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... hundred people sailed away under the command of Co- lumbus ( 1493 ) to search for the rich cities of their dreams . After four years of exploration and discovery among the Fails to islands that soon after began to be called the West ...
... hundred people sailed away under the command of Co- lumbus ( 1493 ) to search for the rich cities of their dreams . After four years of exploration and discovery among the Fails to islands that soon after began to be called the West ...
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... hundred fourteen stone steps running around the outside . The city contained sixty thou- sand people , and there ... hundreds of them . The Indian council immediately chose Mon- tezuma's brother to be their ruler and the whole city rose ...
... hundred fourteen stone steps running around the outside . The city contained sixty thou- sand people , and there ... hundreds of them . The Indian council immediately chose Mon- tezuma's brother to be their ruler and the whole city rose ...
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... king whom he had made so rich . For three hundred years the mines of Mexico poured a constant stream of gold and silver into the lap of Spain . PIZARRO , WHO FOUND THE RICHEST CITY IN THE WORLD. 22 Early Explorers in America.
... king whom he had made so rich . For three hundred years the mines of Mexico poured a constant stream of gold and silver into the lap of Spain . PIZARRO , WHO FOUND THE RICHEST CITY IN THE WORLD. 22 Early Explorers in America.
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... hundred men . Reaching the coast , he started inland and in a few days came to the foot of the Andes . They crossed the mountains and , marching down the eastern side , the Spaniards came upon the Inca , the native ruler , and his army ...
... hundred men . Reaching the coast , he started inland and in a few days came to the foot of the Andes . They crossed the mountains and , marching down the eastern side , the Spaniards came upon the Inca , the native ruler , and his army ...
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... hundred horses , and a herd of swine , sailed for Florida ( 1539 ) . What a grand sight to the Indians as the men and horses clad in steel armor landed ! There were richly colored banners , beautiful crucifixes , and many things never ...
... hundred horses , and a herd of swine , sailed for Florida ( 1539 ) . What a grand sight to the Indians as the men and horses clad in steel armor landed ! There were richly colored banners , beautiful crucifixes , and many things never ...
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Page 303 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Page 165 - If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace; but there is no peace.
Page 165 - Gentlemen may cry: Peace, peace! — but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the North will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms!
Page 164 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?
Page 44 - We were entertained with all love and kindness, and with as much bounty (after their manner) as they could possibly devise. We found the people most gentle, loving, and faithful, void of all guile and treason, and such as live after the manner of the golden age.
Page 314 - All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother — blessings on her memory!
Page 164 - ... we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us.
Page 131 - Virginia who was among us and very well known to all of us, a gentleman whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character, would command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the Colonies better than any other person in the Union.
Page 130 - If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on the floor.
Page 36 - The discoverer of these places planted on his new-found land a large cross, with one flag of England, and another of St. Mark, by reason of his being a Venetian, so that our banner has floated very far afield.