Elements of Useful Knowledge. Volume I.: Containing a Historical and Geographical Account of the United States; for the Use of Schools, Volume 1Hudson & Goodwin, 1809 - 208 halaman |
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... would stagnate and be- come impure . 73. Utility of Mountains . If the furface of the globe was a level plain , the water falling in rain or fnow , would remain stagnant until it fhould be all evaporated , or abforbed by the earth . In ...
... would stagnate and be- come impure . 73. Utility of Mountains . If the furface of the globe was a level plain , the water falling in rain or fnow , would remain stagnant until it fhould be all evaporated , or abforbed by the earth . In ...
Halaman 72
... fhould difcover and fubdue , with full powers civil and criminal . With this authority , he failed from Palos in ... fhould To * This is the name as usually written ; but his real name was CHRISTOVAL COLON . not appear within three days ...
... fhould difcover and fubdue , with full powers civil and criminal . With this authority , he failed from Palos in ... fhould To * This is the name as usually written ; but his real name was CHRISTOVAL COLON . not appear within three days ...
Halaman 73
... would founder ; and to afford a small chance that the world fhould not lose the benefit of his voyage , he wrote a fhort account of his difcoveries , wrapped it in an oiled cloth , inclosed it in a cake of wax , and putting this into an ...
... would founder ; and to afford a small chance that the world fhould not lose the benefit of his voyage , he wrote a fhort account of his difcoveries , wrapped it in an oiled cloth , inclosed it in a cake of wax , and putting this into an ...
Halaman 83
... fhould conquer . This enterprising commander collected a body of nine hundred foot and three hundred and fifty horfe , for an expedition into Florida , where he landed in May 1539 . From the gulf of Mexico he penetrated into the country ...
... fhould conquer . This enterprising commander collected a body of nine hundred foot and three hundred and fifty horfe , for an expedition into Florida , where he landed in May 1539 . From the gulf of Mexico he penetrated into the country ...
Halaman 84
... fhould not receive supplies , they embarked , in the fpring for Europe . Being becalmed for twenty days , and provif- ions failing , they appeased their hunger with human flesh -at laft they were taken up by an English fhip , landed in ...
... fhould not receive supplies , they embarked , in the fpring for Europe . Being becalmed for twenty days , and provif- ions failing , they appeased their hunger with human flesh -at laft they were taken up by an English fhip , landed in ...
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Halaman 138 - People, being highly derogatory to the Authority of the United States, and dangerous to the Confederacy, require the immediate and decided Interposition of Congress, for the Protection and relief of such as have suffered by them, and for preserving Peace in the said district, until a decision shall be had of the Controversy relative to the Jurisdiction of the same.
Halaman 146 - Cotton preached, and delivered this doctrine, that a magistrate ought not to be turned into the condition of a private man without just cause, and to be publicly convict, no more than the magistrates may not turn a private man out of his freehold, etc., without like public trial, etc.
Halaman 187 - December 11, 1719, when they were remarkably bright, and as people in general had never heard of such a phenomenon, they were extremely alarmed with the apprehension of the approach of the final judgment. All amusements, all business, and even sleep, was interrupted, for want of a little knowledge of history.
Halaman 81 - This enterprising commander collected a body of nine hundred foot and three hundred and fifty horse, for an expedition into Florida, where he landed in May, 1539. From the gulf of Mexico he penetrated into the country northward, and wandered about in search of gold, exposed to ftimine...
Halaman 199 - Conn., settled. 1654 Col. Wood, of Virginia, sent a company of men to explore th« country of the Ohio. 1658 Northampton and Hadley, Mass., settled by people from Connecticut. 1663 Carolina planted. 1664 Elizabethtown, New Jersey, settled. 1665 Sir J. Yeamans settled on the southern banks of Cape Fear river, with a colony from Barbadoes. 1677 Burlington, NJ, settled by a number of families from Yorkshire, England. 1680 Charleston, South Carolina, settled. 1682 Pennsylvania settled by William Penn...