History of the United States: To which is Prefixed a Brief Historical Account of Our [English] Ancestors, from the Dispersion at Babel, to Their Migration to America, and of the Conquest of South America, by the SpaniardsDurrie & Peck, 1832 - 316 من الصفحات |
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... France on the Rhone ; this latter name being con- tracted from Rhodan . The northern nations of Europe , called Teutons and Goths , who were ancestors of the Germans and Saxons , were the descendants of Gomer and his son Ashkenaz , and ...
... France on the Rhone ; this latter name being con- tracted from Rhodan . The northern nations of Europe , called Teutons and Goths , who were ancestors of the Germans and Saxons , were the descendants of Gomer and his son Ashkenaz , and ...
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... place to place . In winter , many of them lived in large caves in the earth . Such was the condition of the northern nations of Europe . when the Romans invaded Gaul , now France , half 2 * TEUTONIC AND GOTHIC NATIONS . 17.
... place to place . In winter , many of them lived in large caves in the earth . Such was the condition of the northern nations of Europe . when the Romans invaded Gaul , now France , half 2 * TEUTONIC AND GOTHIC NATIONS . 17.
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... France , half a century before the Christian era . 24. Assemblies and festivals . Among the warlike nations of Europe , no person could appear in public without his arms , consisting of a sword , lance , and buckler . These they wore ...
... France , half a century before the Christian era . 24. Assemblies and festivals . Among the warlike nations of Europe , no person could appear in public without his arms , consisting of a sword , lance , and buckler . These they wore ...
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... France , by the Greeks , who first settled Marseilles , the Gauls and Germans neglected and even despised the use of them . The druids or priests pretended to have all the learning of those rude ages , but they would not commit their ...
... France , by the Greeks , who first settled Marseilles , the Gauls and Germans neglected and even despised the use of them . The druids or priests pretended to have all the learning of those rude ages , but they would not commit their ...
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... France ; others took shelter in the woods , and others submitted to slavery . 41. War between the Britons and Saxons . Notwith- standing the cowardice and submission of many of the Britons , there were many who determined to resist the ...
... France ; others took shelter in the woods , and others submitted to slavery . 41. War between the Britons and Saxons . Notwith- standing the cowardice and submission of many of the Britons , there were many who determined to resist the ...
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الصفحة 310 - Citizens by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to concentrate your affections. The name of AMERICAN, which belongs to you, in your national capacity, must always exalt the just pride of Patriotism, more than any appellation derived from local discriminations.
الصفحة 309 - In the discharge of this trust, I will only say, that I have, with good intentions, contributed towards the organization and administration of the Government the best exertions of which a very fallible judgment was capable.
الصفحة 313 - All obstructions to the execution of the laws, all combinations and associations, under whatever plausible character, with the real design to direct, control, counteract, or awe the regular deliberation and action of the constituted authorities, are destructive of this fundamental principle, and of fatal tendency. They serve to organize faction, to give it an artificial and extraordinary force, 'to put in the place of the delegated will of the Nation the will of a party, often a small but artful...
الصفحة 311 - The east. in a like intercourse with the west, already finds, and in the progressive improvement of interior communications by land and water will more and more find a valuable vent for the commodities which it brings from abroad, or manufactures at home. The west derives from the east supplies requisite to its growth and comfort — and what is perhaps of still greater consequence, it must of necessity owe the secure enjoyment of indispensable outlets for its own productions, to the weight, influence,...
الصفحة 312 - In contemplating the causes which may disturb our Union, it occurs as a matter of serious concern, that any ground should have been furnished for characterizing parties by geographical discriminations Northern and Southern, Atlantic and Western; whence designing men may endeavor to excite a belief that there is a real difference of local interests and views.
الصفحة 314 - Let me .now take a more comprehensive view, and warn you in the most solemn manner against the baneful effects of the spirit of party generally. This spirit, unfortunately, is inseparable from our nature, having its root in the strongest passions of the human mind.
الصفحة 314 - ... the spirit of party. But in those of the popular character, in governments purely elective, it is a spirit not to be encouraged. From their natural tendency it is certain there will always be enough of that spirit for every salutary purpose; and there being constant danger of excess, the effort ought to be by force of public opinion to mitigate and assuage it. A fire not to be quenched, it demands a uniform vigilance to prevent its bursting into a flame, lest, instead of warming, it should consume.
الصفحة 315 - 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 314 - There is an opinion, that parties in free countries are useful checks upon the administration of the government, and serve to keep alive the spirit of Liberty.
الصفحة 315 - Let it simply be asked, where is the security for property, for reputation, for life, if the sense of religious obligation desert the oaths which are the instruments of investigation in courts of justice ? And let us with caution indulge the supposition that morality can be maintained without religion.