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Page 16
... mind that the young Joseph is the traditional Apollo , or model of masculine beauty , with the Moslems . If , therefore , the lady was too ready to misunderstand Smith's English pronunciation , she was only guilty of giving utterance to ...
... mind that the young Joseph is the traditional Apollo , or model of masculine beauty , with the Moslems . If , therefore , the lady was too ready to misunderstand Smith's English pronunciation , she was only guilty of giving utterance to ...
Page 47
... mind betokened the approach of a human being . He had begun to despair , when suddenly he found him- self on a way - side before a Christian cross , the mute but inspiring emblem of " deliverance to the captives . SELF - EMANCIPATION . 47.
... mind betokened the approach of a human being . He had begun to despair , when suddenly he found him- self on a way - side before a Christian cross , the mute but inspiring emblem of " deliverance to the captives . SELF - EMANCIPATION . 47.
Page 55
... minds which had been born to rule ; and he still held it , a chief of chiefs , by means of his natural greatness . Powhattan was pacing the turf before the entrance of his lodge , absorbed in thought . Nothing in his personal equipment ...
... minds which had been born to rule ; and he still held it , a chief of chiefs , by means of his natural greatness . Powhattan was pacing the turf before the entrance of his lodge , absorbed in thought . Nothing in his personal equipment ...
Page 58
... mind , when , about thirty miles above Jamestown , they had suddenly found " all the woods round about filled with begrimmed savages shouting , yelling , and crying as so many spirits in hell could not have showed more terrible ...
... mind , when , about thirty miles above Jamestown , they had suddenly found " all the woods round about filled with begrimmed savages shouting , yelling , and crying as so many spirits in hell could not have showed more terrible ...
Page 65
... mind , Joe Price ; call it game . " A half - dozen armed men now came up from the river , also much emaciated , though they seemed strong- er than poor Joe Price . Some crabs which they had gathered were cooked , and , with the contents ...
... mind , Joe Price ; call it game . " A half - dozen armed men now came up from the river , also much emaciated , though they seemed strong- er than poor Joe Price . Some crabs which they had gathered were cooked , and , with the contents ...
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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.