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... land on Wocokon Island - Return to Eng- land - The New Country named Virginia - Grenville's Expedition - Colony of Roanoke - Lane , Governor - The Colony abandoned - Tobacco - Grenville returns to Virginia - Leaves a small Colony at ...
... land on Wocokon Island - Return to Eng- land - The New Country named Virginia - Grenville's Expedition - Colony of Roanoke - Lane , Governor - The Colony abandoned - Tobacco - Grenville returns to Virginia - Leaves a small Colony at ...
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... land of Virginia . " He ( Lane ) and some others of the colonists learned from the Indians the use of a narcotic plant called by them uppowoc ; by the English tobacco . The natives smoked it ; sprinkled the dust of it on their fishing ...
... land of Virginia . " He ( Lane ) and some others of the colonists learned from the Indians the use of a narcotic plant called by them uppowoc ; by the English tobacco . The natives smoked it ; sprinkled the dust of it on their fishing ...
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... land " was translated by a Frenchman * into Latin , and this translation refers to those " qui generosum D. Walterum Raleigh in eam regionem comitati sunt . " The error of the trans- lator in employing the words " comitati sunt , " has ...
... land " was translated by a Frenchman * into Latin , and this translation refers to those " qui generosum D. Walterum Raleigh in eam regionem comitati sunt . " The error of the trans- lator in employing the words " comitati sunt , " has ...
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... land extending along the sea - coast fifty statute miles on each side of the place of their first plantation , and ... lands granted to settlers in free and common soccage . † On the 20th of November , 1606 , instructions were given by ...
... land extending along the sea - coast fifty statute miles on each side of the place of their first plantation , and ... lands granted to settlers in free and common soccage . † On the 20th of November , 1606 , instructions were given by ...
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... land , the crew grew impatient , and Ratcliffe , captain of the pinnace , proposed to steer back for England . At this conjuncture a violent storm , compelling them to scud all night under bare poles , providentially drove them into the ...
... land , the crew grew impatient , and Ratcliffe , captain of the pinnace , proposed to steer back for England . At this conjuncture a violent storm , compelling them to scud all night under bare poles , providentially drove them into 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.