Blood of an Englishman ...Jones of Texas, 1943 - 602 halaman |
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... hand . For the Age of Queen Elizabeth , Drake , and Shakespeare , glorious as they were , had wrought certain easily recognized changes in the older England they loved . At the time , England , flushed with a vision of a great future ...
... hand . For the Age of Queen Elizabeth , Drake , and Shakespeare , glorious as they were , had wrought certain easily recognized changes in the older England they loved . At the time , England , flushed with a vision of a great future ...
Halaman 5
... hand . But despite these invita- tions to remain , Anthony with his brother William , and some twenty odd others of the neighborhood , began the many tedious duties necessary for one embarking for America -- a destination further in ...
... hand . But despite these invita- tions to remain , Anthony with his brother William , and some twenty odd others of the neighborhood , began the many tedious duties necessary for one embarking for America -- a destination further in ...
Halaman 6
... hands aboard turned to , to fill the empty casks with salt water to maintain the balance of the vessel . Numbers of whales were to be seen , as well as huge grampusses rolling about the sides of the boat . " And finally after weeks at ...
... hands aboard turned to , to fill the empty casks with salt water to maintain the balance of the vessel . Numbers of whales were to be seen , as well as huge grampusses rolling about the sides of the boat . " And finally after weeks at ...
Halaman 8
... hand , to the Indian , the " Yanglies " were likewise a strange race , with a white , often hairy , face , and a body which was com pletely covered with a mass of leather and cloth , and who often work- ed in the fields and gardens as ...
... hand , to the Indian , the " Yanglies " were likewise a strange race , with a white , often hairy , face , and a body which was com pletely covered with a mass of leather and cloth , and who often work- ed in the fields and gardens as ...
Halaman 15
... proposed settlement . dozen years groups of New England men , many of them old hands at founding new settlements elsewhere , and for the time being living on Long Island , had attempted to make satisfactory arrangements -15-
... proposed settlement . dozen years groups of New England men , many of them old hands at founding new settlements elsewhere , and for the time being living on Long Island , had attempted to make satisfactory arrangements -15-
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Halaman 224 - Tis not too late to seek a newer world. Push off, and sitting well in order smite The sounding furrows; for my purpose holds To sail beyond the sunset, and the baths Of all the western stars, until I die. It may be that the gulfs will wash us down: It may be we shall touch the Happy Isles, And see the great Achilles, whom we knew. Tho' much is taken, much abides; and tho...
Halaman 66 - Soon were lost in a maze of sluggish and devious waters, Which, like a network of steel, extended in every direction. Over their heads the towering and tenebrous boughs of the cypress Met in a dusky arch, and trailing mosses in mid air Waved like banners that hang on the walls of ancient cathedrals.
Halaman 224 - We are not now that strength which in old days Moved earth and heaven ; that which we are, we are ; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.
Halaman 63 - Union are virtually dissolved; that the States which compose it are free from their moral obligations, and that as it will be the right of all, so it will be the duty of some, to prepare definitely for a separation, amicably if they can, violently if they must.
Halaman 152 - Any people anywhere being inclined and having the power have the right to rise up and shake off the existing government, and form a new one that suits them better.
Halaman 251 - I found the disposition of the people such, that they might have been led by a thread and governed by a reed. Their suspicion was quick and penetrating, but their attachment to Britain was obstinate, and it was at that time a kind of treason to speak against it.
Halaman 79 - Green be the turf above thee, Friend of my better days ! None knew thee but to love thee, Nor named thee but to praise.
Halaman 131 - Their van will be upon us Before the bridge goes down; And if they once may win the bridge, What hope to save the town? ' Then out spake brave Horatius, The Captain of the gate : 'To every man upon this earth Death cometh soon or late; And how can man die better Than facing fearful odds, For the ashes of his fathers And the temples of his Gods...
Halaman 46 - Farm, at Cambridge and marched to Lexington, where they found a Company of our Colony Militia in arms, upon whom they fired without any provocation, and killed six men and wounded four others.
Halaman 61 - No danger need be apprehended from the enemy, as every person on board will be under cover made proof against rifle or musket balls, and convenient port-holes for firing out of.