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... July , 1579 , he took leave of his worthy subjects , to their great regret , and , sailing directly across the Pacific , and thence through the Indian Seas , and around the Cape of Good Hope , reached England on the 26th of September ...
... July , 1579 , he took leave of his worthy subjects , to their great regret , and , sailing directly across the Pacific , and thence through the Indian Seas , and around the Cape of Good Hope , reached England on the 26th of September ...
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... July , Washington was com- pelled to surrender , though upon condition that he and the garrison should be permitted to return to Virginia . 11. EVENTS OF 1755. - Four expeditions , on the part of the English , were planned for 1755 ...
... July , Washington was com- pelled to surrender , though upon condition that he and the garrison should be permitted to return to Virginia . 11. EVENTS OF 1755. - Four expeditions , on the part of the English , were planned for 1755 ...
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... July the 9th , when within a few miles of the fort , and was defeated with great loss , he himself being mortally wounded . This con- flict is known as the battle of the Mo - non - ga - he ' - la . † 13. The expedition against Niagara ...
... July the 9th , when within a few miles of the fort , and was defeated with great loss , he himself being mortally wounded . This con- flict is known as the battle of the Mo - non - ga - he ' - la . † 13. The expedition against Niagara ...
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... July Louisburg surrendered , after a desperate resistance of more than forty days , during which two officers , Wolfe and Montgomery , greatly dis- tinguished themselves by their bravery . St. John's Island , now Prince Edward , as well ...
... July Louisburg surrendered , after a desperate resistance of more than forty days , during which two officers , Wolfe and Montgomery , greatly dis- tinguished themselves by their bravery . St. John's Island , now Prince Edward , as well ...
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... July , but , during the siege of the place , was killed . Johnson , having succeeded to the command , defeated a relief force of French and Indians , and compelled the besieged to surrender . * In- stead , however , of proceeding to ...
... July , but , during the siege of the place , was killed . Johnson , having succeeded to the command , defeated a relief force of French and Indians , and compelled the besieged to surrender . * In- stead , however , of proceeding to ...
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Page 55 - Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free> enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a People always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Page 48 - With such powerful and obvious motives to union, affecting all parts of our country, while experience shall not have demonstrated its impracticability, there will always be reason to distrust the patriotism of those who in any quarter may endeavor to weaken its bands.
Page 50 - 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.
Page 47 - While then every part of our country thus feels an immediate and particular Interest in Union, all the parts combined cannot fail to find in the united mass of means and efforts greater strength, greater resource, proportionably greater...
Page 57 - ... nation,) facility to betray or sacrifice the interests of their own country, without odium, sometimes even with popularity ; gilding with the appearances of a virtuous sense of obligation a commendable deference for public opinion, or a laudable zeal for public good, the base or foolish compliances of ambition, corruption or infatuation.
Page 54 - As a very important source of strength and security, cherish public credit. One method of preserving it is to use it as sparingly as possible ; avoiding occasions of expense, by cultivating peace, but remembering also that timely disbursements to prepare for danger, frequently prevent much greater disbursements to repel it...
Page 56 - So. likewise, a passionate attachment of one nation for another produces a variety of evils. Sympathy for the favorite nation facilitating the illusion of an imaginary common interest in cases where no real common interest exists, and infusing into one the enmities of the other, betrays the former into a participation in the quarrels and wars of the latter without adequate inducement or justification.
Page 8 - Commerce, and to do all other Acts and Things which Independent States may of right do. And, for the support of this Declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine Providence, we mutually pledge to each other our Lives, our Fortunes, and our sacred Honor. The foregoing Declaration was, by order of Congress, engrossed, and signed by the following members...
Page 49 - States, a decisive proof how unfounded were the suspicions propagated among them of a policy in the general government and in the Atlantic States unfriendly to their interests in regard to the Mississippi; they have been witnesses to the formation of two treaties, that with Great Britain, and that with Spain, which secure to them every thing they could desire, in respect to our foreign relations, towards confirming their prosperity.
Page 114 - Every subject of the Commonwealth ought to find a certain remedy, by having recourse to the laws, for all injuries or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property or character. He ought to obtain right and justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it; completely, and without any denial; promptly, and without delay ; conformably to the laws.