The History of Illinois, from Its First Discovery and Settlement to the Present TimeJ. Winchester, 1844 - 492 páginas |
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... person , ( as we are informed , ) his elevated demeanor , his air of au- thority , his kindling eye , and the persuasive intonations of his voice , gave power to his words ; and when the doctrinal objections of his adversaries were set ...
... person , ( as we are informed , ) his elevated demeanor , his air of au- thority , his kindling eye , and the persuasive intonations of his voice , gave power to his words ; and when the doctrinal objections of his adversaries were set ...
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... persons capable of contemplating man , under whatever aspect he may appear , with a candid or discerning eye . The conquerors of South America were illiterate adventurers , in whom avarice and zeal were curiously blended . Surrounded ...
... persons capable of contemplating man , under whatever aspect he may appear , with a candid or discerning eye . The conquerors of South America were illiterate adventurers , in whom avarice and zeal were curiously blended . Surrounded ...
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... person injured or slain , to avenge the wrong , or accept the reparation offered by the aggres sor ; and as it was deemed pusillanimous to suffer an offender with impu- nity to escape , resentment was implacable . Having no ideas of ...
... person injured or slain , to avenge the wrong , or accept the reparation offered by the aggres sor ; and as it was deemed pusillanimous to suffer an offender with impu- nity to escape , resentment was implacable . Having no ideas of ...
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... person is sick , a dance is prescribed as the means of restoring him to health ; and if he cannot endure its fatigue , the physician or conjurer performs it in his name . The music by which these dances are regulated is simple and monot ...
... person is sick , a dance is prescribed as the means of restoring him to health ; and if he cannot endure its fatigue , the physician or conjurer performs it in his name . The music by which these dances are regulated is simple and monot ...
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... person to make himself acceptable . ' Tis only when he enters the councils of his nation , or takes the field against his enemies , that he puts on his choicest ornaments and decks his person with the nicest care . His habitation is ...
... person to make himself acceptable . ' Tis only when he enters the councils of his nation , or takes the field against his enemies , that he puts on his choicest ornaments and decks his person with the nicest care . His habitation is ...
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Página 269 - 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 104 - 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...
Página 446 - 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.
Página 29 - 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.
Página 233 - 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.
Página 104 - ... and convenient for the general good of the colony. Unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Página 216 - ... 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...
Página 269 - 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.
Página 269 - 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.
Página 269 - No tax shall be imposed on lands the property of the United States ; and in no case shall non-resident proprietors be taxed higher than residents.