A Popular School History of the United States: In which are Inserted as Part of the Narrative Selections from the Writings of Eminent American Historians, and Other American Writers of Note : to which are Added the Declaration of Independence, and the Constitution of the United States, with Copious Notes : Fully Illustrated with Maps, Portraits, and Views |
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... fleet Columbus set sail from Spain , on Friday morning , August the 3d , 1492 , and , after a voyage of ten weeks - the most famous that ever was made - discovered one of the Bahama islands.1 Landing 14. " It was on Friday morning , the ...
... fleet Columbus set sail from Spain , on Friday morning , August the 3d , 1492 , and , after a voyage of ten weeks - the most famous that ever was made - discovered one of the Bahama islands.1 Landing 14. " It was on Friday morning , the ...
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... fleet . first voyage Sailing from Spain across the Atlantic , he discov- the earth , ered the strait which bears his name . Passing through this strait he reached the ocean which Balboa had seven years previously discovered . This ocean ...
... fleet . first voyage Sailing from Spain across the Atlantic , he discov- the earth , ered the strait which bears his name . Passing through this strait he reached the ocean which Balboa had seven years previously discovered . This ocean ...
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... fleet originally consisted of five vessels , but , owing to de- sertion and loss , was reduced to one . Before the Pacific ocean came to be so called generally , it was often called the South Sea or the Southern · Sea , 1513 66 ...
... fleet originally consisted of five vessels , but , owing to de- sertion and loss , was reduced to one . Before the Pacific ocean came to be so called generally , it was often called the South Sea or the Southern · Sea , 1513 66 ...
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... fleet . This offer was the turning - point , for it shamed the pub- lic treasurer into advancing the needed funds . Three small vessels were fitted out , and in the summer of 1492 they sailed from the little port of Palos in Spain . At ...
... fleet . This offer was the turning - point , for it shamed the pub- lic treasurer into advancing the needed funds . Three small vessels were fitted out , and in the summer of 1492 they sailed from the little port of Palos in Spain . At ...
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... fleet , known as the " Invincible Armada , " to invade Eng- land . It was attacked and defeated with terrible destruction by a fleet under Lord Howard , assisted by the renowned captains Drake , Frobisher , Hawkins , and Raleigh ( 1588 ) ...
... fleet , known as the " Invincible Armada , " to invade Eng- land . It was attacked and defeated with terrible destruction by a fleet under Lord Howard , assisted by the renowned captains Drake , Frobisher , Hawkins , and Raleigh ( 1588 ) ...
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Page 191 - Though in reviewing the incidents of my administration, I am unconscious of intentional error, I am nevertheless, too sensible of my defects not to think it probable that I may have committed many errors. Whatever they may be, I fervently beseech the Almighty to avert or mitigate the evils, to which they may tend. I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence...
Page 138 - Three millions of people, armed in the holy cause of liberty, and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us.
Page 191 - I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat, in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow-citizens, the benign influence of good laws under a free government, the ever favorite object of my heart, and the happy reward, as I trust, of our mutual cares, labors, and dangers.
Page 177 - 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 257 - If any one attempts to haul down the American flag, shoot him on the spot.
Page 147 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote. It is true, indeed*, that in the beginning we aimed not at Independence. But there's a Divinity which shapes our ends.
Page 191 - RELYING on its kindness in this as in other things, and actuated by that fervent love towards it, which is so natural to a man who views in it the native soil of himself and his progenitors for several generations...
Page 276 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or to destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slave, I would do it...
Page 184 - He smote the rock of the national resources, and abundant streams of revenue gushed forth. He touched the dead corpse of the Public Credit, and it sprung upon its feet.
Page 13 - No title of nobility shall be granted by the United States; and no person holding any office of profit or trust under them shall, without the consent of Congress, accept of any present, emolument, office, or title, of any kind whatever, from any king, prince, or foreign State.