Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 6Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1895 |
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... , which made him see more stars than can usually be discerned on the clearest night . He staggered and , but for the sheriff , would have fallen . CHAPTER II . SEEKING BETTER FORTUNE . On peace and THE DUCKING - STOOL . 19.
... , which made him see more stars than can usually be discerned on the clearest night . He staggered and , but for the sheriff , would have fallen . CHAPTER II . SEEKING BETTER FORTUNE . On peace and THE DUCKING - STOOL . 19.
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... night he returned to find his wife silent and morose , and for nine days they scarcely spoke . This life was trying to John . After a few days she grew more amiable and ex- pressed sympathy with her husband in his financial straits ...
... night he returned to find his wife silent and morose , and for nine days they scarcely spoke . This life was trying to John . After a few days she grew more amiable and ex- pressed sympathy with her husband in his financial straits ...
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... night since you came , to endanger our lives and homes in unde- fended places . " The autocrat was transformed by the bold atti- tude of the people . Reason dawned upon his dull brain , and he invited all the heads of families in New ...
... night since you came , to endanger our lives and homes in unde- fended places . " The autocrat was transformed by the bold atti- tude of the people . Reason dawned upon his dull brain , and he invited all the heads of families in New ...
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... night , late in February , 1643 , when the snow fell fast , and the wind blew loud and shrill , and there was not a star to be seen in the sky , eighty men were sent by Kieft to attack the fugitives at Hoboken and those at " Colaer's ...
... night , late in February , 1643 , when the snow fell fast , and the wind blew loud and shrill , and there was not a star to be seen in the sky , eighty men were sent by Kieft to attack the fugitives at Hoboken and those at " Colaer's ...
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... night , until it blew a gale ; And though ' twas not much to naval mind , Some landsmen would have looked a little pale , For sailors are , in fact , a different kind : At sunset they began to take in sail . -BYRON . NEARLY two ...
... night , until it blew a gale ; And though ' twas not much to naval mind , Some landsmen would have looked a little pale , For sailors are , in fact , a different kind : At sunset they began to take in sail . -BYRON . NEARLY two ...
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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...