The History of Illinois, from Its First Discovery and Settlement to the Present TimeJ. Winchester, 1844 - 492 sidor |
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... five inches , and its thickness about ten or twelve inches . It bears three inscriptions : one of them in sacred characters , ( that is , in hiero- glyphics , ) one of them in the writing of the country , ( that is , in the an- cient ...
... five inches , and its thickness about ten or twelve inches . It bears three inscriptions : one of them in sacred characters , ( that is , in hiero- glyphics , ) one of them in the writing of the country , ( that is , in the an- cient ...
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... five hundred and forty - nine years before Christ , ) he was informed by " Sonchis , one of the priests , of the existence of the Atlantic isles , which , Sonchis said , were larger than Africa and Asia uni- ted . " Europe , it will be ...
... five hundred and forty - nine years before Christ , ) he was informed by " Sonchis , one of the priests , of the existence of the Atlantic isles , which , Sonchis said , were larger than Africa and Asia uni- ted . " Europe , it will be ...
Sida 44
... five feet , and descending by steps on the other side , at a short dis- tance beyond came to a colossal head , two yards in diameter , almost buried by an enormous tree , and covered with moss . Near it was a large altar ; proceeding ...
... five feet , and descending by steps on the other side , at a short dis- tance beyond came to a colossal head , two yards in diameter , almost buried by an enormous tree , and covered with moss . Near it was a large altar ; proceeding ...
Sida 45
... - eight feet , by one hundred and eighty feet deep . Its height is not more than twenty - five feet , and all around , it had a broad projecting cornice of stone . The front contained fourteen doorways THE HISTORY OF ILLINOIS . 45.
... - eight feet , by one hundred and eighty feet deep . Its height is not more than twenty - five feet , and all around , it had a broad projecting cornice of stone . The front contained fourteen doorways THE HISTORY OF ILLINOIS . 45.
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... five inches ; the descents are nine hundred and nineteen feet . The lake , it seems then , is one hundred and twenty - eight feet three inches above the level of the Pacific . This lake is ninety - five miles long , and thirty wide , in ...
... five inches ; the descents are nine hundred and nineteen feet . The lake , it seems then , is one hundred and twenty - eight feet three inches above the level of the Pacific . This lake is ninety - five miles long , and thirty wide , in ...
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The History of Illinois, from Its First Discovery and Settlement to the ... Henry Brown Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1844 |
The History of Illinois, from Its First Discovery and Settlement to the ... Henry Brown Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - 1844 |
The History of Illinois, from Its First Discovery and Settlement to the ... Brown Henry 1789-1849 Ingen förhandsgranskning - 2016 |
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Sida 25 - 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.
Sida 442 - That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man can of right be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority can, in any case whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience; and that no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious societies or modes of worship.
Sida 23 - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears him in the wind: His soul, proud science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way: Yet simple Nature to his hope has given.
Sida 227 - When your Lordships look at the papers transmitted to us from America, when you consider their decency, firmness, and wisdom, you cannot but respect their cause, and wish to make it your own.
Sida 98 - ... and convenient for the general good of the colony. Unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Sida 210 - ... that no Governor or commander in chief of our other colonies or plantations in America, do presume for the present, and until our further pleasure be known, to grant warrants of survey, or pass patents for any lands beyond the heads or sources of any of the rivers which fall into the Atlantic ocean from the West or Northwest...
Sida 263 - No person demeaning himself in a peaceable and orderly manner, shall ever be molested on account of his mode of worship or religious sentiments, in the said territory.
Sida 98 - In the name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord, King James, by the grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, King, defender of the faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and the advancement of the Christian faith...
Sida 263 - Pennsylvania and the said territorial line: provided, however, and it is further understood and declared, that the boundaries of these three states shall be subject so far to be altered, that if Congress shall hereafter find it expedient, they shall have authority to form one or two states in that part of the said territory which lies north of an east and west line drawn through the southerly bend or extreme of Lake Michigan.
Sida 263 - The middle state shall be bounded by the said direct line, the Wabash from Post Vincents to the Ohio; by the Ohio, by a direct line drawn due north from the mouth of the Great Miami, to the said territorial line, and by the said territorial line.