The History of North and South America: From Its Discovery to the Death of General Washington, Volym 1–2Jacob Johnson, 1806 |
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... bodies led neithe cast ashor great de and authe and ente ruth dhe st of exper that his countrymen were unacquainted with his abilities and character ; they therefore inconsiderately rejected his proposal , as the dream of a chimerical ...
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... bodies tures not hey were dies were urs . They from the discovery . The latter , simple and unsuspecti had no forethought of the calamities and desolations whic were soon to overwhelm their country . Columbus , as admi- ral and viceroy ...
... bodies tures not hey were dies were urs . They from the discovery . The latter , simple and unsuspecti had no forethought of the calamities and desolations whic were soon to overwhelm their country . Columbus , as admi- ral and viceroy ...
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... bodies of their enemies taken in war . Columbus , eager to know the state of the colony he had left , proceeded directly to Hispaniola . When he arrived off Navidad where he had left the thirty- eight men under the command of Arada , he ...
... bodies of their enemies taken in war . Columbus , eager to know the state of the colony he had left , proceeded directly to Hispaniola . When he arrived off Navidad where he had left the thirty- eight men under the command of Arada , he ...
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... body of the troops . He displayed in this expedition , all the pomp of military parade , in order to strike the imagina- tion of the natives : he marched with colours flying , mar- tial music , and a small body of cavalry , that ...
... body of the troops . He displayed in this expedition , all the pomp of military parade , in order to strike the imagina- tion of the natives : he marched with colours flying , mar- tial music , and a small body of cavalry , that ...
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... body , and intense ap- he autho order and eral offi of wealth the male nse for al isappoint Dod degre liscoretio e new coul ation , wo plication of mind , brought on a pestilential fever , termi- nating in a lethargy , which ...
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Sida 156 - The basis of our political systems is the right of the people to make and to alter their constitutions of government. But the constitution which at any time exists till changed by an explicit and authentic act of the whole people is sacredly obligatory upon all.
Sida 156 - However combinations or associations of the above description may now and then answer popular ends, they are likely, in the course of time and things, to become potent engines, by which cunning, ambitious, and unprincipled men, will be enabled to subvert the power of the people, and to usurp for themselves the reins of government destroying, afterwards, the very engines which have lifted them to unjust dominion.
Sida 165 - 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...
Sida 154 - Union, affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the. patriotism of those, who, in any quarter, may endeavour to weaken its bands.
Sida 159 - Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim the tribute of patriotism, who should labour to subvert these great pillars of human happiness, these firmest props of the duties of men and citizens.
Sida 156 - Towards the preservation of your government, and the permanency of your present happy state, it is requisite, not only that you steadily discountenance irregular oppositions to its acknowledged authority, but also that you resist with care the spirit of innovation upon its principles, however specious the pretexts.
Sida 151 - ... strengthened the motives to diffidence of myself; and every day the increasing weight of years admonishes me more and more that the shade of retirement is as necessary to me as it will be welcome. Satisfied that if any circumstances have given peculiar value to my services, they were temporary, I have the consolation to believe, that while choice and prudence invite me to quit the political scene, patriotism does not forbid it.
Sida 165 - I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence ; and that, after forty-five years of my life dedicated to its service, with an upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.
Sida 156 - 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 and enterprising minority of the community...