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... daughter of Sir Philip Champernon , of Modbury . He was educated at Oxford , and became distinguished for courage , learning , and enterprise . Ap- pointed colonel in Ireland , he displayed singular energy and ad- dress . In the year ...
... daughter of Sir Philip Champernon , of Modbury . He was educated at Oxford , and became distinguished for courage , learning , and enterprise . Ap- pointed colonel in Ireland , he displayed singular energy and ad- dress . In the year ...
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... daughter , Eleanor , wife to Ananias Dare , one of the council , gave birth to a daughter , the first Christian child born in the country , and hence named Virginia . Dissensions soon arose among the set- tlers ; and , although not in ...
... daughter , Eleanor , wife to Ananias Dare , one of the council , gave birth to a daughter , the first Christian child born in the country , and hence named Virginia . Dissensions soon arose among the set- tlers ; and , although not in ...
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... daughter , a girl of only twelve or thirteen years of age , * finding all her entreaties unavailing , flew , and , at the hazard of her life , clasped the captive's head in her arms , and laid her own upon his . The stern heart of ...
... daughter , a girl of only twelve or thirteen years of age , * finding all her entreaties unavailing , flew , and , at the hazard of her life , clasped the captive's head in her arms , and laid her own upon his . The stern heart of ...
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... daughters , were to be his successors . He deprecated war , and declared that when he and his people , forced to fly by fear of the English , lay in the woods , exposed to cold and hunger , if a twig but broke , every one cried out ...
... daughters , were to be his successors . He deprecated war , and declared that when he and his people , forced to fly by fear of the English , lay in the woods , exposed to cold and hunger , if a twig but broke , every one cried out ...
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... daughter , born on the island - was chris- tened , February eleventh , by the name of Bermuda , Captain Newport , the Rev. Mr. Bucke , and Mrs. Horton being witnesses . It would seem from this , that John Rolfe was a widower when he ...
... daughter , born on the island - was chris- tened , February eleventh , by the name of Bermuda , Captain Newport , the Rev. Mr. Bucke , and Mrs. Horton being witnesses . It would seem from this , that John Rolfe was a widower when he ...
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Page 572 - I appeal to any white man to say, if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat, if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not.
Page 582 - Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.
Page 486 - Your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess.
Page 666 - Yea, even that which mischief meant most harm, Shall in the happy trial prove most glory : But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness, when at last...
Page 582 - ... if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us.
Page 100 - You did promise Powhatan what was yours should be 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 do you...
Page 582 - God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone, it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Page 582 - election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest There is no retreat but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable. And let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace.
Page 558 - The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
Page 11 - ... it is the true office of history to represent the events themselves together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man's judgment.