The Life of George Washington,: Commander in Chief of the American Forces, During the War which Established the Independence of His Country, and First President of the United States, Volumen 1C.P. Wayne, 1804 |
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... prepared by general Lee and passed in the house of representatives of the United States , on their being informed of the death of general Washington . have been concerned , that admiration which is often merited vi PREFACE .
... prepared by general Lee and passed in the house of representatives of the United States , on their being informed of the death of general Washington . have been concerned , that admiration which is often merited vi PREFACE .
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... situation of our own country in every stage of its existence , can stamp a value on the page which contains them . He has , therefore , omitted entirely many transac- tions deemed of great moment while passing , and yet PREFACE . XV.
... situation of our own country in every stage of its existence , can stamp a value on the page which contains them . He has , therefore , omitted entirely many transac- tions deemed of great moment while passing , and yet PREFACE . XV.
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... passing , and yet he is more apprehensive of having overcharged his narrative with facts not of suf- ficient importance to be preserved , than of hav- ing contracted it too much . For any inattention to composition an apology ought ...
... passing , and yet he is more apprehensive of having overcharged his narrative with facts not of suf- ficient importance to be preserved , than of hav- ing contracted it too much . For any inattention to composition an apology ought ...
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... passing a bar , was 1590. half filled with water , another overset , and six men were drowned . Two other boats , how- ever , were sometime afterward fitted out with nineteen men , to search the island on which the colony had been left ...
... passing a bar , was 1590. half filled with water , another overset , and six men were drowned . Two other boats , how- ever , were sometime afterward fitted out with nineteen men , to search the island on which the colony had been left ...
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... passed some time at these places , examining the country , and trading with the natives , he returned to England . This voyage which was completed in less than four months , was attended with important consequences . Gosnald had found a ...
... passed some time at these places , examining the country , and trading with the natives , he returned to England . This voyage which was completed in less than four months , was attended with important consequences . Gosnald had found a ...
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Página 38 - Indians, within those parts of our colonies where, we have thought proper to allow settlement; but that, if at any time any of the said Indians should be inclined to dispose of the said lands, the same shall be purchased only for us, in our name, at some public meeting or assembly of the said Indians, to be held for that purpose by the governor or commander in chief of our colony respectively within which they shall lie...
Página 221 - ... to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of power, that they may be free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their just administration ; for liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.
Página 37 - ... 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 268 - No aid, tax, tallage, assessment, custom, loan, benevolence, or imposition whatsoever, shall be laid, assessed, imposed, or levied on any of their majesties' subjects or their estates, on any pretence whatsoever, but by the act and consent of the governor, council, and representatives of the people assembled in general court.
Página 35 - ... all persons inhabiting' in, or resorting to, our said colonies, may confide in our royal protection for the enjoyment of the benefit of the laws of our realm of England...
Página 38 - Bay company; as also all the lands and territories lying to the westward of the sources of the rivers which fall into the sea from the West and North West...
Página 2 - Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them; and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore, governments rather depend upon men than men upon governments. Let men be good and the government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good they will endeavor to warp and spoil it to their turn.
Página 85 - They were knit together in a strict and sacred bond, to take care of the good of each other and of the whole. It was not with them as with other men, whom small things could discourage, or small discontents cause to wish themselves again at home.
Página 170 - Hudson's River, and all the Land from the West side of Connecticut River, to the East side of Delaware Bay...