...of American literature. Being thus arrived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of heaven, who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the periles and miseries therof, againe...

...to experience the next onslaught of European expansion. 46 Chapter 6 The Colonists 'They fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean. William Bradford, History Of Plymouth Plantation. Until 1562 the French...

...by wading and others in the captain's small boat, Bradford wrote famously, the Pilgrims "fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean. . . ." They did not, as the old saw goes, fall "first upon their knees...

...afraid." William Bradford recalled that upon reaching New England, the Plymouth colonists "fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven, who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof, again...

...was momentous, however. In the words of future Plimouth governor William Bradford, "they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of heaven, who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof, again...

...1620, Bradford wrote, "Being thus arrived in good harbour and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them over the vast and perilous ocean and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof again...

...William Bradford wrote: "Being thus arrived in a good harbor, and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof, again...

...they rid in safety — Being thus arrived in a good harbor, and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof, again...

...relieved the trip was over. "Being thus arrived in good harbor and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of heaven, who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean," wrote Bradford. The Mayflower anchored at Cape Cod, well north of...

...to God for that Having found a good haven and being brought safely in sight of land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries of it, again to...