An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies: In Four Volumes, Volume 1 |
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Page 83
... lakes to be found any where as those which North America affords . To the fame caufe we are alío partly to afcribe the exceffive luxuriance of all kinds of ve- getables in almost all parts of this country . In the fouthern provinces ...
... lakes to be found any where as those which North America affords . To the fame caufe we are alío partly to afcribe the exceffive luxuriance of all kinds of ve- getables in almost all parts of this country . In the fouthern provinces ...
Page 106
... lakes are formed into a fort of empire ; and the emperor is elected from the eldest tribe , which is that of the Ottowawaws . He has the greateft authority of any chief that has ap- peared on the continent fince dur acquaintance with it ...
... lakes are formed into a fort of empire ; and the emperor is elected from the eldest tribe , which is that of the Ottowawaws . He has the greateft authority of any chief that has ap- peared on the continent fince dur acquaintance with it ...
Page 120
... lakes ; fo that the army of the befiegers not only exceeded 200,000 , but amounted to 4,000,000 , according to the letter from Cortes ; and besides these 3000 boats and canoes came to their affiftance . Did it betray cowardice to have ...
... lakes ; fo that the army of the befiegers not only exceeded 200,000 , but amounted to 4,000,000 , according to the letter from Cortes ; and besides these 3000 boats and canoes came to their affiftance . Did it betray cowardice to have ...
Page 124
... lakes and waters over a prodigious furface . In other words , he affirms , that heat is friendly and moiflure adverfe to the production and de- velopement of the large quadrupeds . The hypothefis , that moisture is unfriendly to animal ...
... lakes and waters over a prodigious furface . In other words , he affirms , that heat is friendly and moiflure adverfe to the production and de- velopement of the large quadrupeds . The hypothefis , that moisture is unfriendly to animal ...
Page 141
... lakes , by the Dutch . This race of men is not indeed permanent ; but it is fufficient to show , that mere colour is by no means the characteristic of a certain fpecies of mankind . The difference of colour in these Individuals is ...
... lakes , by the Dutch . This race of men is not indeed permanent ; but it is fufficient to show , that mere colour is by no means the characteristic of a certain fpecies of mankind . The difference of colour in these Individuals is ...
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Page 130 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance: for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbour a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 130 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 133 - ... spread soft furs for him to rest and sleep on. We demand nothing in return.
Page 130 - Logan ; not even sparing my women and children. "There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it. I have killed many. I have fully glutted my vengeance.
Page 168 - East by a line to be drawn along the middle of the river St. Croix, from its mouth in the bay of Fundy to its source, and from its source directly north to the aforesaid highlands which divide the rivers that fall into the Atlantic ocean from those which fall into the river St. Lawrence...
Page 201 - For if a slave can have a country in this world, it must be any other in preference to that in which he is born to live and labour for another...
Page 204 - ... be capable of holding any office under the United States for which he, or another for his benefit, receives any salary, fees, or emolument of any kind.
Page 131 - The Business of the Women is to take exact notice of what passes, imprint it in their Memories, for they have no Writing, and communicate it to their Children. They are the Records of the Council, and they preserve...
Page 201 - The whole commerce between master and slave is a perpetual exercise of the most boisterous passions, the most unremitting despotism on the one part, and degrading submissions on the other. Our children see this, and learn to imitate it ; for man is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him. From his cradle to his grave he is learning to do what he sees others do.
Page 168 - ... to the middle of the river Apalachicola, or Catahouche ; thence along the middle thereof to its junction with the Flint river ; thence straight to the head of St. Mary's river ; and thence down along the middle of St. Mary's river to the Atlantic ocean.