 | Frances Emory Tower - Bible - 1892 - 584 pages
...to that destined moment when America is to give the law to the rest of mankind." 1775. John Adams: "Soon after the Reformation, a few people came over...trivial incident may transfer the great seat of empire to America." 1776. Adam Smith predicted the transfer of empire to America, and Galvani said, "I will... | |
 | John Roy Musick - Braddock's Campaign, 1755 - 1893 - 518 pages
...Nathan Webb in 1755, among other things wrote: " Mighty States are not exempted from change. . . . Soon after the Reformation, a few people came over into this new world for conscience sake. This apparently trivial incident may transfer the great seat of empire into America. . . . If we can... | |
 | United States - 1895 - 592 pages
...to a friend, containing the following: "Soon after the Reformation, a few people came over into the new world for conscience' sake. Perhaps this apparently...empire into America. It looks likely to me; for if you can remove the turbulent gallicks, our people, according to the exactest computations, will in... | |
 | John Roy Musick - 1895 - 516 pages
...Nathan Webb in 1755, among other things wrote : " Mighty States are not exempted from change. . . . Soon after the Reformation, a few people came over into this new world for conscience sake. This apparently trivial incident may transfer the great seat of empire into America. . . . If we can... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1897 - 956 pages
...he afterwards held so important a part. He said: ' Soon after the Reformation, a few people came to this new world for conscience sake. Perhaps this apparently...trivial incident may transfer the great seat of empire to America. It looks likely to me; for if we can remove the turbulent Gallic (the French in Canada),... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1898 - 602 pages
..."All creation," he would say in his musings, " is liable to change ; mighty states are not exempted. Soon after the reformation, a few people came over into this new world for conscience' sake. This apparently trivial incident may transfer the great seat of empire into America. If we can remove... | |
 | Charles Sumner - Speeches, addresses, etc., American - 1900 - 454 pages
...now the greatest nation upon the globe. Soon after l Letters, ed. Cunningham, VoL VII. pp. 176, 177. the Reformation, a few people came over into this...likely to me : for, if we can remove the turbulent Gallics, our people, according to the exactest computations, will in another century become more numerous... | |
 | John Howard Brown - United States - 1900 - 750 pages
...made it, at length, an easy prey to barbarians. England, immediately upon this, began to increase ... in power and magnificence; and is now the greatest...this apparently trivial incident may transfer the seat of empire into America. It looks likely to me." Here is exhibited the student looking into the... | |
 | Daniel Webster - United States - 1903 - 386 pages
...letter written by John Adams to Nathan Webb, dated at Worcester, Massachusetts, October 12, 1755. " Soon after the Reformation, a few people came over...likely to me ; for, if we can remove the turbulent Gallica, our people, according to the exactest computations, will, in another century, become more... | |
 | Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown - United States - 1904 - 498 pages
...made it, at length, an easy prey to barbarians. England, immediately upon this, began to increase ... in power and magnificence ; and is now the greatest...this apparently trivial incident may transfer the seat of empire into America. It looks likely to me." Here is exhibited the student looking into the... | |
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Soon after the Reformation, a few people came over into this New World, for conscience' sake. Perhaps this apparently trivial incident may transfer the great seat of empire into America. It looks likely to me... 
