A Universal History of the United States of America: Embracing the Whole Period, from the Earliest Discoveries, Down to the Present Time : Giving a Description of the Western Country, Its Soil, Settlements, Increase of Population, &c : in Three Parts |
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... spirit , comporting himself with a courteous and gentle gravity , and never indulging in any intemperance of language . Throughout his life , he was noted for a strict attention to the offices of reli- gion . The Sabbath was to him a ...
... spirit , comporting himself with a courteous and gentle gravity , and never indulging in any intemperance of language . Throughout his life , he was noted for a strict attention to the offices of reli- gion . The Sabbath was to him a ...
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... spirit of discontent and mutiny to arise , as the superior address and management of the commander became unequal to suppress , although for those qualities he was eminently distinguished . He was at length reduced to the necessity of ...
... spirit of discontent and mutiny to arise , as the superior address and management of the commander became unequal to suppress , although for those qualities he was eminently distinguished . He was at length reduced to the necessity of ...
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... spirit of adventure which character- ized the hardy age in which he lived . Although several men of rank and fortune were concerned in the companies which had been formed in England for colonising America , their funds appear to have ...
... spirit of adventure which character- ized the hardy age in which he lived . Although several men of rank and fortune were concerned in the companies which had been formed in England for colonising America , their funds appear to have ...
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... spirits unbroken , and his judgment unclouded , amidst this general misery and de- jection : In him , by common consent , all actual authority was placed , and he , by his own example , soon gave energy and efficiency to others in the ...
... spirits unbroken , and his judgment unclouded , amidst this general misery and de- jection : In him , by common consent , all actual authority was placed , and he , by his own example , soon gave energy and efficiency to others in the ...
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... spirits revived , by the ac- counts he gave of his discovery . They contented them- selves with deposing their ... spirit of industry and subordination appeared to be created in the colony , which was the parent of plenty and peace ...
... spirits revived , by the ac- counts he gave of his discovery . They contented them- selves with deposing their ... spirit of industry and subordination appeared to be created in the colony , which was the parent of plenty and peace ...
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