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... has been handed down from and is still preva- to age , age lent . A few days after Drake's departure , a vessel arrived at * De Bry . Roanoke with supplies for the colony ; but finding it ANCIENT DOMINION OF VIRGINIA . 25.
... has been handed down from and is still preva- to age , age lent . A few days after Drake's departure , a vessel arrived at * De Bry . Roanoke with supplies for the colony ; but finding it ANCIENT DOMINION OF VIRGINIA . 25.
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... arrived off Virginia ; and , unwilling that the 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 ...
... arrived off Virginia ; and , unwilling that the 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 ...
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... arrival at Roanoke , White found not one of the colonists ; the houses had been dismantled and a fort erected ; goods had been buried in the earth , and in part disinterred and scattered ; on ANCIENT DOMINION OF VIRGINIA . 27.
... arrival at Roanoke , White found not one of the colonists ; the houses had been dismantled and a fort erected ; goods had been buried in the earth , and in part disinterred and scattered ; on ANCIENT DOMINION OF VIRGINIA . 27.
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... arrival , his head was shaved , an iron collar riveted on his neck , and he was clothed in hair - cloth . Here long he suffered cruel bondage ; at length one day , while threshing in a barn , the Bashaw having beaten and reviled him ...
... arrival , his head was shaved , an iron collar riveted on his neck , and he was clothed in hair - cloth . Here long he suffered cruel bondage ; at length one day , while threshing in a barn , the Bashaw having beaten and reviled him ...
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... arrival of the English this chief stood on the bank of the river to meet them , when they landed , " with all his train , " says Percy , " as goodly men as any I have seen of savages , or Christians , the Werowance [ chief ] coming ...
... arrival of the English this chief stood on the bank of the river to meet them , when they landed , " with all his train , " says Percy , " as goodly men as any I have seen of savages , or Christians , the Werowance [ chief ] coming ...
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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.