A Short History of the United States of America: For the Use of BeginnersSheldon, 1890 - 286 páginas |
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... NORTH AND THE SOUTH . XLVIII . THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH . XLIX . THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH . THE EAST AND THE WEST . LI . THE EAST AND THE WEST . LII . THE EAST AND THE WEST . LIII . FREE STATES AND SLAVE LIV . THE WAR WITH MEXICO LV . THE ...
... NORTH AND THE SOUTH . XLVIII . THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH . XLIX . THE NORTH AND THE SOUTH . THE EAST AND THE WEST . LI . THE EAST AND THE WEST . LII . THE EAST AND THE WEST . LIII . FREE STATES AND SLAVE LIV . THE WAR WITH MEXICO LV . THE ...
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... north to south . He would have made about one third of his journey . 6. After crossing the Mississippi , he would follow the current of another river flowing into it from the west . That river and its branches come down from the Rocky ...
... north to south . He would have made about one third of his journey . 6. After crossing the Mississippi , he would follow the current of another river flowing into it from the west . That river and its branches come down from the Rocky ...
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... North America occupied by the United States there are now about sixty million people ; that there are villages and towns and cities , courts and schools and churches ; that all the people live under one government ? 5. When the fathers ...
... North America occupied by the United States there are now about sixty million people ; that there are villages and towns and cities , courts and schools and churches ; that all the people live under one government ? 5. When the fathers ...
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... Minnesota , North Carolina , and Tennessee ; but the greater part live west of the Mississippi River in places set apart for them by the whites . 3. Before the white men came , the Indians were 12 FIRST INHABITANTS OF AMERICA .
... Minnesota , North Carolina , and Tennessee ; but the greater part live west of the Mississippi River in places set apart for them by the whites . 3. Before the white men came , the Indians were 12 FIRST INHABITANTS OF AMERICA .
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... Dwelling . - War Dance . - Exposure of the Dead . Travel by Water . -Chief's Head . The Indians of the north stripped bark from birch -. Scenes in Indian Life . Christopher Columbus , Discoverer of America . Born 1436 (
... Dwelling . - War Dance . - Exposure of the Dead . Travel by Water . -Chief's Head . The Indians of the north stripped bark from birch -. Scenes in Indian Life . Christopher Columbus , Discoverer of America . Born 1436 (
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Página 225 - With malice towards none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphan — to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and a lasting peace among ourselves, and with all nations.
Página 104 - We kept no idle servants, our table was plain and simple, our furniture of the cheapest. For instance, my breakfast was a long time bread and milk (no tea), and I ate it out of a two-penny earthen porringer, with a pewter spoon. But mark how luxury will enter families, and make a progress, in spite of principle: being called one morning to breakfast, I found it in a China bowl, with a spoon of silver!
Página 97 - Often I sat up in my room reading the greatest part of the night, when the book was borrowed in the evening and to be returned early in the morning, lest it should be missed or wanted.
Página 46 - Our fathers were Englishmen which came over this great ocean, and were ready to perish in this wilderness; but they cried unto the Lord, and He heard their voice and looked on their adversity,
Página 46 - Being thus arrived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of heaven, who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof, againe to set their feet on the firm and stable earth,. their proper element.
Página 134 - The second day of July, 1776, will be the most memorable epoch in the history of America. I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated, as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of this continent to the other, from this time forward, forevermore.
Página 95 - I will mention one instance, as it shows an early projecting public spirit, though not then justly conducted. , There was a salt-marsh that bounded part of the mill-pond, on the edge of which, at high water, we used to stand to fish for minnows. By much trampling we had made it a mere quagmire. My proposal was to build a wharf there...
Página 96 - ... near the marsh, and which would very well suit our purpose. Accordingly, in the evening, when the workmen were gone...
Página 100 - Thus I went up Market Street as far as Fourth Street, passing by the door of Mr. Read, my future wife's father; when she, standing at the door, saw me, and thought I made, as I certainly did, a most awkward, ridiculous appearance.
Página 141 - ... frost and snow, and at Christmas taking up their winter quarters within a day's march of the enemy, without a house or hut to cover them, till they could be built, and submitting without a murmur, is a proof of patience and obedience which, in my opinion, can scarce be paralleled.