Universal History, Ancient and Modern: From the Earliest Records of Time, to the General Peace of 1801 ...R. Phillips, 1804 |
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... favour- able accounts both of the country and of the peo- ple , as made Columbus impatient for that interview with the prince to which he had been invited . He sailed for this purpose from St. Thomas's on the 24th of December : his ship ...
... favour- able accounts both of the country and of the peo- ple , as made Columbus impatient for that interview with the prince to which he had been invited . He sailed for this purpose from St. Thomas's on the 24th of December : his ship ...
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... favour . Columbus found it necessary , from the condition of his ships , as well as from the temper of his men , to hasten his return to Europe . The voyage was prosperous to the 14th of February , and he had advanced near 500 leagues ...
... favour . Columbus found it necessary , from the condition of his ships , as well as from the temper of his men , to hasten his return to Europe . The voyage was prosperous to the 14th of February , and he had advanced near 500 leagues ...
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... . They both expressed their sorrow for what had happened , disavowed their knowledge of it , and joined in promising him protection and future favour . But 3 though though they disgraced his accuser and judge , yet they 36 AMERICA .
... . They both expressed their sorrow for what had happened , disavowed their knowledge of it , and joined in promising him protection and future favour . But 3 though though they disgraced his accuser and judge , yet they 36 AMERICA .
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... favour of the Domi- nicans , and declared the Indians to be a free peo- ple . Notwithstanding this decision the reparti- mientos were continued upon their antient footing , nor could the repeated remonstrances of the Domi- nicans obtain ...
... favour of the Domi- nicans , and declared the Indians to be a free peo- ple . Notwithstanding this decision the reparti- mientos were continued upon their antient footing , nor could the repeated remonstrances of the Domi- nicans obtain ...
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... favour- able climate yields almost spontaneously what suf fices to gratify them , they excite no violent emo- tion . Hence the people of the several tribes in America America waste their life in indolence : they will continue 84 AMERICA .
... favour- able climate yields almost spontaneously what suf fices to gratify them , they excite no violent emo- tion . Hence the people of the several tribes in America America waste their life in indolence : they will continue 84 AMERICA .
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Almagro America antient appeared appointed arms army arrived Atahualpa attempted Barbadoes Brazil Britain British Canada Caribbees cazique chief climate coast colonies colour Columbus command commerce conduct congress conquest considerable continent Cortes coun crown crown of Castile Cuba cultivation Cuzco death Diego Columbus discovered discovery Dominica dominion drarias empire endeavoured enemies England English established Europe European expedition favour force French gave gold governor granted Grenada Hispaniola honour hundred important inca Indians Indies industry inhabitants island Jamaica king labour land liberty Lord Cornwallis Massachussetts ment Mexican empire Mexicans Mexico monarch Montezuma nations natives negroes neral North officers persons Peru Peruvians Pizarro Portuguese possession prisoners provinces Quito received religion river royal sail savage sent settled settlement ships slaves soil soldiers soon South sovereign Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit subjects success sugar thousand tion took town trade tribes troops Virginia voyage wealth West World XXIV
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Seite 32 - The discovery of America, and that of a passage to the East Indies by the Cape of Good Hope, are the two greatest and most important events recorded in the history of mankind.
Seite 12 - ... of his well-concerted plan; and passing, in the warmth of their admiration, from one extreme to another, they now pronounced the man, whom they had so lately reviled and threatened, to be a person inspired by heaven with sagacity and fortitude more than human, in order to accomplish a design so far beyond the ideas and conception of all former ages.
Seite 8 - Canaries ; and many of the sailors, dejected already and dismayed, when they contemplated the boldness of the undertaking, began to beat their breasts and to shed tears, as if they were never more to behold land. Columbus comforted them with assurances of success, and the prospect of vast wealth in those opulent regions whither he was conducting them. This early discovery of the spirit of his followers taught Columbus that he must prepare to struggle not only with the unavoidable...
Seite 9 - From secret whispers or murmurings, they proceeded to open cabals and public complaints. They taxed their sovereign with inconsiderate credulity, in paying such regard to the vain promises and rash conjectures of an indigent foreigner, as to hazard the lives of so many of...
Seite 244 - With a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Seite 12 - ... not foresee the consequences. The dress of the Spaniards, the whiteness of their skins, their beards, their arms, appeared strange and surprising. The vast machines in which they had traversed the ocean, that seemed to move upon the waters with wings, and uttered a dreadful sound resembling thunder, accompanied with lightning and smoke, struck them with such terror, that they began to respect theii new guests as a superior order of beings, and concluded that they were children of the Sun, who...
Seite 205 - Resolved, That any person who shall, by speaking or writing, assert or maintain that any person or persons, other than the general assembly of this colony, have any right or power to impose or lay any taxation on the people here, shall be deemed an enemy to His Majesty's colony.
Seite 124 - Mexicans, that their ancestors came originally from a remote region, and Conquered the provinces now subject to his dominion ; that after they were settled there, the great captain who conducted this colony returned to his own country, promising that at some future period his descendants should visit them, assume the government, and reform their constitution and laws ; that from what he had heard and seen of Cortes and his followers, he was convinced that they were the very persons whose appearance...
Seite 5 - After a course of westerly winds, trees torn up by the roots were often driven upon the coasts of the Azores ; and, at one time, the dead bodies of two men with singular features, resembling neither the inhabitants of Europe nor of Africa, were cast ashore there.
Seite 10 - It was necessary, on all these accounts, to soothe passions which he could no longer command, and to give way to a torrent too impetuous to be checked. He promised solemnly to his men that he would comply with their request, provided they would accompany him, and obey his commands •for three days longer, and if, during that time, land were not discovered, he would then abandon the enterprise, and direct his course towards Spain...