A History of the United States of America: On a Plan Adapted to the Capacity of Youth and Designed to Aid the Memory by Systematick Arrangement and Interesting Associations |
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... discharged with great precision and force . The southern Indians used targets made of bark ; the Mohawks clothed them selves with skins , as a defence against the arrows 14 PERIOD I .... 1492 .... 1607 .... DISCOVERIES ,
... discharged with great precision and force . The southern Indians used targets made of bark ; the Mohawks clothed them selves with skins , as a defence against the arrows 14 PERIOD I .... 1492 .... 1607 .... DISCOVERIES ,
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... force . By this constitution , a president of a palatine court , to con- sist of the proprietors , was to be chosen for life . An heredi- tary nobility was to be established , consisting of landgraves and caciques . A parliament ...
... force . By this constitution , a president of a palatine court , to con- sist of the proprietors , was to be chosen for life . An heredi- tary nobility was to be established , consisting of landgraves and caciques . A parliament ...
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... forces at Swan- zey . The next morning an attack was made upon some of Philip's men , who were pursued and five or six of them killed . This resolute conduct of the English made a deep impression on the enemy . Philip with his forces ...
... forces at Swan- zey . The next morning an attack was made upon some of Philip's men , who were pursued and five or six of them killed . This resolute conduct of the English made a deep impression on the enemy . Philip with his forces ...
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... forces immediately marched to that place , and the next day resolutely charged the enemy in thei recesses . As the troops entered the swamp , the Indians con- tinued to retire . The English in vain pursued , till the approach of night ...
... forces immediately marched to that place , and the next day resolutely charged the enemy in thei recesses . As the troops entered the swamp , the Indians con- tinued to retire . The English in vain pursued , till the approach of night ...
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... force , to take possession of Saybrook Fort . The governour and council of Connecticut , having notice of his coming , sent Capt . Bull to defend the fort . On the arrival of Andross at the mouth of the river , after making a show of force ...
... force , to take possession of Saybrook Fort . The governour and council of Connecticut , having notice of his coming , sent Capt . Bull to defend the fort . On the arrival of Andross at the mouth of the river , after making a show of force ...
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Page 134 - 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.
Page 126 - Mr. Speaker, and gentlemen of the House of Burgesses, I have heard of your resolves, and augur ill of their effects. You have made it my duty to dissolve you, and you are dissolved accordingly " The spirit conjured up by the late decrees of Parliament was not so easily allayed.
Page 289 - It shall be their duty, as soon as may be, to pass such laws as may be necessary. First, To prevent free negroes and mulattoes from coming to, and settling in, this state, under any pretext whatsoever...
Page 179 - We join you in commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God, beseeching him to dispose the hearts and minds of its citizens to improve the opportunity afforded them of becoming a happy and respectable nation.
Page 296 - Happy is that people, that is in such a case: yea, happy is that people, whose God is the Lord.
Page 197 - I have, in obedience to the public summons, repaired to the present station, it would be peculiarly improper to omit in this first official act, my fervent supplications to that Almighty Being, who rules over the universe, who presides in the councils of nations, and whose providential aids can supply every human defect, that his benediction may consecrate to.
Page 246 - With this evidence of hostile inflexibility, in trampling on rights which no independent nation can relinquish, Congress will feel the duty of putting the United States into an armour, and an attitude demanded by the crisis, and corresponding with the national spirit and expectations.
Page 179 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Page 161 - Sympathy towards a soldier will surely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings of a man of honor.
Page 123 - They nourished by your indulgence ! They grew by your neglect of them. As soon as you began to care about them, that care was exercised in sending persons to rule...