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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... heard rumors of a wonderful Prester John , who ruled over a kingdom abounding in gold and precious stones , where the land streamed with honey and in which ran rivers of milk . There , too , they thought the Garden of Eden still existed ...
... heard rumors of a wonderful Prester John , who ruled over a kingdom abounding in gold and precious stones , where the land streamed with honey and in which ran rivers of milk . There , too , they thought the Garden of Eden still existed ...
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... heard of his loss from the ships that accompanied him , set out in search of him . He too went into the Gulf of St. Law- rence never to be heard of any more . A third brother , also in the service of Portugal , wished to go after his ...
... heard of his loss from the ships that accompanied him , set out in search of him . He too went into the Gulf of St. Law- rence never to be heard of any more . A third brother , also in the service of Portugal , wished to go after his ...
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... heard him with favor , gave him five ships , two hun- dred and thirty - four men , and provisions for two years . That was a generous fitting out , in days when sovereigns were not over liberal to the brave men who risked life for their ...
... heard him with favor , gave him five ships , two hun- dred and thirty - four men , and provisions for two years . That was a generous fitting out , in days when sovereigns were not over liberal to the brave men who risked life for their ...
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... heard of again . One of these five brigantines was commanded by a daring fellow named Cabeça de Vaca , and he alone succeeded in reaching the main - land with his crew . On their way they passed the mouth of a great river which poured ...
... heard of again . One of these five brigantines was commanded by a daring fellow named Cabeça de Vaca , and he alone succeeded in reaching the main - land with his crew . On their way they passed the mouth of a great river which poured ...
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... heard they had divided the new countries across the sea , he cried out , " I should like to see the clause in Adam's will which gives them all America . " - Verrazano . In 1524 he sent Captain Juan Verrazano to see if he could find a ...
... heard they had divided the new countries across the sea , he cried out , " I should like to see the clause in Adam's will which gives them all America . " - Verrazano . In 1524 he sent Captain Juan Verrazano to see if he could find a ...
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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!