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... causes which we cannot trace . But in looking at the present nations of America , we have this great advantage . We can see the country as it was before the inhabitants came to it , and we can see the inhabitants as they were before ...
... causes which we cannot trace . But in looking at the present nations of America , we have this great advantage . We can see the country as it was before the inhabitants came to it , and we can see the inhabitants as they were before ...
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... cause no difficulty , for it includes only four nations , and we shall seldom have occasion to speak of them as forming one class . With the others the case is different ; for they are made up of so many small and scattered tribes ...
... cause no difficulty , for it includes only four nations , and we shall seldom have occasion to speak of them as forming one class . With the others the case is different ; for they are made up of so many small and scattered tribes ...
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... causing all of them to be baptized . But naturally these new - made allies were of no great value , and could not be trusted in time of need , and all that Cortez could really depend on were his 550 Spaniards . With these and some of ...
... causing all of them to be baptized . But naturally these new - made allies were of no great value , and could not be trusted in time of need , and all that Cortez could really depend on were his 550 Spaniards . With these and some of ...
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... its way back to England . Though Gilbert's attempt ended in utter failure , yet his name should ever be held in honour as the man who led the way in the English settlement of America , and who forfeited his life in that cause D 2.
... its way back to England . Though Gilbert's attempt ended in utter failure , yet his name should ever be held in honour as the man who led the way in the English settlement of America , and who forfeited his life in that cause D 2.
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John Andrew Doyle. America , and who forfeited his life in that cause from which his countrymen afterwards gained such honour and reward . 12. Raleigh's first Colony . - Gilbert's scheme was taken up by a man fitter for such a task . His ...
John Andrew Doyle. America , and who forfeited his life in that cause from which his countrymen afterwards gained such honour and reward . 12. Raleigh's first Colony . - Gilbert's scheme was taken up by a man fitter for such a task . His ...
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