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Pagina 27
... gave us a collection of stories that he advanced on the mere authority of faithless tradition . This father of history has been too well imitated by the greater number of his posterity . Perhaps the satirist said rather too much , when ...
... gave us a collection of stories that he advanced on the mere authority of faithless tradition . This father of history has been too well imitated by the greater number of his posterity . Perhaps the satirist said rather too much , when ...
Pagina 53
... gave the Munseys is agreeable to us , the Six Nations . " At a treaty held at Lancaster in 1742 , by the government of Pennsylvania with the Iroquois , the governor complained of the Delawares , who refus- ed to remove from some lands ...
... gave the Munseys is agreeable to us , the Six Nations . " At a treaty held at Lancaster in 1742 , by the government of Pennsylvania with the Iroquois , the governor complained of the Delawares , who refus- ed to remove from some lands ...
Pagina 57
... gave twelve pounds for every Indian scalp ; in that year the premium was raised to forty pounds , but in 1722 it was augmented to one hundred pounds . * An act was passed on the 25th Febuary , 1745 , by our colonial legislature ...
... gave twelve pounds for every Indian scalp ; in that year the premium was raised to forty pounds , but in 1722 it was augmented to one hundred pounds . * An act was passed on the 25th Febuary , 1745 , by our colonial legislature ...
Pagina 61
... gave them a decided advantage in point of position . The act passed by Gov. Burnet's recommendation was , un- der the influence of a pernicious policy , repealed by the British king . The Iroquois had adopted a determined resolution to ...
... gave them a decided advantage in point of position . The act passed by Gov. Burnet's recommendation was , un- der the influence of a pernicious policy , repealed by the British king . The Iroquois had adopted a determined resolution to ...
Pagina 65
... gave a deed to William Trent and others , for land between the Ohio and Monongahela . They claimed and sold the land on the north side of Kentucky river . In 1768 , at a treaty held at Fort Stanwix with Sir William Johnson , the line of ...
... gave a deed to William Trent and others , for land between the Ohio and Monongahela . They claimed and sold the land on the north side of Kentucky river . In 1768 , at a treaty held at Fort Stanwix with Sir William Johnson , the line of ...
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Pagina 40 - That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Pagina 147 - And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
Pagina 148 - Thy plants are an orchard of pomegranates, with pleasant fruits; Camphire, with spikenard, Spikenard and saffron; Calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense; Myrrh and aloes, with all the chief spices: A fountain of gardens, A well of living waters, And streams from Lebanon.
Pagina 147 - And every plant of the field before it was in the earth and every herb of the field before it grew for the LORD God had not caused it to rain upon the earth and there was not a man to till the ground...
Pagina 53 - For this purpose you are to preserve this string, in memory of what your uncles have this day given you in charge. We have some other business to transact with our brethren, and therefore depart the council, and consider what has been said to you.
Pagina 85 - Th' insulting tyrant, prancing o'er the field Strow'd with Rome's citizens, and drench'd in slaughter, His horse's hoofs wet with Patrician blood ! Oh, Portius ! is there not some chosen curse, Some hidden thunder in the stores of heaven, Red with uncommon wrath, to blast the man, Who owes his greatness to his country's ruin ? PORTIUS.
Pagina 102 - ... company of soldiers, who speaks as if he were dreaming. He says, that he only came to the lake to smoke on the great calumet with the Onondagas. But Grangvla says, that he sees the contrary.; that it was to knock them on the head, if sickness had not weakened the arms of the French.
Pagina 98 - ... considering the wonderful events of the past and present times, and the inscrutable dispensations of an over-ruling Providence, may we not look forward into futurity, and without departing from the rigid laws of probability, predict the occurrence of similar scenes, at some remote period of time. And, perhaps, in the decrepitude of our empire, some transcendent genius, whose powers of mind shall only be bounded by that impenetrable circle which prescribes the limits of human nature*, may rally...
Pagina xi - An Act instituting a lottery for the promotion of literature and for other purposes,