A View of South-America and Mexico: Comprising Their History, the Political Condition, Geography, Agriculture, Commerce, &c., of the Republics of Mexico, Guatamala, Colombia, Peru, the United Provinces of South-America and Chile, with a Complete History of the Revolution, in Each of These Independent States, Τόμοι 1-2H. Huntington, jr., 1825 |
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... tion derived from other sources , and believed to be authentic . The lively interest which the citizens of the United States justly feel in a revolution , having so impor- tant an influence on the cause of freedom , and on the destinies ...
... tion derived from other sources , and believed to be authentic . The lively interest which the citizens of the United States justly feel in a revolution , having so impor- tant an influence on the cause of freedom , and on the destinies ...
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... tion and oppression alienated them from the parent country , and prepared their minds to embrace the first opportunity to throw off the yoke of a distant and foreign power , which instead of conducting towards them , like an ...
... tion and oppression alienated them from the parent country , and prepared their minds to embrace the first opportunity to throw off the yoke of a distant and foreign power , which instead of conducting towards them , like an ...
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... tion was undertaken for the purpose of aggression and for plunder and conquest , yet so strange and blind is religious fanaticism , that with these objects were blended the pro- pagation of christianity ; and upon the Spanish standards ...
... tion was undertaken for the purpose of aggression and for plunder and conquest , yet so strange and blind is religious fanaticism , that with these objects were blended the pro- pagation of christianity ; and upon the Spanish standards ...
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... tion and discipline ; and as his commission , received from the Governor of Cuba , had long since been revoked , his authority might be questionable ; he therefore resigned his commission , and observed , that though he had been accus ...
... tion and discipline ; and as his commission , received from the Governor of Cuba , had long since been revoked , his authority might be questionable ; he therefore resigned his commission , and observed , that though he had been accus ...
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... tion , but said that his soldiers would never be convinced that Montazuma did not entertain hostile intentions to- wards them , unless he repaired to the Spanish quarters , as a mark of confidence , where he would be served and hon ...
... tion , but said that his soldiers would never be convinced that Montazuma did not entertain hostile intentions to- wards them , unless he repaired to the Spanish quarters , as a mark of confidence , where he would be served and hon ...
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Σελίδα 142 - There shall be a perfect, firm, and inviolable peace and sincere friendship between the United States of America and the Re- , public of Colombia, in all the extent of their possessions and territories, and between their people and citizens respectively, without distinction of persons or places.
Σελίδα 10 - In this navigation he discovered all the coast of the continent, from Cape Gracias a Dios, to a harbour which, on account • of its beauty and security, he called Porto Bello. He...
Σελίδα 41 - I have done,' said he, addressing himself to the Spanish general, ' what became a monarch. I have defended my people to the last extremity. Nothing now remains but to die. Take this dagger,' laying his hand on one which Cortes wore, ' plant it in my breast, and put an end to a life which can no longer be of use.
Σελίδα 43 - In almost every district of the Mexican empire, the progress of the Spanish arms is marked with blood, and with deeds so atrocious as disgrace the enterprising valour that conducted them to success.
Σελίδα 120 - In the civil war existing between Spain and the Spanish Provinces in this hemisphere the greatest care has been taken to enforce the laws intended to preserve an impartial neutrality. Our ports have continued to be equally open to both parties and on the same conditions, and our citizens have been equally restrained from interfering in favor of either to the prejudice of the other.
Σελίδα 225 - The desart of Atacama may, therefore, be considered as a great natural barrier, by which it is closed on that side against both commercial and hostile visiters.
Σελίδα 43 - Cortes ; and to complete the horror of the scene, the children and relations of the wretched victims were assembled, and compelled to be spectators of their dying agonies.
Σελίδα 142 - ... their ships; they being in all these cases to be treated as citizens of the country in which they reside, or at least to be placed on an equality with the subjects or citizens of the most favored nation.
Σελίδα 99 - ... the other parts of the world, without prejudice to the commerce of the British nation. In order to fulfil this intention with greater facility, it will be prudent for your Excellency to animate the inhabitants of Trinidad in keeping up the communication which they had with those of Terra Firma, previous to the reduction of that island; under the assurance, that they will find there an' entrepot, or general magazine, of every sort of goods whatever. To this end, his Britannic Majesty has determined,...