A Popular History of the United States of America: From the Aboriginal Times to the Present Day ...Jones brothers, 1877 - 648 páginas |
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... nearly all that portion of the United States east of the Mississippi and north of the thirty - seventh parallel of latitude , spread the great family of THE ALGONQUINS . It appears that their original seat was on the Ottawa River . At ...
... nearly all that portion of the United States east of the Mississippi and north of the thirty - seventh parallel of latitude , spread the great family of THE ALGONQUINS . It appears that their original seat was on the Ottawa River . At ...
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... nearly all below the average of Europeans . The Esquimaux are rarely five feet high , but are generally thick - set and heavy . The Algonquins are taller and lighter in build ; a straight and agile race , lean and swift of foot . Eyes ...
... nearly all below the average of Europeans . The Esquimaux are rarely five feet high , but are generally thick - set and heavy . The Algonquins are taller and lighter in build ; a straight and agile race , lean and swift of foot . Eyes ...
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... nearly three years , Columbus returned to Spain in the sum- mer of 1496 - returned to find himself the victim of a thousand bitter jealousies and suspicions . All the rest of his life was clouded with perse- cutions and misfortunes . He ...
... nearly three years , Columbus returned to Spain in the sum- mer of 1496 - returned to find himself the victim of a thousand bitter jealousies and suspicions . All the rest of his life was clouded with perse- cutions and misfortunes . He ...
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... nearly all of them wealthy and high - born , flocked to his standard . Of these he selected six hundred of the most gallant and daring . They were clad in costly suits of armor of the knightly pattern , with airy scarfs and silken ...
... nearly all of them wealthy and high - born , flocked to his standard . Of these he selected six hundred of the most gallant and daring . They were clad in costly suits of armor of the knightly pattern , with airy scarfs and silken ...
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... nearly forty- two years after the founding of St. Augustine . So long a time had been required to plant the first feeble germ of English civilization in the New World . After the unsuccessful attempt to form a settlement at the mouth ...
... nearly forty- two years after the founding of St. Augustine . So long a time had been required to plant the first feeble germ of English civilization in the New World . After the unsuccessful attempt to form a settlement at the mouth ...
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A Popular History of the United States of America: From the Aboriginal Times ... John Clark Ridpath Visualização integral - 1877 |
A Popular History of the United States of America: From the Aboriginal Times ... John Clark Ridpath Visualização integral - 1886 |
A Popular History of the United States of America: From the Aboriginal Times ... John Clark Ridpath Visualização integral - 1877 |
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Página 671 - Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance ; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon, to be scrupulously respected ; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may...
Página 649 - United States in Congress assembled, and then only against the kingdom or state and the subjects thereof, against which war has been so declared, and under such regulations as shall be established by the United States in Congress assembled, unless such State be infested by pirates, in which case vessels of war may be fitted out for that occasion, and kept so long as the danger shall continue, or until the United States in Congress assembled shall determine otherwise.
Página 675 - I do order and declare that all persons held as slaves within said designated States and parts of States are and henceforward shall be free; and that the Executive government of the United States, including the military and naval authorities thereof, will recognize and maintain the freedom of said persons.
Página 647 - Each State retains its sovereignty, freedom, and independence, and every power, jurisdiction, and right, which is not by this confederation expressly delegated to the United States in Congress assembled.
Página 651 - ... to agree upon the number of land forces, and to make requisitions from each state for its quota, in proportion to the number of white inhabitants in such state...
Página 672 - I repeat it, therefore, let those engagements be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion it is unnecessary, and would be unwise to extend them. Taking care always to keep ourselves, by suitable establishments, on a respectable defensive posture, we may safely trust to temporary alliances for extraordinary emergencies.
Página 675 - And upon this act, sincerely believed to be an act of justice, warranted by the constitution upon military necessity, I invoke the considerate judgment of mankind and the gracious favor of Almighty God.
Página 670 - In the execution of such a plan, nothing is more essential than that permanent, inveterate antipathies against particular nations, and passionate attachments for others, should be excluded; and that in place of them, just and amicable feelings towards all should be cultivated.
Página 671 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake ; since history and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful foes of republican government.
Página 665 - ... the constancy of your support was the essential prop of the efforts, and a guarantee of the plans by which they were effected. Profoundly penetrated...