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... looked with wonder at the Grand Caņon of the Colorado , but they found no wealthy cities or temples ornamented with gold and silver . They pushed farther north into what is now Kansas and Nebraska , into the great western prairies with ...
... looked with wonder at the Grand Caņon of the Colorado , but they found no wealthy cities or temples ornamented with gold and silver . They pushed farther north into what is now Kansas and Nebraska , into the great western prairies with ...
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... looked out upon a little island , saw land for the last time . Many thousand miles had yet to be sailed before land would again be seen . After long weeks their food supply gave out and starvation stared them in the face . Many grew ...
... looked out upon a little island , saw land for the last time . Many thousand miles had yet to be sailed before land would again be seen . After long weeks their food supply gave out and starvation stared them in the face . Many grew ...
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... looked upon the patroon as being The patroons and their way of living much above them in authority and social position . Every year the farmers and their families came • with their wagons CHILD'S CHAIR AND CRADLE Furniture used by the ...
... looked upon the patroon as being The patroons and their way of living much above them in authority and social position . Every year the farmers and their families came • with their wagons CHILD'S CHAIR AND CRADLE Furniture used by the ...
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... looked on Smith as a hero , and the ruler of the land gave him a shield with three Turks ' heads painted on it as a coat of arms . The Turks after- wards captured Smith and made a slave of him . His master's cruelty was so great that ...
... looked on Smith as a hero , and the ruler of the land gave him a shield with three Turks ' heads painted on it as a coat of arms . The Turks after- wards captured Smith and made a slave of him . His master's cruelty was so great that ...
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... looked grow after their estates and enjoyed such pleasures as hunting rich and horseback riding . Many of these old places were the scenes of brilliant dinners and balls at which the fine ladies and gentlemen of the colony gathered ...
... looked grow after their estates and enjoyed such pleasures as hunting rich and horseback riding . Many of these old places were the scenes of brilliant dinners and balls at which the fine ladies and gentlemen of the colony gathered ...
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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.