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... three years before he could procure the supplies and sail with any safety for Virginia . When at length he landed at Roanoke , not one of the colonists he had left there could be found . The houses were in ruins , their goods were found ...
... three years before he could procure the supplies and sail with any safety for Virginia . When at length he landed at Roanoke , not one of the colonists he had left there could be found . The houses were in ruins , their goods were found ...
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... three vessels for an expedition to reinforce a colony which two years before had settled on the island of Roanoke , on the coast of what was then known as Virginia . When these ships arrived , they found the colony deserted , the bones ...
... three vessels for an expedition to reinforce a colony which two years before had settled on the island of Roanoke , on the coast of what was then known as Virginia . When these ships arrived , they found the colony deserted , the bones ...
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... three years before he could procure the supplies and sail with any safety for Virginia . When at length he landed at Roanoke , not one of the colonists he had left there could be found . The houses were in ruins , their goods were found ...
... three years before he could procure the supplies and sail with any safety for Virginia . When at length he landed at Roanoke , not one of the colonists he had left there could be found . The houses were in ruins , their goods were found ...
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... on proba- tion for three years , during which time he should wear a crown of gold . During that period his power should also be very limited ; his continu- ance and full power as monarch must be subject to 32 A NECKLACE OF STORIES .
... on proba- tion for three years , during which time he should wear a crown of gold . During that period his power should also be very limited ; his continu- ance and full power as monarch must be subject to 32 A NECKLACE OF STORIES .
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... three years of devotion to our tribe , I earned this glory for my head , and the proud title of Queen ! man - queen , " but " You smile , " continued the perhaps you do not know how hard it is . We have had king after king who utterly ...
... three years of devotion to our tribe , I earned this glory for my head , and the proud title of Queen ! man - queen , " but " You smile , " continued the perhaps you do not know how hard it is . We have had king after king who utterly ...
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