Maine Pioneer Settlements ..., Volume 2W.B. Clarke Company, 1909 - Maine |
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... hundred leagues hence , he discovered land in the territory of the Great Cham . He coasted three hun- dred leagues and landed , saw no human beings , but brought to the king certain snares set to catch game , and a needle for making ...
... hundred leagues hence , he discovered land in the territory of the Great Cham . He coasted three hun- dred leagues and landed , saw no human beings , but brought to the king certain snares set to catch game , and a needle for making ...
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... hundred leagues from England , in the western passage . This Spring his Majesty means to send him with fifteen or twenty ships . " This passage from Soncino has all the ear - marks of hearsay , and is a fair specimen of the romancing of ...
... hundred leagues from England , in the western passage . This Spring his Majesty means to send him with fifteen or twenty ships . " This passage from Soncino has all the ear - marks of hearsay , and is a fair specimen of the romancing of ...
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... hundred men , directed his course so far towards the North Pole that even in the month of July he found mon- strous heaps of ice swimming on the sea , and in a manner , continual daylight ; yet saw he the land in that tract free from ...
... hundred men , directed his course so far towards the North Pole that even in the month of July he found mon- strous heaps of ice swimming on the sea , and in a manner , continual daylight ; yet saw he the land in that tract free from ...
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... English explorer , found himself with a large crew about the shores of Florida , and short of provisions . In his emergency , he set ashore , somewhere about the Gulf of Mexico , a hundred of his men , more or less , 50 OLD YORK.
... English explorer , found himself with a large crew about the shores of Florida , and short of provisions . In his emergency , he set ashore , somewhere about the Gulf of Mexico , a hundred of his men , more or less , 50 OLD YORK.
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Herbert Milton Sylvester. a hundred of his men , more or less , and summarily abandoned them to their own resources ... hundreds upon hundreds of leagues to the North . They made their way over the slender trails of the Indians , and ...
Herbert Milton Sylvester. a hundred of his men , more or less , and summarily abandoned them to their own resources ... hundreds upon hundreds of leagues to the North . They made their way over the slender trails of the Indians , and ...
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Page 222 - Here Lies the Body of Mr XEHEMIAH ROY CE Who Departed This Life Feb (?)— AD 1791 In the both Year of His Age Behold and see, as you pass by As you are now, so once was I. As I am now so you must be. Prepare for death and follow me.
Page 36 - ... to sail to all parts, countries, and seas of the east, of the west, and of the north...
Page 12 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Page 37 - Cabot, and he is styled the great admiral. Vast honour is paid him; he dresses in silk, and these English run after him like mad people, so that he can enlist as many of them as he pleases, and a number of our own rogues besides.
Page 205 - They rested there, escaped awhile From cares that wear the life away, To eat the lotus of the Nile And drink the poppies of Cathay...
Page 278 - Cotton Mather came galloping down All the way to Newbury town, With his eyes agog and his ears set wide, And his marvellous inkhorn at his side ; Stirring the while in the shallow pool Of his brains for the lore he learned at school...
Page 299 - When the barley-harvest is ripe and shorn, And the dry husks fall from the standing corn; As long as Nature shall not grow old, Nor drop her work from her doting hold...
Page 395 - English Miles to the Southward of the southermost part of the said Bay called Massachusetts alias Mattachusetts alias Mattatusetts Bay ; and also all those Lands, and Hereditaments whatsoever, which lie, and be within the space of three English Miles to the Northward of the said River called Monomack, alias Merrimack or to the Northward of any, and every part thereof...
Page 164 - This court, considering how far Satan doth prevail upon several persons within this jurisdiction to make away themselves, judgeth that God calls them to bear testimony against such wicked and unnatural practices, that others may be deterred therefrom...
Page 170 - If any man or woman be a Witch, (that is) hath, or consulteth with a Familiar spirit, they shall be put to death.