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... coast of which was a flat , stony land , and the background crowned with lofty moun- tains covered with ice and snow . Pursuing their voyage further south , they now came to another coast , also flat , cov- ered with thick wood , and ...
... coast of which was a flat , stony land , and the background crowned with lofty moun- tains covered with ice and snow . Pursuing their voyage further south , they now came to another coast , also flat , cov- ered with thick wood , and ...
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... coast of Africa , and around its southern point.1 Idea and 12. The plan formed by Columbus was very different . Believing the earth to be round , he concluded that the short- est way to India was across the Atlantic ocean . It is plain ...
... coast of Africa , and around its southern point.1 Idea and 12. The plan formed by Columbus was very different . Believing the earth to be round , he concluded that the short- est way to India was across the Atlantic ocean . It is plain ...
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... almost everywhere upon the North American conti- nent , except perhaps upon the Atlantic coast . They consist of mounds , sometimes of imposing size , and other earthworks , so numerous that in Ohio alone there are , or.
... almost everywhere upon the North American conti- nent , except perhaps upon the Atlantic coast . They consist of mounds , sometimes of imposing size , and other earthworks , so numerous that in Ohio alone there are , or.
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... coast of Labrador , and thus was the first to discover the continent of America . In a second voy- age , made by Sebastian Cabot the next year , a large extent of the eastern coast of North America was explored.1 37. Columbus , it is ...
... coast of Labrador , and thus was the first to discover the continent of America . In a second voy- age , made by Sebastian Cabot the next year , a large extent of the eastern coast of North America was explored.1 37. Columbus , it is ...
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... as the word florida means flowery , it may be said there were two reasons for calling the country by that beautiful name . 45. Ponce landed , but found not the fountain . He sailed along the coast , going around the southern point of.
... as the word florida means flowery , it may be said there were two reasons for calling the country by that beautiful name . 45. Ponce landed , but found not the fountain . He sailed along the coast , going around the southern point of.
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Página 340 - NEW YORK William Floyd Philip Livingston Francis Lewis Lewis Morris NEW JERSEY Richard Stockton John Witherspoon Francis Hopkinson John Hart Abraham Clark PENNSYLVANIA Robert Morris Benjamin Rush Benjamin...
Página 339 - He has constrained our fellow-citizens, taken captive on the high seas, to bear arms against their country ; to become the executioners of their friends and brethren, or to fall themselves by their hands.
Página 175 - 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.
Página 252 - Constitution of the United States of America was ratified, and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed; and that the union now subsisting between South Carolina and other States, under the name of the "United States of America,
Página 189 - 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, 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...
Página 138 - Sir, we are not weak, if we make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power. 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. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone.
Página 272 - 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...
Página 140 - As to pay, Sir, I beg leave to assure the Congress, that, as no pecuniary consideration could have tempted me to accept this arduous employment, at the expense of my domestic ease and happiness, I do not wish to make any profit from it. I will keep an exact account of my expenses. Those, I doubt not, they will discharge; and that is all I desire.
Página 182 - 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.
Página 9 - 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.