The History of North and South America, from Its Discovery to the Death of General Washington, المجلدات 1-2Jacob Johnson, 1805 - 362 من الصفحات |
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... Governor of Hispaniola Columbus sails from Cadiz on his Fourth Voyage , and Arrives off St. Domingo Sails for Honduras , Yucatan , & c . 45 46 50 52 55 56 Shipwrecked on the Coast of Cuba 57 Death of Columbus 62 Anacoana cruelly treated ...
... Governor of Hispaniola Columbus sails from Cadiz on his Fourth Voyage , and Arrives off St. Domingo Sails for Honduras , Yucatan , & c . 45 46 50 52 55 56 Shipwrecked on the Coast of Cuba 57 Death of Columbus 62 Anacoana cruelly treated ...
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... governor in any of those coun- tries , they authorized Columbus to name three persons , of whom they would choose one for that office ; and the dig- nity of viceroy , with all its immunities , was likewise to be hereditary in the family ...
... governor in any of those coun- tries , they authorized Columbus to name three persons , of whom they would choose one for that office ; and the dig- nity of viceroy , with all its immunities , was likewise to be hereditary in the family ...
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... before Ferdinand and Isabella . He committed the administration of his affairs during his ab- sence to his brother Don Bartholomew , with the title of Adelantado , or lieutenant governor ; and Francis Roldan , E 2 AMERICA . 41.
... before Ferdinand and Isabella . He committed the administration of his affairs during his ab- sence to his brother Don Bartholomew , with the title of Adelantado , or lieutenant governor ; and Francis Roldan , E 2 AMERICA . 41.
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Richard Snowden. Adelantado , or lieutenant governor ; and Francis Roldan , chief justice , with very extensive powers . In returning to Europe , Columbus held a different course to what he had taken in his former voyage . He steered ...
Richard Snowden. Adelantado , or lieutenant governor ; and Francis Roldan , chief justice , with very extensive powers . In returning to Europe , Columbus held a different course to what he had taken in his former voyage . He steered ...
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... governor ; he set at liberty all the prisoners confined by the admiral ; and summoned him to appear before his tribunal , to answer for his conduct , sending him at the same time a copy of the royal mandate , by which Columbus was ...
... governor ; he set at liberty all the prisoners confined by the admiral ; and summoned him to appear before his tribunal , to answer for his conduct , sending him at the same time a copy of the royal mandate , by which Columbus was ...
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Adelantado Almagro Americans appeared appointed arms army arrived artillery assembly astonished Atahualpa attack attempt Balboa body Boston brigantines Britain British brother carried cazique coast colonel colony Columbus command conduct Congress considered continued Cortes countrymen courage court crown of Castile Cuba Cuzco danger declared discovered discovery dreadful empire endeavoured enemy engaged enterprize execution expedition favour Ferdinand fire fleet force gold governor gulf of Darien harbour Hispaniola honour hopes hundred Inca Indians inhabitants instantly Isabella island land liberty lord lord Cornwallis Lord Dunmore Manco Capac ment Mexican empire Mexicans military monarch Montezuma natives notwithstanding obliged officers party persons Peru Pizarro possession prisoners proceeded province provisions Quito received respect retreat river royal sail seized sent ships soldiers soon sovereign Spain Spaniards Spanish spirit success suffered surprize thousand tion Tlascalans took town troops utmost valour Velasquez vessels victory violent voyage wounded
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الصفحة 153 - This Government, the offspring of our own choice, uninfluenced and unawed, adopted upon full investigation and mature deliberation, completely free in its principles, in the distribution of its powers, uniting security with energy, and containing within itself a provision for its own amendment, has a just claim to your confidence and your support. Respect for its authority, compliance with its laws, acquiescence in its measures, are duties enjoined by the fundamental maxims of true liberty.
الصفحة 155 - ... that for the efficient management of your common interests in a country so extensive as ours, a government of as much vigor as is consistent with the perfect security of liberty, is indispensable. Liberty itself will find in such a government, with powers properly distributed and adjusted, its surest guardian.
الصفحة 160 - Against the insidious wiles of foreign influence (I conjure you to believe me, fellow-citizens) the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake ; since history and experience prove, that foreign influence is one of the 'most baneful foes of republican government.
الصفحة 155 - The disorders and miseries which result, gradually incline the minds of men to seek security and repose in the absolute power of an individual, and sooner or later the chief of some prevailing faction, more able or more fortunate than his competitors, turns this disposition to the purposes of his own elevation on the ruins of public liberty.
الصفحة 149 - ... agitated in every direction, were liable to mislead, amidst appearances sometimes dubious, vicissitudes of fortune often discouraging, in situations in which not unfrequently want of success has countenanced the spirit of criticism, the constancy of your support was the essential prop of the efforts, and a guarantee of the plans, by which they were effected.
الصفحة 157 - If, in the opinion of the people, the distribution or modification of the constitutional powers be in any particular wrong, let it be corrected by an amendment in the way which the Constitution designates. But let there be no change by usurpation ; for though this, in one instance, may be the instrument of good, it is the customary weapon by which free governments are destroyed.
الصفحة 153 - The inhabitants of our western country have lately had a useful lesson on this head. They have seen in the negotiation by the executive, and in the unanimous ratification by the senate, of the treaty with Spain, and in the universal satisfaction at that event throughout the United States, a...
الصفحة 151 - ... influence, and the future maritime strength of the Atlantic side of the Union, directed by an indissoluble community of interest as one nation. Any other tenure by which the West can hold this essential advantage, whether derived from its own separate strength, or from an apostate and unnatural connection with any foreign power, must be intrinsically precarious.
الصفحة 163 - I shall also carry with me the hope that my country will never cease to view them with indulgence; and that after fortyfive years of my life dedicated to its service, with an ^ upright zeal, the faults of incompetent abilities will be consigned to oblivion, as myself must soon be to the mansions of rest.
الصفحة 159 - The nation which indulges towards another an habitual hatred, or an habitual fondness, is in some degree a slave. It is a slave to its animosity or to its affection, either of which is sufficient to lead it astray from its duty and its interest.