History of the United States: To which is Prefixed a Brief Historical Account of Our [English] Ancestors, from the Dispersion at Babel, to Their Migration to America, and of the Conquest of South America, by the Spaniards |
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... territory , now Cambridge , Suffolk , and Norfolk ; also the kingdom of the Mercians , comprehending the mid- dle counties from the river Severn to Yorkshire and Lancashire . Other bodies of adventurers landed in the north SAXONS . 23.
... territory , now Cambridge , Suffolk , and Norfolk ; also the kingdom of the Mercians , comprehending the mid- dle counties from the river Severn to Yorkshire and Lancashire . Other bodies of adventurers landed in the north SAXONS . 23.
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... river . The site was of considera- ble extent , and surrounded by a broad , deep ditch , called the foss , and sometimes filled with water . Before the great gate was an out - work , called a barbacan or ante- mural , which was a strong ...
... river . The site was of considera- ble extent , and surrounded by a broad , deep ditch , called the foss , and sometimes filled with water . Before the great gate was an out - work , called a barbacan or ante- mural , which was a strong ...
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... rivers , and the shore of the Atlantic . In this progress , they would first find the rivers that fall into the Missis- sippi , and pursuing them , would find and plant the rich intervals on these rivers . Then continuing their course ...
... rivers , and the shore of the Atlantic . In this progress , they would first find the rivers that fall into the Missis- sippi , and pursuing them , would find and plant the rich intervals on these rivers . Then continuing their course ...
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... river to river , or round falls and over necks of land . 149. Virtues and vices . The good and bad qualities of Indians are few , or confined to a few objects . In general , a savage is governed by his passions , without much restraint ...
... river to river , or round falls and over necks of land . 149. Virtues and vices . The good and bad qualities of Indians are few , or confined to a few objects . In general , a savage is governed by his passions , without much restraint ...
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... river on the globe . In the same year , one Cabral , a Portuguese , pushed his adventures further south , and discovered the country now called Brazil . Pinzon made a second voyage in 1508 , with Solis , and proceeded as far south as ...
... river on the globe . In the same year , one Cabral , a Portuguese , pushed his adventures further south , and discovered the country now called Brazil . Pinzon made a second voyage in 1508 , with Solis , and proceeded as far south as ...
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Page 310 - Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
Page 309 - In the discharge of this trust, I will only say, that I have, with good intentions, contributed towards the organization and administration of the Government the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable.
Page 313 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force, 'to put in the place of the delegated will of the Nation the will of a party, often a small but artful...
Page 311 - The east. in a like intercourse with the west, already finds, and in the progressive improvement of interior communications by land and water will more and more find a valuable vent for the commodities which it brings from abroad, or manufactures at home. The west derives from the east supplies requisite to its growth and comfort — and what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions, to the weight, influence,...
Page 312 - In contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union, it occurs as a matter of serious concern, that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views.
Page 314 - Let me .now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind.
Page 314 - ... the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose; and there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.
Page 315 - If in the opinion of the people the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation; for though this in one instance may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
Page 314 - There is an opinion, that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of Liberty.
Page 315 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.