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... Field , Who Laid the Atlantic Cable between 257 ' 264 America and Europe 268 Cyrus McCormick , Inventor of the Reaper Elias Howe , Inventor of the Sewing Machine 272 274 THE MEN WHO WON TEXAS , THE OREGON COUNTRY , AND CALIFORNIA Sam ...
... Field , Who Laid the Atlantic Cable between 257 ' 264 America and Europe 268 Cyrus McCormick , Inventor of the Reaper Elias Howe , Inventor of the Sewing Machine 272 274 THE MEN WHO WON TEXAS , THE OREGON COUNTRY , AND CALIFORNIA Sam ...
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... fields of corn , and gardens of pumpkins , grapes , and plums . The chief showed Hudson his palace of bark , and spread a feast of roasted pigeons and other Indian food before him . In spite of such kind treatment , Hudson would not ...
... fields of corn , and gardens of pumpkins , grapes , and plums . The chief showed Hudson his palace of bark , and spread a feast of roasted pigeons and other Indian food before him . In spite of such kind treatment , Hudson would not ...
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... fields of ice and snow , Hud- son and his men spent a fearful winter . In the spring his angry sailors threw him and a few faithful friends into a boat and sent them adrift . Nothing more was ever heard of them . In Irving's " Rip Van ...
... fields of ice and snow , Hud- son and his men spent a fearful winter . In the spring his angry sailors threw him and a few faithful friends into a boat and sent them adrift . Nothing more was ever heard of them . In Irving's " Rip Van ...
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... fields of tobacco , whose broad leaves in summer almost concealed the ground . Here and there a field of corn could be seen , but little else was grown . After a time the owners , or planters , built themselves great houses and kept an ...
... fields of tobacco , whose broad leaves in summer almost concealed the ground . Here and there a field of corn could be seen , but little else was grown . After a time the owners , or planters , built themselves great houses and kept an ...
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... fields , and fight Indians . gave up Only brave men and women act in this way . But no one among them gave up more or was willing to suffer more than their leader . The people elected him gov- ernor almost every year until his death ...
... fields , and fight Indians . gave up Only brave men and women act in this way . But no one among them gave up more or was willing to suffer more than their leader . The people elected him gov- ernor almost every year until his death ...
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Page 303 - When my eyes shall be turned to behold for the last time the sun in heaven, may I not see him shining on the broken and dishonored fragments of a once glorious Union; on States dissevered, discordant, belligerent; on a land rent with civil feuds, or drenched, it may be, in fraternal blood!
Page 165 - If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery ! Our chains are forged ; their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston! The war is inevitable — and let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come! It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry, Peace, peace; but there is no peace.
Page 165 - Gentlemen may cry: 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!
Page 164 - They tell us, sir, that we are weak — unable to cope with so formidable an adversary. But when shall we be stronger? Will it be the next week, or the next year? Will it be when we are totally disarmed, and when a British guard shall be stationed in every house?
Page 44 - We were entertained with all love and kindness, and with as much bounty (after their manner) as they could possibly devise. We found the people most gentle, loving, and faithful, void of all guile and treason, and such as live after the manner of the golden age.
Page 314 - All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother — blessings on her memory!
Page 164 - ... 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.
Page 131 - Virginia who was among us and very well known to all of us, a gentleman whose skill and experience as an officer, whose independent fortune, great talents, and excellent universal character, would command the approbation of all America, and unite the cordial exertions of all the Colonies better than any other person in the Union.
Page 130 - If you speak of eloquence, Mr. Rutledge, of South Carolina, is by far the greatest orator; but if you speak of solid information and sound judgment Colonel Washington is unquestionably the greatest man on the floor.
Page 36 - The discoverer of these places planted on his new-found land a large cross, with one flag of England, and another of St. Mark, by reason of his being a Venetian, so that our banner has floated very far afield.