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HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATES, FROM THE DISCOVERY OF THE AMERICAN CONTINENT GEORGE BANCROFT Volledige weergave - 1857 |
History of the United States from the Discovery of the American ..., Volume 5 George Bancroft Volledige weergave - 1861 |
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Account adventurers already America appointed arrived assembly attempt authority became become Chalmers Charles charter church civil claimed coast Coll colonists colony commerce common Compare constitution continued council court danger death desired early elected emigrants England English equal established existence favour feared followed freedom friends gave governor granted harbour Hazard Hening Hist hope human hundred independence Indians influence interests Island John king land laws legislation less letter liberty Lord magistrates Maryland Mass Massachusetts mind monarch natives nature never obtained parliament party patent peace persons plantations planted political popular possession principles proprietary province Puritans Quakers received Records religion religious remained river royal sailed seemed settlement ships Smith soil soon spirit success suffered thousand tion town Virginia voyage whole Winthrop
Populaire passages
Pagina 234 - God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Pagina 233 - 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 advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Pagina 327 - This liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is a liberty to that only which is good, just, and honest. This liberty you are to stand for, with the hazard (not only of your goods, but) of your lives, if need be. Whatsoever crosseth this, is not authority, but a distemper thereof.
Pagina 265 - I shall call that my country, where I may most glorify God, and enjoy the presence of my dearest friends.
Pagina 374 - Men whose life, learning, faith, and pure intent Would have been held in high esteem with Paul, Must now be named and printed heretics By shallow Edwards and Scotch What d'ye call.
Pagina 282 - He was the first person in modern Christendom, to assert, in its plenitude, the doctrine of the liberty of conscience, the equality of opinions before the law ; and in its defence he was the harbinger of Milton, the precursor and the superior of Jeremy Taylor.
Pagina 343 - It is therefore ordered, That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Pagina 366 - Many more words I had with him; but people coming in, I drew a little back. As I was turning, he catched me by the hand, and with tears in his eyes said, 'Come again to my house; for if thou and I were but an hour of a day together, we should be nearer one to the other ;' adding, That he wished me no more ill than he did to his own soul.
Pagina 343 - ... and It is further ordered, That where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university...
Pagina 343 - ... to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors.
Bibliografische gegevens
| Titel | History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Volume 1 History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, George Bancroft Routledge's new series |
| Auteur | George Bancroft |
| Uitgever | G. Routledge and Company, 1854 |
| Oorspronkelijk uit | Oxford University |
| Gedigitaliseerd | 4 dec 2006 |
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