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... meant for my own boys , and for any others who will read them . I even hope , as I have said , that grown - up persons will like them , and here and there meet with something which will be new to them . ABOUT MY STORIES .. CONTENTS . I ...
... meant for my own boys , and for any others who will read them . I even hope , as I have said , that grown - up persons will like them , and here and there meet with something which will be new to them . ABOUT MY STORIES .. CONTENTS . I ...
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... meant to shoot deer and live on the venison . He then got together as many books as he could on war- like matters , and retiring to his " Bower , " as he called it , set about studying them . By this means he taught him- self the art of ...
... meant to shoot deer and live on the venison . He then got together as many books as he could on war- like matters , and retiring to his " Bower , " as he called it , set about studying them . By this means he taught him- self the art of ...
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... meant to make his way to Russia , where he knew he would be safe , but he did not know the route . Day after day he wandered about , not daring to ask his way of anybody , and nearly starved . But at last he saw , along the road which ...
... meant to make his way to Russia , where he knew he would be safe , but he did not know the route . Day after day he wandered about , not daring to ask his way of anybody , and nearly starved . But at last he saw , along the road which ...
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... meant to do it . His bold off - hand manner showed that he was a soldier , and people were forced to respect him , whether they liked him or not . The best and bravest of the colonists , how- ever , liked him very much , for they saw ...
... meant to do it . His bold off - hand manner showed that he was a soldier , and people were forced to respect him , whether they liked him or not . The best and bravest of the colonists , how- ever , liked him very much , for they saw ...
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... meant to run off with one of the ships to Eng- land . Smith made short work of them . He aimed the cannon in the fort at Jamestown against the ship , and sent word that if they tried to escape he would fire upon them and sink them ...
... meant to run off with one of the ships to Eng- land . Smith made short work of them . He aimed the cannon in the fort at Jamestown against the ship , and sent word that if they tried to escape he would fire upon them and sink them ...
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Page 178 - The war is inevitable ; and let it come ! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, peace, peace ! — but there is no peace.
Page 154 - Logan, not even sparing my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it ; I have killed many ; I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 127 - These savages may indeed be a formidable enemy to your raw American militia ; but upon the King's regular and disciplined troops, Sir, it is impossible they should make any impression.
Page 4 - MOTLEY'S DUTCH REPUBLIC. The Rise of the Dutch Republic. A History. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL With a Portrait of William of Orange.
Page 153 - I appeal to any white man to say, if he ever entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat ; if he ever came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 10 - II. ON THE AUTHORIZED vERSION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT in Connection with some Recent Proposals for its Revision. By RICHARD CHENEVIX TRENCH, DD, Archbishop of Dublin. 194 pp. III. CONSIDERATIONS ON THE REvISION OF THE ENGLISH vERSION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT.
Page 336 - Filling a glass, he turned to them and said, "with a heart full of love and gratitude, I now take leave of you ; I most devoutly wish that your latter days may be as prosperous and happy, as your former ones have been glorious and honorable.
Page 154 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. During the course of the last long and bloody war, Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the Whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, ' Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 4 - With a full View of the English-Dutch Struggle against Spain, and of the Origin and Destruction of the Spanish Armada. By JOHN LOTHROP MOTLEY, LL.D., DCL Portraits.