Scribner's Popular History of the United States, Volume 1C. Scribner's sons, 1896 - United States |
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... more frequent , and acts of housebreaking were perpetrated with greater audacity . It would seem invidious to say that these crimes were most frequent in the region which had been the seat of the war ; but it is certain that.
... more frequent , and acts of housebreaking were perpetrated with greater audacity . It would seem invidious to say that these crimes were most frequent in the region which had been the seat of the war ; but it is certain that.
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... seems as pe- culiar to and inher- Carving on Bone . ( Long - haired Elephant . ) ent in man as the power to laugh and the faculty of articulate speech ; and they prove also that these artists were familiar with the animals . they ...
... seems as pe- culiar to and inher- Carving on Bone . ( Long - haired Elephant . ) ent in man as the power to laugh and the faculty of articulate speech ; and they prove also that these artists were familiar with the animals . they ...
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... seems complete . In the dark caves of various regions , for whose possession these early men doubt- less contended with the cave - lion , the cave - bear , and the cave - hyena ; by the sea - shore in the Kjökken - Möddings of Denmark ...
... seems complete . In the dark caves of various regions , for whose possession these early men doubt- less contended with the cave - lion , the cave - bear , and the cave - hyena ; by the sea - shore in the Kjökken - Möddings of Denmark ...
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... seems to have had a special fondness , were his food . These skins he dressed with his unpolished stone scraper , shaped them with his stone knife , sewed them with 1 See Tylor , Lubbock , Lyell , Vogt , Dawkins , Gustaldi , Busk ...
... seems to have had a special fondness , were his food . These skins he dressed with his unpolished stone scraper , shaped them with his stone knife , sewed them with 1 See Tylor , Lubbock , Lyell , Vogt , Dawkins , Gustaldi , Busk ...
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... - dences of agriculture and horticulture . Among the charred remains Sculptured Stone . 1 The Great Ice Age ; and its Relation to the Antiquity of Man . By James Geikie . 1874 . Relics of ers . of their villages , which seem.
... - dences of agriculture and horticulture . Among the charred remains Sculptured Stone . 1 The Great Ice Age ; and its Relation to the Antiquity of Man . By James Geikie . 1874 . Relics of ers . of their villages , which seem.
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Page 524 - We desire you would be pleased to take notice of the principals and body of our company, as those who esteem it our honor to call the Church of England, from whence we rise, our Dear Mother, and cannot part from- our native country, where she specially resideth, without much sadness of heart and many tears in our eyes ; ever acknowledging that such hope and part as we have obtained in the common salvation, we have received in her bosom, and sucked it from her breasts.
Page 213 - Mississippi to the sea, and took formal possession of the country in the name of the King of France, in honor of whom he called it Louisiana.
Page 130 - East where spices growe, by a way that was never knowen before, by this fame and report there increased in my heart a great flame of desire to attempt some notable thing.
Page 394 - From lightning and tempest ; from plague, pestilence, and famine ; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Good Lord, deliver us.
Page 386 - Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God, and one of another, covenant & combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick, for our better ordering & preservation & furtherance of ye ends aforesaid ; and by vertue hearof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just & equall lawes, ordinances, acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete & convenient for ye generall good of ye Colonie, unto which we promise all due submission...
Page 387 - ... ends aforesaid ; and by vertue hearof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just & equall lawes, ordinances, acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete & convenient for ye generall good of ye Colonie, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witnes wherof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cap-Codd ye 11.
Page 136 - ... to seek out, discover, and find whatsoever isles, countries, regions, or provinces of the heathens and infidels whatsoever they be and in what part of the world soever they be, which before this time have been unknown to all Christians...
Page 247 - Here die I, Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet mind, for that I have ended my life as a true soldier ought to do, that hath fought for his country, queen, religion, and honour...
Page 386 - In ye name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwriten, the loyall subjects of our dread soveraigne Lord, King James, by ye Grace of God, of Great Britaine, Franc, & Ireland king, defender of ye faith...
Page 314 - A strange fish! Were I in England now, as once I was, and had but this fish painted, not a holiday fool there but would give a piece of silver. There would this monster make a man. Any strange beast there makes a man. When they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.