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... English pronunciation , where the colony sent out by Raleigh subsequently landed . * In the year 1570 Father Segura and other Jesuit missionaries , accompanied by Don Luis , visited Axacan , but were treacher- ously cut off by him . In ...
... English pronunciation , where the colony sent out by Raleigh subsequently landed . * In the year 1570 Father Segura and other Jesuit missionaries , accompanied by Don Luis , visited Axacan , but were treacher- ously cut off by him . In ...
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... English , ) and on the north side from five to seven ; at two leagues from it in the sea , the depth is the same on the north and the south , but there is more sand within . In the channel there are from nine to thir- teen fathoms ; in ...
... English , ) and on the north side from five to seven ; at two leagues from it in the sea , the depth is the same on the north and the south , but there is more sand within . In the channel there are from nine to thir- teen fathoms ; in ...
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... English in America . During the year which the colony had passed at Roanoke , Withe had made drawings from nature illustrative of the appear- ance and habits of the natives ; and Hariot had accurately ob- served the soil and productions ...
... English in America . During the year which the colony had passed at Roanoke , Withe had made drawings from nature illustrative of the appear- ance and habits of the natives ; and Hariot had accurately ob- served the soil and productions ...
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... English should lose possession of the country , he left fifteen men on the island , with provisions for two years . These repeated disappoint- ments did not abate Raleigh's indomitable resolution . During the ensuing year he sent out a ...
... English should lose possession of the country , he left fifteen men on the island , with provisions for two years . These repeated disappoint- ments did not abate Raleigh's indomitable resolution . During the ensuing year he sent out a ...
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... English strangers to his habitation . Percy calls them the Rap- pahannas ; but as no such tribe is mentioned by Smith as being near the James River , they were probably the Quiqoughco- hanocks , who dwelled on the north side of the ...
... English strangers to his habitation . Percy calls them the Rap- pahannas ; but as no such tribe is mentioned by Smith as being near the James River , they were probably the Quiqoughco- hanocks , who dwelled on the north side of the ...
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Page 572 - 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.
Page 582 - Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.
Page 486 - Your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess.
Page 666 - Yea, even that which mischief meant most harm, Shall in the happy trial prove most glory : But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness, when at last...
Page 582 - ... if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us.
Page 100 - You did promise Powhatan what was yours should be his, and he the like to you; you called him father being in his land a stranger, and by the same reason so must I do you...
Page 582 - God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone, it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Page 582 - election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest There is no retreat but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. 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 558 - The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
Page 11 - ... it is the true office of history to represent the events themselves together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man's judgment.