 | John Smith - America - 1819 - 278 pages
...haue giuen her: but with the teares running downe her cheekes, she said she durst not be seene to haue any: for if Powhatan should know it, she. were but dead, and so shee ranne away by her selfe as she came. Within lesse then an houre came eight or ten lusty fellowes,... | |
 | Sydney Melmoth - 1827 - 140 pages
...wished us presently to be gone. Such things as she delighted in, he would have given her, but with the tears running down her cheeks, she said she durst...dead and so she ran away by herself as she came." Capt. Smith in his petition to her Majesty Queen Anne in behalf of Pocahontas, June 1616, says, " that... | |
 | Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - Indians of North America - 1832
...giuen her ; but with the teares running dovvne her cheekes, she said she durst not be seen to haue any, for if Powhatan should know it, she were but dead, and so she ran away by herself as she came."t What an affecting instance of the most delicate tenderness mingled with the loftiest courage.... | |
 | Bela Bates Edwards - Readers - 1833 - 180 pages
...us presently to be gone. " Such things as she delighted in, he would have given her, but, with the tears running down her cheeks, she said she durst...be seen to have any, for if Powhatan should know, she were but dead, and so she ran away by herself, as she came." She was soon afterwards married to... | |
 | Marshall Tufts - Fur trade - 1833 - 248 pages
...down her cheeks, she said she durst not be «cen with any, for jf Powhatan should SHORES or know of it, " she were but dead,'* and so she ran away by herself as she came. . ,; . However, lifter Smith became president of the colony, and was on a friendly visit to Powhatan... | |
 | Benjamin Bussey Thatcher - Indians of North America - 1835 - 362 pages
...haue giuen her ; but with the teares runuing dowue her cheekes, she said she durst not be seen to haue any, for if Powhatan should know it, she were but dead, and so she ran away by herself as she came."t What an affecting instance of the most delicate tenderness mingled with the loftiest courage.... | |
 | Jared Sparks - 1839 - 394 pages
...necessity of waiting for the next tide before they could depart, and the day was spent in feasting and meny sports. Powhatan, who had burned to get possession...attachment and heroic self-forgetfulness needs not the Ci foreign aid of ornament" to recommend it to the heart, which has a throb left for generous deeds... | |
 | Civilization - 1851 - 428 pages
...of her watchful kindness, "such things as she delighted in they wonld have given her ; but, with the tears running down her cheeks, she said she durst...dead, and so she ran away by herself as she came." The next we hear of her is after Smith had left Virginia for England ; when, upon Captain ArgilTs arrival... | |
 | James Wimer - Indian captivities - 1841 - 664 pages
...Such things as she delighted in he would haue giuen her, but with the tears running down her cheekes, she said she durst not be seen to have any, for if...dead, and so she ran away by herself as she came." What an affecting instance of the most delicate tenderness mingled with the loftiest courage. It would... | |
 | Lydia Howard Sigourney - History - 1841 - 304 pages
...have given her; but, with tears running down her cheeks, she said she durst not be seen to have them; for, if Powhatan should know it, she were but dead. And so she ran away by herself, as she came."—Captain Smith. Stanza xxix., line 7. Held as a hostage. The object of the capture and detention... | |
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Such things as she delighted in, he would have given her: but with the tears running down her cheeks, she said she durst not be seen to have any: for if Powhatan should know it, she were but dead, and so she ran away by herself as she came. 
