Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 6Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1895 |
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Page 27
... killed and twice as many wounded on the field . Claybourne had conquered and , for a brief space of time , was to hold sway over the Severn and Kent Island . John Stevens returned to his home to find that his wife's extravagance had ...
... killed and twice as many wounded on the field . Claybourne had conquered and , for a brief space of time , was to hold sway over the Severn and Kent Island . John Stevens returned to his home to find that his wife's extravagance had ...
Page 39
... peaceful Raritans killed the whites whenever they found them alone in the forest . Fifteen years before some of Minuet's men mur- dered an Indian belonging to a tribe seated beyond the 39 CHAPTER III THE COLONIES OF THE NEW WORLD,
... peaceful Raritans killed the whites whenever they found them alone in the forest . Fifteen years before some of Minuet's men mur- dered an Indian belonging to a tribe seated beyond the 39 CHAPTER III THE COLONIES OF THE NEW WORLD,
Page 48
... pilfering of the Indians . Van Dyck , had grown exasperated and had vowed to kill the next Indian whom he should discover stealing his fruit . One day while the stout Dutch- man was at his midday meal , his son ran. 48 A CENTURY TOO SOON .
... pilfering of the Indians . Van Dyck , had grown exasperated and had vowed to kill the next Indian whom he should discover stealing his fruit . One day while the stout Dutch- man was at his midday meal , his son ran. 48 A CENTURY TOO SOON .
Page 49
... killed her as she ran . The fury of the tribe was kindled , and the long peace of ten years was suddenly broken . One morning before daybreak almost two thousand river Indians in sixty. THE SQUAW , WITH A YELL OF FEAR , WHEELED TO FLY ...
... killed her as she ran . The fury of the tribe was kindled , and the long peace of ten years was suddenly broken . One morning before daybreak almost two thousand river Indians in sixty. THE SQUAW , WITH A YELL OF FEAR , WHEELED TO FLY ...
Page 50
... killed , and the lives of others were threatened . The The peo- ple flew to arms and drove the savages to their canoes . The Indians crossed the Hudson and rav- aged New Jersey and Staten Island . Within three days a hundred inhabitants ...
... killed , and the lives of others were threatened . The The peo- ple flew to arms and drove the savages to their canoes . The Indians crossed the Hudson and rav- aged New Jersey and Staten Island . Within three days a hundred inhabitants ...
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Ann Linkon answered arms asked Bacon began Blanche boat brought Captain Carolinia cavalier Charles Charles II Cheeseman child church Claybourne colony cried dark death Despair Dorothe Stevens dread Drummond Dutch enemy England English ernor eyes face father fear fell fire friends gazed Giles Peram gone Governor Berkeley Greenspring hand hath head heard heart horse Hugh Price hundred husband Indians island James River Jamestown John Stevens Kent Island killed king King Philip's war king's men land Lawrence lived Marry Middle Plantation mother Nathaniel Bacon never night peace Philip Puritans Rebecca rebels regicide republicanism returned River Robert Stevens Roundheads royalists sail savages seemed seized sent ship shore shot side Silverwing Sir Albert Sir William Berkeley sister smile soon strange stranger Stuyvesant sword tears thought town Verily vessel Virginia voice wife woman wreck York young
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Page 92 - I AM monarch of all I survey, My right there is none to dispute ; From the centre all round to the sea I am lord of the fowl and the brute.
Page 181 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Page 41 - Thus were planted the seeds of a representative democracy, in the year 1641, almost on the very spot where, a century and a half later, our...
Page 56 - After all, territory is but the body of a nation. The people who inhabit its hills and valleys are its soul, its spirit, its life.
Page 285 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Page 366 - The longer life, the more offence ; The more offence, the greater pain; The greater pain, the less defence ; The less defence, the lesser gain. The loss of gain long ill doth try, Wherefore come death, and let me die.
Page 338 - D — n my blood! I'll kill governor, council, assembly and all, and then I'll sheathe my sword in my own heart's blood!" The wildest excitement prevailed in the town. Everybody was on the street, and the massacre of the governor and his council was momentarily expected. Two young girls ran toward an officer in the army of the rebel. One of Bacon's young captains met them and clasped an arm about each. It was Ester and Rebecca meeting the brother and lover.
Page 275 - The brutalities of an Indian massacre followed ; " there remained nothing to me," she continues, now in captivity, " but one poor wounded babe. Down I must sit in the snow, with my sick child, the picture of death, in my lap. Not the least crumb of refreshing came within either of our mouths from Wednesday night to Saturday night, except only a little cold water.
Page 374 - «welcome ; I am more glad to see you than any man in Virginia. Mr. Drummond you shall be hanged in half an hour.
Page 274 - Some in our house were fighting for their lives, others wallowing in blood, the house on fire over our heads, and the bloody heathen ready to knock us on the head if we stirred out Now might we hear mothers and children crying out for themselves and one another, Lord, what shall we do...