Selections from Early American Writers, 1607-1800William B. Cairns Macmillan, 1909 - 493 páginas |
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... sent over to be Master of the ceremonies " 65 " Of a great monster supposed to be at Ma - re - Mount ; and the preparation made to destroy it " 67 · " How the 9. worthies put mine host of Ma - re - Mount into the in- chaunted castle at ...
... sent over to be Master of the ceremonies " 65 " Of a great monster supposed to be at Ma - re - Mount ; and the preparation made to destroy it " 67 · " How the 9. worthies put mine host of Ma - re - Mount into the in- chaunted castle at ...
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... sent to England a few months later than the " True Relation " but was Map of Virginia , " not published until 1612. At the same time with the Captain Smith sent an interesting and outspoken letter in reply to the demands of the ...
... sent to England a few months later than the " True Relation " but was Map of Virginia , " not published until 1612. At the same time with the Captain Smith sent an interesting and outspoken letter in reply to the demands of the ...
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... sent with me to my lodging : Each morning 3. women presented me three great platters of fine bread , more venison than ten men could devour I had : my gowne , points and garters , my compas and my tablet they gave me again . Though 8 ...
... sent with me to my lodging : Each morning 3. women presented me three great platters of fine bread , more venison than ten men could devour I had : my gowne , points and garters , my compas and my tablet they gave me again . Though 8 ...
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... sent me home , with 4. men : one that usually carried my Gowne and Knapsacke after me , two other loded with bread , and one to accompanie me . THE RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES OF THE INDIANS [ From " A Map of Virginia " ] There is yet in ...
... sent me home , with 4. men : one that usually carried my Gowne and Knapsacke after me , two other loded with bread , and one to accompanie me . THE RELIGIOUS OBSERVANCES OF THE INDIANS [ From " A Map of Virginia " ] There is yet in ...
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... sent this Challenge to any Captaine in the Armie . That to delight the Ladies , who did long to see some court- like pastime , the Lord Turbashaw did defie any Captaine , that had the command of a Company , who durst combate with him ...
... sent this Challenge to any Captaine in the Armie . That to delight the Ladies , who did long to see some court- like pastime , the Lord Turbashaw did defie any Captaine , that had the command of a Company , who durst combate with him ...
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Página 332 - ... if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon, until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained — we must fight ! I repeat it, sir, we must fight ! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us ! They tell us, sir, that we are weak ; unable to cope with so formidable an adversary.
Página 333 - Peace, peace ! but there is no peace. The war is actually begun. The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms. Our brethren are already in the field. Why stand we here idle ? What is it that gentlemen wish ? What would they have ? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery ? Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take ; but, as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!
Página 311 - If Time be of all Things the most precious, wasting Time must be, as Poor Richard says, the greatest Prodigality; since, as he elsewhere tells us, Lost Time is never found again; and what we call Time enough, always proves little enough...
Página 279 - And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Página 110 - Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel...
Página 355 - ... economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened ; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith ; encouragement of agriculture, and of commerce as its handmaid...
Página 351 - If the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in an equal extreme. It is impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here ; so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven ! the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable...
Página 355 - ... the support of the state governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Página 47 - This liberty is the proper end and object of authority and cannot subsist without it; and it is a liberty to that only which is good, just, and honest. This liberty you are to stand for, with the hazard (not only of your goods, but) of your lives, if need be. Whatsoever crosseth this is not authority but a distemper thereof.
Página 414 - For her my tears shall fall; For her my prayers ascend; To her my cares and toils be given, 'Till toils and cares shall end.