 First, the fault of our going was our own; what could be thought fitting or necessary we had, but what we should find, or want, or where we should be, we were all ignorant and supposing to make our passage in two...  The Library of American Biography - Page 224by Jared Sparks - 1834Full view - About this book
 | John Smith - America - 1819 - 278 pages
...they are too ill advised to nourish such ill conceits; first, the fault of our going was our owne, what could be thought fitting or necessary we had,...ignorant, and supposing to make our passage in two moneths, with victuall to liue, and the advantage of the springto worke; we were at Sea fiue moneths,... | |
 | William Gilmore Simms - Virginia - 1846 - 428 pages
...at its root. He tells them they are " ill advised to nourish such ill conceits. * * * The fault in going was our own ; what could be thought fitting...want, or where we should be, we were all ignorant. * * * Supposing to make our passage in two moneths, with victuall to live, and the advantage of the... | |
 | sir John Bernard Burke - 1850 - 516 pages
...themselves. Against this, however, Smith argues reasonably enough, — " the fault of going was our owne ; what could be thought fitting or necessary we had...and, supposing to make our passage in two months with victuall to live, and the advantage of the spring to worke, we were at sea five months, where we both... | |
 | John Smith - Bermuda Islands - 1884 - 1150 pages
...ill l/>-9«.] advised to nourish such ill conceits ; first, the fault of our going was our owne, [45] what could be thought fitting or necessary we had;...ignorant, and supposing to make our passage in two moneths, with victuall to Hue, and the advantage of the spring to worke ; we were at Sea fiue moneths,... | |
 | John Smith - United States - 1895 - 620 pages
...ill l/-9«-l advised to nourish such ill conceits ; first, the fault of our going was our owne, ^45] what could be thought fitting or necessary we had;...what we should find, or want, or where we should be, w£ were all ignorant, and supposing to make our passage in two moneths, with victuall to Hue, and... | |
 | Jared Sparks - United States - 1902 - 250 pages
...affirmed it was ill done of the council to send forth men so badly provided, this incontradictable reasor. will show them plainly they are too ill advised to...should find or want, or where we should be, we were all ignor ant ; and, supposing to make our passage in two months with victual to live and the advantage... | |
 | Sara Agnes Rice Pryor - Jamestown (Va.) - 1907 - 454 pages
...own, what could be thought fitting or necessary 1John Smith, quoted in Campbell's "History," p. 382. we had; but what we should find or want or where we...supposing to make our passage in two months, with victuall to live, and the advantage of the spring to work; we were at sea five months where we both... | |
 | Lyon Gardiner Tyler - Virginia - 1907 - 510 pages
...fitting or necessary wee had, but what wee should finde, what we should want, where we shoulde bee, we were all ignorant, and supposing to make our passage in two monthes, with victuall to live, and the advantage of the spring to worke : we weare at sea 5. monthes,... | |
 | John Smith - Explorers - 1910 - 632 pages
...!/•««.] advised to nourish such ill conceits ; first, the fault of our going was our owne, [45] what could be thought fitting or necessary we had;...ignorant, and supposing to make our passage in two moneths, with victuall to Hue, and the advantage of the spring to worke ; we were at Sea flue moneths,... | |
 | Mary Ann Radzinowicz - Literary Criticism - 1984 - 300 pages
...they are too ill advised to nourish such ill conceits; first, the fault of our going was our owne, what could be thought fitting or necessary we had,...ignorant, and supposing to make our passage in two moneths, with victuall to live, and the advantage of the spring to worke; we were at Sea five moneths,... | |
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