Washington and His Country: Being Irving's Life of WashingtonGinn & Company, 1893 - 618 pages |
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... ground were cleared and sowed with corn . But even Smith's energy found it hard to keep the colony in existence for two years . Lord Delaware . In 1609 Lord Delaware was appointed gov- ernor of Virginia , and a new expedition was sent ...
... ground were cleared and sowed with corn . But even Smith's energy found it hard to keep the colony in existence for two years . Lord Delaware . In 1609 Lord Delaware was appointed gov- ernor of Virginia , and a new expedition was sent ...
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... ground . From 1692 to 1714 Maryland was ruled by governors appointed by the crown . In the latter year the fourth Lord Balti- more turned Protestant , and his proprietary rights were revived . Maryland remained a sort of hereditary ...
... ground . From 1692 to 1714 Maryland was ruled by governors appointed by the crown . In the latter year the fourth Lord Balti- more turned Protestant , and his proprietary rights were revived . Maryland remained a sort of hereditary ...
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... ground , that the town might no longer afford a shelter to the tyrant . A few days afterward he was seized with a malarial fever , and died , and the rebellion forthwith collapsed for want of a leader . Twenty - two of his principal ...
... ground , that the town might no longer afford a shelter to the tyrant . A few days afterward he was seized with a malarial fever , and died , and the rebellion forthwith collapsed for want of a leader . Twenty - two of his principal ...
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... Indians , stormed the principal palisaded village of the Pequots , burned it to the ground , and massacred all but five of its 700 inhabitants . The miserable rem- nant of the Pequot tribe was soon wiped out of OF NORTH AMERICA . 35.
... Indians , stormed the principal palisaded village of the Pequots , burned it to the ground , and massacred all but five of its 700 inhabitants . The miserable rem- nant of the Pequot tribe was soon wiped out of OF NORTH AMERICA . 35.
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... ground in the middle of a great swamp ; it was surrounded by rows of palisades , which made a wall twelve feet in thickness ; and the only approach to its single door was over the trunk of a felled tree two feet in diameter , and ...
... ground in the middle of a great swamp ; it was surrounded by rows of palisades , which made a wall twelve feet in thickness ; and the only approach to its single door was over the trunk of a felled tree two feet in diameter , and ...
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Page 120 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 521 - I never mean, unless some particular circumstances should compel me to it, to possess another slave by purchase, it being among my first wishes to see some plan adopted by which slavery in this country may be abolished by law.
Page 494 - That the property of the United States, has been protected from the confiscations of Britain by the joint exertions of all, and therefore ought to be the common property of all. And he that attempts opposition to this creed is an enemy to equity and justice, and ought to be swept from off the face of the earth.
Page 148 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained ; we must fight ! I repeat it, Sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms, and to the God of hosts, is all that is left us.
Page 134 - Commons of Great Britain in Parliament assembled, had, hath and of right ought to have, full power and authority to make laws and statutes of sufficient force and validity to bind the colonies and people of America, subjects of the Crown of Great Britain in all cases whatsoever.
Page 96 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Page 142 - When your lordships look at the papers transmitted us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Page 31 - To the end the body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was ordered and agreed, that, for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body politic, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same.
Page 66 - Jumonville), he concluded with these words, — (I heard the bullets whistle, and, believe me, there is something charming in the sound.' On hearing of this the King said sensibly, — 'He would not say so, if he had been used to hear many.
Page 141 - To these grievous acts and measures Americans cannot submit : but in hopes their fellow subjects in Great Britain will, on a revision of them, restore us to that state, in which both countries found happiness and prosperity, we have, for the present, only resolved to pursue the following peaceable measures : 1.