A History of the West Indies: Containing the Natural, Civil, and Ecclesiastical History of Each Island; with an Account of the Missions Instituted in Those Islands, from the Commencement of Their Civilization, But More Especially of the Missions which Have Been Established in that Archipelago by the Society Late in Connexion with the Rev. John Wesley, Zväzok 1Nuttall, Fisher, and Dixon, 1808 |
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Strana 13
... Spanish , Italian , and French historians , who have written on the West Indies : -Oviedo , Peter Martyr , Las Casas , Herrara , Rochfort , Du Tertro , and La Bat ; and the mo- dern much esteemed philosophical and political history of ...
... Spanish , Italian , and French historians , who have written on the West Indies : -Oviedo , Peter Martyr , Las Casas , Herrara , Rochfort , Du Tertro , and La Bat ; and the mo- dern much esteemed philosophical and political history of ...
Strana 43
... Spanish navigators they received other names , which arising from natural causes , seem to be of a more perma- nent , though equally local nature . These navigators divided all the islands into two distinct classes , designated by the ...
... Spanish navigators they received other names , which arising from natural causes , seem to be of a more perma- nent , though equally local nature . These navigators divided all the islands into two distinct classes , designated by the ...
Strana 51
... Spanish nation had any share in the first enterprise ; for a more considerable force must have been the result of the efforts of the Spanish government ; whereas , the little fleet which the queen alone was enabled to furnish , might be ...
... Spanish nation had any share in the first enterprise ; for a more considerable force must have been the result of the efforts of the Spanish government ; whereas , the little fleet which the queen alone was enabled to furnish , might be ...
Strana 52
... Spanish colony in the islands he had already discovered , and to lose no time in further researches , till he had firmly settled Hispaniola , in which he proposed to reside , and there to wait for favourable opportunities to complete ...
... Spanish colony in the islands he had already discovered , and to lose no time in further researches , till he had firmly settled Hispaniola , in which he proposed to reside , and there to wait for favourable opportunities to complete ...
Strana 86
... Spanish invaders has left but few traces of their an- cient manners , through the conformity of which to those of other nations an analogy might be traced ; and under such cir- cumstances the origin of such a people must necessarily be ...
... Spanish invaders has left but few traces of their an- cient manners , through the conformity of which to those of other nations an analogy might be traced ; and under such cir- cumstances the origin of such a people must necessarily be ...
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A History of the West Indies: Containing the Natural, Civil, and ..., Zväzok 3 Thomas Coke Úplné zobrazenie - 1811 |
A History of the West Indies: Containing the Natural, Civil, and ..., Zväzok 1 Thomas Coke Úplné zobrazenie - 1808 |
A History of the West Indies: Containing the Natural, Civil, and ..., Zväzok 2 Thomas Coke Úplné zobrazenie - 1810 |
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Strana 64 - O'er the dark trees a yellower verdure shed, And tip with silver ev'ry mountain's head; Then shine the vales, the rocks in prospect rise, A flood of glory bursts from all the skies: The conscious swains, rejoicing in the sight, Eye the blue vault, and bless the useful light.
Strana 111 - Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools. And changed the glory of the incorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and four-footed beasts, and creeping things.
Strana 111 - For the invisible things of God from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even His eternal power and Godhead...
Strana 56 - In the corrupted currents of this world Offence's gilded hand may shove by justice, And oft 'tis seen the wicked prize itself Buys out the law...
Strana 243 - IN FRANCE, BUT LEFT THAT COUNTRY FOR HIS RELIGION AND CAME TO SETTLE IN THIS ISLAND, WHERE HE WAS SWALLOWED UP IN THE GREAT EARTHQUAKE IN THE YEAR 1692 AND BY THE PROVIDENCE OF GOD WAS BY ANOTHER SHOCK THROWN INTO THE SEA, AND MIRACULOUSLY SAVED BY SWIMMING UNTIL A BOAT TOOK HIM UP; HE LIVED MANY YEARS AFTER IN GREAT REPUTATION, BELOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM, AND MUCH LAMENTED AT HIS DEATH...
Strana 112 - Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves ; who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.
Strana 153 - And the women answered one another as they played, and said, Saul hath slain his thousands, and David his ten thousands.
Strana 153 - And it came to pass as they came, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with tabrets, with joy, and with instruments of music.
Strana 117 - Whether you are divinities or mortal men, we know not. You have come into these countries with a force against which, were we inclined to resist it, resistance would be folly: we are all therefore at your mercy. But if you are men subject to mortality like ourselves, you cannot be unapprised that after this life there is another, wherein a very different portion is allotted to good and bad men. If therefore you expect to die and believe with us that...
Strana 64 - As when the moon, refulgent lamp of night, O'er heaven's clear azure spreads her sacred light ; When not a breath disturbs the deep serene, And not a cloud o'ercasts the solemn scene...