Queen of Republics: Being a Standard History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American Countinent to the Present TimeBay State Company, 1899 - 936 páginas |
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... enemy . Warrior after warrior would follow , till at last the whole band would be dancing , shouting , and brandishing their weapons , striking and stab- bing at the air , making hideous grimaces and filling the forest with their yells ...
... enemy . Warrior after warrior would follow , till at last the whole band would be dancing , shouting , and brandishing their weapons , striking and stab- bing at the air , making hideous grimaces and filling the forest with their yells ...
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... enemy , or proceed to St. Augustine and attack them with the fleet . Ribault supposed that Melendez would attack the fort by sea , and favored the latter plan , but his officers opposed his design . Disre garding their advice , Ribault ...
... enemy , or proceed to St. Augustine and attack them with the fleet . Ribault supposed that Melendez would attack the fort by sea , and favored the latter plan , but his officers opposed his design . Disre garding their advice , Ribault ...
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... enemy's lines , where he gave the alarm . Oglethorpe , by a happy stratagem , now induced the enemy to with- draw , and drew upon the deserter the pun- ishment he merited . He bribed a Spanish prisoner to carry a letter to the deserter ...
... enemy's lines , where he gave the alarm . Oglethorpe , by a happy stratagem , now induced the enemy to with- draw , and drew upon the deserter the pun- ishment he merited . He bribed a Spanish prisoner to carry a letter to the deserter ...
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... enemy at once silently mounted on the snow - drifts to the top of the palisades and entered the enclosure , which had an area of twenty acres . A general massacre followed . The town was destroyed , forty persons were killed , and one ...
... enemy at once silently mounted on the snow - drifts to the top of the palisades and entered the enclosure , which had an area of twenty acres . A general massacre followed . The town was destroyed , forty persons were killed , and one ...
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... Enemy . Massachusetts , being the most interested in the success of the expedition by reason of being the largest owner of shipping , under- took the principal part of the expense and agreed to furnish a majority of the troops and the ...
... Enemy . Massachusetts , being the most interested in the success of the expedition by reason of being the largest owner of shipping , under- took the principal part of the expense and agreed to furnish a majority of the troops and the ...
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Página 915 - With the movements in this hemisphere we are of necessity more immediately connected, and by causes which must be obvious to all enlightened and impartial observers. The political system of the allied powers is essentially different in this respect from that of America.
Página 389 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other, for their common defence, the security of their Liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other, against all force offered to, or attacks made upon, them or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Página 352 - The distinctions between Virginians, Pennsylvanians, New Yorkers, and New Englanders, are no more. I am not a Virginian, but an American.
Página 296 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Página 556 - ... the occasion has been deemed proper for asserting, .as a principle In which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintained, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European power, • • • We owe it.
Página 784 - The arms, artillery, and public property to be parked and stacked, and turned over to the officers appointed by me to receive them. This will not embrace the side-arms of the officers, nor their private horses or baggage.
Página 128 - Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Página 643 - Measures, is hereby declared inoperative and void : it being the true intent and meaning of this act, not to legislate slavery into any territory or state, nor to exclude it therefrom, but to leave the people thereof perfectly free to form and regulate their domestic institutions in their own way, subject only to the constitution of the United States...
Página 130 - In the name of God, Amen. We, whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord, King' James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, &c., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honour of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Página 353 - ... When your lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause and wish to make it your own.