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... force that it car- ried earth and roots and branches of trees with it . This was prob- ably the first time the Mississippi River was ever seen by a white man . After landing somewhere on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico , Cabeça de Vaca ...
... force that it car- ried earth and roots and branches of trees with it . This was prob- ably the first time the Mississippi River was ever seen by a white man . After landing somewhere on the shores of the Gulf of Mexico , Cabeça de Vaca ...
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... force of the water and the stream brought down . " For a year they remained at this part of the river . In that time De Soto crossed and recrossed on rude boats which they built , and made excursions into the interior of the country ...
... force of the water and the stream brought down . " For a year they remained at this part of the river . In that time De Soto crossed and recrossed on rude boats which they built , and made excursions into the interior of the country ...
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... forces came to attack them . But Ribault decided to take his ships and go to St. Augustine to besiege the Spaniards ... force of Spaniards awaiting them on the opposite side . The French stopped to parley with them . After some talk the ...
... forces came to attack them . But Ribault decided to take his ships and go to St. Augustine to besiege the Spaniards ... force of Spaniards awaiting them on the opposite side . The French stopped to parley with them . After some talk the ...
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... forces , and as he was born in Virginia , and knew the country well , he was just the man for Dinwiddie to send on such an errand . He had a very hard journey , in cold weather , over mountains and rivers , wading and climbing ...
... forces , and as he was born in Virginia , and knew the country well , he was just the man for Dinwiddie to send on such an errand . He had a very hard journey , in cold weather , over mountains and rivers , wading and climbing ...
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... forces here . Troops were gathered in from all the colonies , and the sounds of the drum and fife , calling soldiers together , was heard all over the towns and villages of this new country . When the English general , whose name was ...
... forces here . Troops were gathered in from all the colonies , and the sounds of the drum and fife , calling soldiers together , was heard all over the towns and villages of this new country . When the English general , whose name was ...
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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!