A History of the American PeopleD. Lothrop, 1883 - 668 páginas |
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... which have been sometimes slightly considered in single - volume histories of America , are the following , which seem to lie at the foundation of a true conception of the subject . I. The growth of the belief that the world is.
... which have been sometimes slightly considered in single - volume histories of America , are the following , which seem to lie at the foundation of a true conception of the subject . I. The growth of the belief that the world is.
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... considered the stories of the islands of St. Brandan and of the Seven Cities as mere illusions , charming as they were to the fancy ; but he did not give up a hope of being able to get near the confines of the Terres- trial Paradise ...
... considered the stories of the islands of St. Brandan and of the Seven Cities as mere illusions , charming as they were to the fancy ; but he did not give up a hope of being able to get near the confines of the Terres- trial Paradise ...
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... considered fair spoil by the Christians , and Fer- dinand was familiar with the stories of the fabulous wealth of Ormus and of Ind , which had fired the mediæval imagination for ages . The motives of Columbus are best stated in the ...
... considered fair spoil by the Christians , and Fer- dinand was familiar with the stories of the fabulous wealth of Ormus and of Ind , which had fired the mediæval imagination for ages . The motives of Columbus are best stated in the ...
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... considered by Mr. Putnam to have been used primarily as a site for a town . In the Cumberland valley , near Nashville , Tenn . , and Lebanon , several mounds have been very care- fully explored by Professor Putnam , and the remark- able ...
... considered by Mr. Putnam to have been used primarily as a site for a town . In the Cumberland valley , near Nashville , Tenn . , and Lebanon , several mounds have been very care- fully explored by Professor Putnam , and the remark- able ...
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... considered too extravagant , and when he asked it , permission was freely given him to go to conquer that great region then called " Florida , " extending from the Atlantic to the Mississippi , and to the north and northwest to an ...
... considered too extravagant , and when he asked it , permission was freely given him to go to conquer that great region then called " Florida , " extending from the Atlantic to the Mississippi , and to the north and northwest to an ...
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Página 175 - He has waged cruel war against human nature itself, violating its most sacred rights of life and liberty in the persons of a distant people who never offended him, captivating and carrying them into slavery in another hemisphere, or to incur miserable death in their transportation thither. This piratical warfare, the opprobrium of INFIDEL powers, is the warfare of the CHRISTIAN King of Great Britain. Determined to keep open a market where MEN should be bought and sold, he has prostituted his negative...
Página 584 - Congress assembled, shall have the sole and exclusive right and power of determining on peace and war, except in the cases mentioned in the sixth article: of sending and receiving ambassadors: entering into treaties and alliances: provided that no treaty of commerce shall be made whereby the legislative power of the respective States shall be restrained from imposing such imposts and duties on foreigners as their own people are subjected to, or from prohibiting the exportation or importation of any...
Página 591 - Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the several States which may be included within this union, according to their respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years and excluding Indians not taxed...
Página 601 - The Congress shall have power to dispose of and make all needful rules and regulations respecting the territory or other property belonging to the United States ; and nothing in this Constitution shall be so, construed as to prejudice any claims of the United States, or of any particular state. SECTION 4. The United States shall guarantee to every state in this Union, a republican form of government, and shall protect each of them against invasion, and on application of the legislature, or of the...
Página 581 - The said states hereby severally enter into a firm league of friendship with each other for their common defence, the security of their liberties, and their mutual and general welfare, binding themselves to assist each other against all force offered to, or attacks made upon them, or any of them, on account of religion, sovereignty, trade, or any other pretence whatever.
Página 593 - Each House shall keep a Journal of its Proceedings, and from time to time publish the same, excepting such Parts as may in their Judgment require Secrecy ; and the Yeas and Nays of the Members of either House on any question shall, at the Desire of one fifth of those Present, be entered on the Journal.
Página 587 - Congress assembled, by the consent of nine States, shall, from time to time, think expedient to vest them with; provided that no power be delegated to the said committee, for the exercise of which, by the Articles of Confederation, the voice of nine States, in the Congress of the United States assembled, is requisite. ART. XI. Canada acceding to this Confederation, and joining in the measures of the United States, shall be admitted into, and entitled to all the advantages of this Union, but no other...
Página 266 - There shall be neither slavery nor involuntary servitude in the said territory otherwise than in the punishment of crimes, whereof the party shall have been duly convicted; Provided, always, That any person escaping into the same, from whom labor or service is lawfully claimed in any one of the original States, such fugitive may be lawfully reclaimed and conveyed to the person claiming his or her labor or service as aforesaid.
Página 610 - Resolved, That the several states composing the United States of America, are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government; but that by compact under the style and title of a Constitution for the United States...
Página 600 - States shall consist only in levying war against them, or in adhering to their enemies, giving them aid and comfort. No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.