The History of Our Country from Its Discovery by Columbus to the Celebration of the Centennial Anniversary of Its Declaration of Independence ... |
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... believed that there was the fountain which would make all who drank of it young and happy . Nearly two hundred years before the time of Columbus , a great traveler named Marco Polo who had lived in India and China , brought back glowing ...
... believed that there was the fountain which would make all who drank of it young and happy . Nearly two hundred years before the time of Columbus , a great traveler named Marco Polo who had lived in India and China , brought back glowing ...
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... believed was teeming with riches . Stories were told of pearls as big as robin's eggs that could be picked up on the shores , and of mountains where topaz and rubies , emeralds and diamonds , could be seen glittering among the rocks ...
... believed was teeming with riches . Stories were told of pearls as big as robin's eggs that could be picked up on the shores , and of mountains where topaz and rubies , emeralds and diamonds , could be seen glittering among the rocks ...
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... believed that the Garden of Eden - " the earthly Paradise " -still flourished in all its beauty . Co- lumbus thought he had drawn near it , and that the Orinoco was the Gihon which was one of the boundaries of Eden . When Columbus again ...
... believed that the Garden of Eden - " the earthly Paradise " -still flourished in all its beauty . Co- lumbus thought he had drawn near it , and that the Orinoco was the Gihon which was one of the boundaries of Eden . When Columbus again ...
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... wonders . And many others besides Ponce de Leon readily believed that somewhere in its borders they should find this enchanted fountain . With this hope he set out from Porto Rico in NAMING OF AMERICA , AND OTHER DISCOVERERS . 37.
... wonders . And many others besides Ponce de Leon readily believed that somewhere in its borders they should find this enchanted fountain . With this hope he set out from Porto Rico in NAMING OF AMERICA , AND OTHER DISCOVERERS . 37.
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... believed the boats were the babies of the large ship , and called the latter the " mother - canoes " and her boats the little ones . When Magellan reached the Straits which now bear his name , one of his vessels was lost , and another ...
... believed the boats were the babies of the large ship , and called the latter the " mother - canoes " and her boats the little ones . When Magellan reached the Straits which now bear his name , one of his vessels was lost , and another ...
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Page 195 - A hurry of hoofs in a village street, A shape in the moonlight, a bulk in the dark, And beneath from the pebbles, in passing, a spark Struck out by a steed flying fearless and fleet ; That was all ! And yet, through the gloom and the light, The fate of a nation was riding that night ; And the spark struck out by that steed in his flight, Kindled the land into flame with its heat.
Page 195 - LISTEN, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventyfive ; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year.
Page 195 - Silently rowed to the Charlestown shore, Just as the moon rose over the bay, Where swinging wide at her moorings lay The Somerset, British man-of-war; A phantom ship, with each mast and spar Across the moon like a prison bar, And a huge black hulk, that was magnified By its own reflection in the tide.
Page 195 - By the trembling ladder, steep and tall, To the highest window in the wall, Where he paused to listen and look down A moment on the roofs of the town, And the moonlight flowing over all.
Page 507 - My paramount object in this struggle is to save the Union, and is not either to save or destroy slavery.
Page 493 - In her attic window the staff she set, To show that one heart was loyal yet. Up the street came the rebel tread, Stonewall Jackson riding ahead. Under his slouched hat left and right He glanced; the old flag met his sight.
Page 249 - Sympathy towards a soldier will surely induce your Excellency and a military tribunal to adapt the mode of my death to the feelings of a man of honor.
Page 195 - Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventy-five; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, "If the British march By land or sea from the town tonight, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light,— One, if by land, and two, if by sea; And I on the opposite shore will be, Ready to ride and spread the alarm Through every Middlesex village and farm, For the country folk to be up and to arm.
Page 508 - I would do it; and if I could save it by freeing all the slaves, I would do it; and if I could do it by freeing some and leaving others alone, I would also do that. What I do about slavery and the colored race, I do because I believe it helps to save the Union; and what I forbear, I forbear because I do not believe it would help to save the Union.
Page 548 - Temple of Fame — There, with the glorious General's name, Be it said in letters both bold and bright: "Here is the steed that saved the day, By carrying Sheridan into the fight, From Winchester — twenty miles away!