victory violent voyage wounded
Passagens conhecidas
Página 163 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
Página 23 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Página 154 - With such powerful and obvious motives to union affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands.
Página 152 - But a solicitude for your welfare which cannot end but with my life and the apprehension of danger natural to that solicitude, urge me, on an occasion like the present, to offer to your solemn contemplation and to recommend to your frequent review, some sentiments, which are the result of much reflection of no inconsiderable observation and which appear to me all-important to the permanency of your felicity as a people.
Página 156 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men will be enabled to subvert the power of the people, and to usurp for themselves the reins of government ; destroying afterwards the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Página 162 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.
Página 158 - There is an opinion that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government and serve to keep alive the spirit of liberty.
Página 159 - And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion. Whatever may be conceded to the influence of refined education on minds of peculiar structure, reason and experience both forbid us to expect that national morality can prevail in exclusion of religious principle.
Página 156 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government ; but the constitution which at any time exists, till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people, is sacredly obligatory upon all.