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Page 30
... lives and dwellings and merchandise ? Who hurled them by night over the battlements , like hissing meteors from the sky , into the very squares and public places where the people did congregate the most ? Meldritch ? the Archduke ...
... lives and dwellings and merchandise ? Who hurled them by night over the battlements , like hissing meteors from the sky , into the very squares and public places where the people did congregate the most ? Meldritch ? the Archduke ...
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... lives would hang by a thread . But more if thy stay here is prolonged , thou wilt surely be torn from me , and sold to a real slavery . I anticipate the rupture , that I may prevent the doom . Horses , and a faithful slave for thy guide ...
... lives would hang by a thread . But more if thy stay here is prolonged , thou wilt surely be torn from me , and sold to a real slavery . I anticipate the rupture , that I may prevent the doom . Horses , and a faithful slave for thy guide ...
Page 78
... , " Speed , friend , speed ! " " The white warrior's brothers on the river are dead , " said the voice . " But the white warrior lives . " He discharged his musket , and its report was an- 78 THE YOUTH OF THE OLD DOMINION .
... , " Speed , friend , speed ! " " The white warrior's brothers on the river are dead , " said the voice . " But the white warrior lives . " He discharged his musket , and its report was an- 78 THE YOUTH OF THE OLD DOMINION .
Page 120
... lives . It is not because you do not deserve flogging , or hanging , or both . It is not be- cause the king of Pamunkey has desired me to let you go , nor because Powhattan has desired it , but because the dear daughter of Powhattan has ...
... lives . It is not because you do not deserve flogging , or hanging , or both . It is not be- cause the king of Pamunkey has desired me to let you go , nor because Powhattan has desired it , but because the dear daughter of Powhattan has ...
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... live . undisturbed by the sufferings and complaints of others . The hearts of the colonists revived at the appearance of Smith ; and the violence of their rage was so far subdued by the supplies which he brought , and by his personal ...
... live . undisturbed by the sufferings and complaints of others . The hearts of the colonists revived at the appearance of Smith ; and the violence of their rage was so far subdued by the supplies which he brought , and by his personal ...
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Page 462 - «welcome ; I am more glad to see you than any man in Virginia. Mr. Drummond you shall be hanged in half an hour.
Page 360 - But I thank God there are no free schools, nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years ; for learning has...
Page 246 - You did promise Powhatan what was yours should bee 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 doe you...
Page 90 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 429 - ... subdued kingdoms, wrought righteousness, obtained promises, stopped the mouths of lions, quenched the violence of fire, escaped the edge of the sword; out of weakness were made strong, waxed valiant in fight, and turned to flight the armies of the aliens.
Page 348 - England, according to the laws there established, and that this submission and subscription be acknowledged a voluntary act, not forced nor constrained by a conquest upon the country; and that they shall have and enjoy such freedoms and privileges as belong to the free-born people of England...
Page 196 - How beautiful upon the mountains are the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace, that bringeth good tidings of good, that publisheth salvation, that saith unto Zion, Thy God reigneth!
Page 316 - These are to signify, that your acknowledgment of our grace, bounty, and favour, towards you, and your so earnest desire to continue under our immediate protection, is very acceptable unto us ; and that, as we had not before the least intention to consent to the introduction of ANY Company over that our Colony, so we are by it much confirmed in our...
Page 47 - And he looked this way and that way, and when he saw that there was no man, he slew the Egyptian, and hid him in the sand.
Page 316 - ... as we had not before the least intention to consent to the introduction of ANY company over that our Colony, so we are by it much confirmed in our resolution, as thinking it unfit to change a form of Government wherein (besides many other reasons given, and to be given,) our Subjects there, having had so long experience of it, receive so much contentment and satisfaction.