Blood of an Englishman ...Jones of Texas, 1943 - 602 halaman |
Dari dalam buku
Hasil 1-5 dari 59
Halaman 7
... soon as conditions permitted , they replaced their tem porary huts with houses similar to those they had left behind them in England , and in a short time " all the wigwams , * huts , and huddles which the English dwelt in at their ...
... soon as conditions permitted , they replaced their tem porary huts with houses similar to those they had left behind them in England , and in a short time " all the wigwams , * huts , and huddles which the English dwelt in at their ...
Halaman 10
... soon acquired some measure of success fishing , whaling and trapping . They were learning an early lesson in American adaptability . Some of the younger men , it is true , left for the South or home ; and a cousin of Anthony's returned ...
... soon acquired some measure of success fishing , whaling and trapping . They were learning an early lesson in American adaptability . Some of the younger men , it is true , left for the South or home ; and a cousin of Anthony's returned ...
Halaman 14
... soon to be made strictly unlawful procedure , in all the colonies . In this venture into the Dutch territory , Peter Morse , the second generation of this tale , may have journeyed with his brother . By 1663 , however , Peter ...
... soon to be made strictly unlawful procedure , in all the colonies . In this venture into the Dutch territory , Peter Morse , the second generation of this tale , may have journeyed with his brother . By 1663 , however , Peter ...
Halaman 18
... Soon the clearing was all astir with the thudding ring of axe strokes echoing through the forests , the ever familiar odor of green lumber and burning underbrush , and the crashing of falling trees . Rude habitations or wigwams were ...
... Soon the clearing was all astir with the thudding ring of axe strokes echoing through the forests , the ever familiar odor of green lumber and burning underbrush , and the crashing of falling trees . Rude habitations or wigwams were ...
Halaman 20
... soon enlarged and eventually was topped with a weather vane , mounting a ball and a weathercock . In order not to interfere with the day's work , town meetings were held in the evening and the colonists were summoned to assemble by a ...
... soon enlarged and eventually was topped with a weather vane , mounting a ball and a weathercock . In order not to interfere with the day's work , town meetings were held in the evening and the colonists were summoned to assemble by a ...
Istilah dan frasa umum
Aaron Burr Aaron Ogden Alexander Porter American Appendix Army Attakapas Bayou Teche boat boys British brother called Captain cavalry Church Colonel colonies command common Confederate Congress cousin Creek decade descendants Dutch dwelling early Elizabethtowne England English Englishmen father Federal fire France French friends Governor horses Iberia Indian Isaac E Isaac E.'s Island Jersey John Joseph Joseph II ladies land later letter lived Louisiana Margaretta married Maryland miles military Mississippi Mississippi River morning Morse Morse's Mills mother negro night North o'clock officers Oliver Wendell Holmes Orleans party perhaps Peter plantation Porter Puritan Rawack Neck Regiment residence river road sail Samuel F. B. Morse settled settlement ship slaves South Spanish Staten Island Street territory tion town troops Union United vessels Virginia Washington Wederstrandt weeks West wife wrote yellow fever York young
Bagian yang populer
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.