A History of the American People: By Woodrow Wilson ... Illustrated with Portraits, Maps, Plans, Facsimiles, Rare Prints, Contemporary Views, Etc. ..., Band 1Harper & Bros., 1902 |
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... better than any wine to men who for four months had drunk " SHIPS WERE RARE ' from the stale casks on. THE GOODSPEED , SARAH CONSTANT , AND DISCOVERY AT THE CAPES OF THE DELAWARE LIKE PILGRIMS , HERE AND THERE CROSSING THE WATERS BOTH. 36 ...
... better than any wine to men who for four months had drunk " SHIPS WERE RARE ' from the stale casks on. THE GOODSPEED , SARAH CONSTANT , AND DISCOVERY AT THE CAPES OF THE DELAWARE LIKE PILGRIMS , HERE AND THERE CROSSING THE WATERS BOTH. 36 ...
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... better , were divided into two bodies . The London stockholders were to undertake the first colony , in some southern part of " Virginia , " between the thirty - fourth and the forty- first degrees of north latitude ; while the ...
... better , were divided into two bodies . The London stockholders were to undertake the first colony , in some southern part of " Virginia , " between the thirty - fourth and the forty- first degrees of north latitude ; while the ...
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... out of work or out of sorts , and reckless men , young and fond of adventure , were likely to think the prospect inviting , or the novel risk worth taking , to better their fortunes , or to. 43 THE SWARMING OF THE ENGLISH.
... out of work or out of sorts , and reckless men , young and fond of adventure , were likely to think the prospect inviting , or the novel risk worth taking , to better their fortunes , or to. 43 THE SWARMING OF THE ENGLISH.
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... better their fortunes , or to get the monotony out of their lives . It happened that England was full of idle men , be- cause her life was changing . The very quickening and expansion of commerce and of adventure in trade and conquest ...
... better their fortunes , or to get the monotony out of their lives . It happened that England was full of idle men , be- cause her life was changing . The very quickening and expansion of commerce and of adventure in trade and conquest ...
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... better than them all . " No doubt there were others who seconded Captain Smith in the maintenance of order and of hope , and who worked as he did to take some hold upon the wilderness for their principals at home ; but upon him fell the ...
... better than them all . " No doubt there were others who seconded Captain Smith in the maintenance of order and of hope , and who worked as he did to take some hold upon the wilderness for their principals at home ; but upon him fell the ...
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Seite xxvi - Then felt I like some watcher of the skies When a new planet swims into his ken; Or like stout Cortez when with eagle eyes He stared at the Pacific — and all his men Looked at each other with a wild surmise — Silent, upon a peak in Darien.
Seite 7 - Shall I make spirits fetch me what I please, Resolve me of all ambiguities, Perform what desperate enterprise I will? I'll have them fly to India for gold, Ransack the ocean for orient pearl, And search all corners of the new-found world For pleasant fruits and princely delicates...
Seite 300 - I have led the greatest colony into America that ever any man did upon a private credit; and the most prosperous beginnings that ever were in it, are to be found among us.
Seite 140 - Cotton) had in the hearts of the people, that whatever he delivered in the pulpit was soon put into an Order of Court, if of a civil, or set up as a practice in the church, if of an ecclesiastical concernment.
Seite 34 - I) your sheep that were wont to be so meek and tame, and so small eaters, now, as I hear say, be become so great devourers and so wild, that they eat up, and swallow down the very men themselves. They consume, destroy, and devour whole fields, houses, and cities.
Seite 194 - ... at New Haven, in the evening, the form of the keel of a ship with three masts, to which were suddenly added all the tackling and sails, and presently after, upon the top of the poop, a man standing with one hand akimbo under his left side, and in his right hand a sword stretched out towards the sea.
Seite 140 - Democracy I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If the people be governors, who shall be governed?
Seite 114 - ... the best part is always the least, and of that best part the wiser part is always the lesser.