 ... his soldiers with him ; that upon no danger would send them where he would not lead them himself ; that would never see us want what he either had or could by any means get us ; that would rather want than borrow, or starve than not pay ; that loved...  The Complete Writings of Charles Dudley Warner - Page 352by Charles Dudley Warner - 1904Full view - About this book
 | Joseph Martin, William Henry Brockenbrough - Virginia - 1835 - 644 pages
...starve than not pay ;—that loved actioa more than words, and hated falsehood and cove.tr ousness worse than death; whose adventures were our lives, and whose loss our deaths." CHAPTER III. PROGRESS OF THE COLONY MASSACRE OF 1622 DISSOLUTION OF TI LONDON COMPANV. Slate of the... | |
 | Henry Howe - Virginia - 1845 - 616 pages
...indignity, more than any danger, — that never allowed more for himself, than his soldiers with him that upon no danger would send them where he would...adventures were our lives, and whose loss our deaths." CHAPTER HI. PROGRESS OF THE COLONY MASSACRE OF 1622 DISSOLUTION OF THE LONDON COMPANY. State of the... | |
 | Henry Howe - Virginia - 1845 - 562 pages
...send them where he would not lead them himself; — that would never see us want what he either bad, or could by any means get us ; — that would rather...adventures were our lives, and whose loss our deaths." CHAPTER III. PROGRESS OF THE COLONY MASSACRE OF 1622 DISSOLUTION OF THE LONDON COMPANY. State of the... | |
 | Charles Campbell - Virginia - 1860 - 790 pages
...and rather starve than not pay ; that lored action more than words, and hated falsehood and avarice worse than death; "whose adventures were our lives, and whose loss our deaths." Another of his soldiers said of him: — " I never knew a warrior but thee, From wine, tobacco, debts,... | |
 | Charles Campbell - Virginia - 1860 - 766 pages
...and rather starve than not pay; that loved action more than words, and hated falsehood and avarice worse than death; " whose adventures were our lives, and whose loss our deaths." Another of his soldiers said of him: — " I never knew a warrior but thee, From wine, tobacco, debts,... | |
 | Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff - United States - 1877 - 368 pages
...would send them where he would not lead them himself ; that would never see us want what either he had or could by any means get us ; that would rather...adventures were our lives, and whose loss our deaths." THE PILGRIM FATHERS. i. THE advance of enlightenment in the civilised world may be compared to the... | |
 | Charles Dudley Warner - Explorers - 1881 - 307 pages
...was always his friend, and so much was he attached to the boy that he would not give him up to Capt. Argall without some copper in exchange. When Smith...Among his eulogists, of course, is not the factious Capt. Ratcliffe. In the English Colonial State papers, edited by Mr. Noel Sainsbury, is a note, dated... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Virginia - 1883 - 578 pages
...indignity more than any dangers ; that never allowed more for himself than his soldiers with him ; that upon no danger would send them where he would...adventures were our lives and whose loss our deaths." XIII. VIRGINIA ABANDONED. WHEN Smith sailed away from Virginia, in the month of September, 1609, Jamestown... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Virginia - 1883 - 594 pages
...more than any dangers ; that never allowed more for himself than his soldiers with him; that upon.no danger would send' them where he would not lead them...adventures were our lives and whose loss our deaths." XIII. VIRGINIA ABANDONED. WHEN Smith sailed away from Virginia, in the month of September, 1609, Jamestown... | |
 | John Esten Cooke - Virginia - 1883 - 568 pages
...borrow, or starve than not pay ; that loved action more than words, and hated falsehood and covetousuess worse than death ; whose adventures were our lives and whose loss our deaths." XIII. VIRGINIA ABANDONED. WHEN Smith sailed away from Virginia, in the month of September, 1G09, Jamestown... | |
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