A History of the United States Before the Revolution: With Some Account of the AboriginesA. Finley, 1819 - 341 páginas "Ezekiel Sanford's history of the United States before the Revolution offers a comprehensive overview fo the colonial period. Sanford covers a range of topics, from the early interactions between Native Americans and European settlers to the political and economic factors that led to the Revolutionary War"--Bookshop.org. |
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... mean time , however , the nation may be gratified with some general ac- count of its progress from childhood to maturity ; and , if the author shall be found to have succeeded in such a performance , it is the highest merit , to which ...
... mean time , however , the nation may be gratified with some general ac- count of its progress from childhood to maturity ; and , if the author shall be found to have succeeded in such a performance , it is the highest merit , to which ...
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... means follow , that Atlas came to America ; for the vast island , according to Plato's own account , was not beyond sight from the Pillars of Hercules . The second voyage , if it may be so called , is quite as improbable as the first ...
... means follow , that Atlas came to America ; for the vast island , according to Plato's own account , was not beyond sight from the Pillars of Hercules . The second voyage , if it may be so called , is quite as improbable as the first ...
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... means conclusive ; for it still remains to be determined , whether peculiarities of climate , and different modes of life , are not sufficient to account for all these diversities of feature , form , and habit . Perhaps , indeed , the ...
... means conclusive ; for it still remains to be determined , whether peculiarities of climate , and different modes of life , are not sufficient to account for all these diversities of feature , form , and habit . Perhaps , indeed , the ...
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... means , that the flood itself was no more than the submersion of the intermediate continent . The idea is not entirely original ; for it was observed , of old , that Plato was only Moses speaking in Greek . Lord Bacon has still another ...
... means , that the flood itself was no more than the submersion of the intermediate continent . The idea is not entirely original ; for it was observed , of old , that Plato was only Moses speaking in Greek . Lord Bacon has still another ...
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... mean time , however , the nation may be gratified with some general ac- count of its progress from childhood to maturity ; and , if the author shall be found to have succeeded in such a performance , it is the highest merit , to which ...
... mean time , however , the nation may be gratified with some general ac- count of its progress from childhood to maturity ; and , if the author shall be found to have succeeded in such a performance , it is the highest merit , to which ...
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Página 232 - They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword. They wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented; of whom the world was not worthy. They wandered in deserts, and in mountains, and in dens and caves of the earth.
Página 170 - But if you are determined that your Ministers shall wantonly sport with the rights of Mankind — If neither the voice of justice, the dictates of the law, the principles of the constitution, or the suggestions of humanity can restrain your hands from shedding human blood in such an impious cause, we must then tell you, that we will never submit to be hewers of wood or drawers of water for any ministry or nation in the world.
Página 191 - I put out my setting pole to try to stop the raft that the ice might pass by; when the rapidity of the stream threw it with so much violence against the pole, that it jerked me out into ten feet water: but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs. Notwithstanding all our efforts, we could not get to either shore, but were obliged, as we were near an island, to quit our raft and make to it.
Página 189 - Our Horses were now so weak and feeble, and the Baggage so heavy (as we were obliged to provide all the Necessaries which the Journey would require) that we doubted much their performing it; therefore myself and others (except the Drivers, who were obliged to ride) gave up our Horses for Packs, to assist along with the Baggage. I put myself in an Indian walking Dress, and continued with them three Days, till I found there was no Probability of their getting home in any reasonable Time.
Página 56 - I give these books for the founding of a college in this colony...
Página 229 - ... a custom loathsome to the eye, hateful to the nose, harmful to the brain, dangerous to the lungs, and in the black stinking fume thereof, nearest resembling the horrible Stygian smoke of the pit that is bottomless.
Página ii - A Star in the West; or, A Humble Attempt to Discover the Long Lost Ten Tribes of Israel, preparatory to their Return to their Beloved City, Jerusalem.
Página 199 - I see inevitable destruction in so clear a light, that, unless vigorous measures are taken by the Assembly, and speedy assistance sent from below, the poor inhabitants that are now in forts, must unavoidably fall, while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe.
Página xciv - But how came you to take upon you to sell land at all? We conquered you, we made women of you; you know you are women, and can no more sell land than women.
Página 168 - WHEN a nation, led to greatness by the hand of liberty, and possessed of all the glory that heroism, munificence, and humanity can bestow, descends to the ungrateful task of forging chains for her friends and children, and instead of giving support to freedom, turns advocate for slavery and oppression, there is reason to suspect she has ceased to be virtuous, or been extremely negligent in the appointment of her rulers.