Memoirs of the Historical Society of PennsylvaniaM'Carty and Davis, 1836 |
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... remarked by the historian , as a truth repeatedly urged on him while recapi- tulating the long details of the decay and ruin of the Roman Empire , that history is little but a record of the crimes and calamities of mankind , and that a ...
... remarked by the historian , as a truth repeatedly urged on him while recapi- tulating the long details of the decay and ruin of the Roman Empire , that history is little but a record of the crimes and calamities of mankind , and that a ...
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... remark , that no reasonable man , who compares the races of mankind , can for a moment fail to ob- serve that the difference in the appearance of the American Indians from the inhabitants of several regions of the old world is ...
... remark , that no reasonable man , who compares the races of mankind , can for a moment fail to ob- serve that the difference in the appearance of the American Indians from the inhabitants of several regions of the old world is ...
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... remark , now generally conceded to be correct by inquirers into the origin of nations , that isolated examples of similarity in manners and customs ought not to be assumed as evidence of a common origin , but that these are merely a ...
... remark , now generally conceded to be correct by inquirers into the origin of nations , that isolated examples of similarity in manners and customs ought not to be assumed as evidence of a common origin , but that these are merely a ...
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... remark- able analogy to the Egyptians in their calendar , in their hieroglyphical writing , in the style of their architecture , and even in the forms of their pottery and sculpture . And yet , although supported by such names as ...
... remark- able analogy to the Egyptians in their calendar , in their hieroglyphical writing , in the style of their architecture , and even in the forms of their pottery and sculpture . And yet , although supported by such names as ...
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... remarks its inconclusive character . " Comparisons , " says this learned philologist , " must not be forced . Similarity ought to be perceptible in the essential parts of words ; and when discovered , should not be confined to two or ...
... remarks its inconclusive character . " Comparisons , " says this learned philologist , " must not be forced . Similarity ought to be perceptible in the essential parts of words ; and when discovered , should not be confined to two or ...
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America American Indians ancient appears arrival of William arts barbarous believe called Carthaginians cash book character Chester Creek Chiefs Christians Church of England civilization Clarkson coast colonists colony Conestogo conference connexion continent Council Creek deed Delaware doubt Edward Shippens Elm Tree England English Esquimaux evidence father favour friends friendship give Gordon Governor Harrisburg HISTORICAL SOCIETY honour human inhabitants inquiry islands James Logan King language learned letter liam Penn liberty Lord Baltimore Malay manner Markham Mayo language Memoir mention mind Mongol Mongolian nations never occasion opinion origin parchment Penn's Pennsbury Pennsbury Manor PETER COCK Philadelphia population possession present preserved probably Proprietor Proud province purchase of lands Quakers race relation resemblance river says sent Shackamaxon Shawanese Smith speak Susquehannah thing tion told treaty tribes Vater whole William Penn William Rawle writers
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Seite 187 - And lastly, that both Christians and Indians should acquaint their Children with this league and firm chain of friendship made between them, and that it should always be made stronger and stronger, and be kept bright and clean without rust or spot, between our children and children's children, while the Creeks and Rivers run, and while the Sun, Moon and Stars endure.
Seite 104 - tis won ! 'tis lost! Though strong their oar, still stronger is their fate: They strike ; and while they triumph, they expire. In stress of weather, most; some sink outright; O'er them, and o'er their names, the billows close; To-morrow knows not they were ever born. Others a short memorial leave behind, Like a flag floating, when the bark's ingulph'd ; It floats a moment, and is seen no more: One Caesar lives ; a thousand are forgot.
Seite 201 - ... you shall be governed by laws of your own making, and live a free, and, if you will, a sober and industrious people. I shall not usurp the right of any, or oppress his person. God has furnished me with a better resolution, and has given me his grace to keep it. In short, whatever sober and free men can reasonably desire for the security and improvement of their own happiness, I shall heartily comply with and in five months resolve, if it pleases God, to see you.
Seite 183 - ... unarmed. Their object was not to do injury, and thus provoke the Great Spirit, but to do good. They were then met on the broad pathway of good faith and good will, so that no advantage was to be taken on either side, but all was to be openness, brotherhood, and love.
Seite 167 - ... neither would he compare the friendship between him and them to a chain, for the rain might sometimes rust it, or a tree might fall and break it; but he should consider them as the same flesh and blood with the christians, and the same as if one man's body were to be divided into two parts.
Seite 149 - Indian, but he shall make his complaint to the governor of the province, or his lieutenant or deputy, or some inferior magistrate near him, who shall to the utmost of his power, take care with the king of the said Indian, that all reasonable satisfaction be made to the said injured planter.
Seite 198 - That the doors of the Christians' houses should be open to the Indians, and the houses of the Indians open to the Christians, and that they should make each other welcome as their friends.
Seite 149 - That no man shall, by any ways or means, in word or deed, affront or wrong any Indian but he shall incur the same penalty of the law as if he had committed it against his fellow planter...
Seite 159 - I can find an account of this, though so many mention it, and though all concur in considering it as the most glorious of any in the annals of the world.
Seite 93 - ... let my children be husbandmen and housewives; it is industrious, healthy, honest, and of good example; like Abraham and the holy ancients, who pleased God, and obtained a good report. This leads to consider the works of God and nature, of things that are good, and diverts the mind from being taken up with the vain arts and inventions of a luxurious world.