Shores of Vespucci: Or, Romance Without FictionSensational stories of bravery by and against Indians, romantic suicides, wilderness misfortunes, and society scandals, all true tales of early days in America, at least according to the author. Pirates Ann Bonny and Mary Read are here, along with the Yeoman of Pomfret, William Morgan "the Unfortunate Mason," Aunt Rachel the Pilgrim prophetess, and Amerigo Vespucci himself. Poor Tufts couldn't find a publisher for his fanciful tales, so he taught himself the art of printing ad produced the work himself. |
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... feet except by divine permission ; and he de- fended his whole theory , at some length , in a letter to the Castillian sovereigns . What a pity that so fine a dream could not have been realized , and that so far from discovering ...
... feet except by divine permission ; and he de- fended his whole theory , at some length , in a letter to the Castillian sovereigns . What a pity that so fine a dream could not have been realized , and that so far from discovering ...
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... feet about the calf , and all the rest of his limbs in proportion ; so that he seemed the goodliest man we ever beheld . His hair on one side was long , on the other shorn close , with a ridge as of bristles running over his crown ...
... feet about the calf , and all the rest of his limbs in proportion ; so that he seemed the goodliest man we ever beheld . His hair on one side was long , on the other shorn close , with a ridge as of bristles running over his crown ...
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... feet beautiful . And when she came with her attendants to the English fort , to bring provisions , the colonists would flock out with eager curiosity to behold her , on account of her beau- ty as well as her heroism . But their ...
... feet beautiful . And when she came with her attendants to the English fort , to bring provisions , the colonists would flock out with eager curiosity to behold her , on account of her beau- ty as well as her heroism . But their ...
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... feet , For crowds that ruder passions know , To me inelegant and low ? " But we know not what a day may bring forth . Some time after , in the year 1616 , news came from England that his father was dead , and an estate was left him in ...
... feet , For crowds that ruder passions know , To me inelegant and low ? " But we know not what a day may bring forth . Some time after , in the year 1616 , news came from England that his father was dead , and an estate was left him in ...
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... feet in diam- Thence he found it descend obliquely 15 feet , then to run horizontally about 10 feet , then to ascend gradually 16 feet towards its termination ; enclosed on all sides by the solid rock , and in no place high enough for a ...
... feet in diam- Thence he found it descend obliquely 15 feet , then to run horizontally about 10 feet , then to ascend gradually 16 feet towards its termination ; enclosed on all sides by the solid rock , and in no place high enough for a ...
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aboard adventure afterwards Aguirre Allen AMERIGO VESPUCCI Ann Bonny appeared arms astonishment avenger of blood beautiful became began Black-beard blood boat body breast Capt CHAPTER character Colombo crew death ears enemy escape exclaimed eyes father fear feet fell fire followed fort Edward friends Green Mountain Boys hand head heard heart Indian islands isle killed lake Ontario lake Pepin land lived LOPE DE AGUIRRE married Mary Mary Read masons master miles Missisippi morning murder naked natives negro never night officer Omagua Orsua passed Peru pirates Pocahontas Powhatan present prisoner Putnam Rachel reached Red-skins river rocks sailors savages says scalp scene seemed seized sentinel ship SHORES OF VESPUCCI Silver-Heels soon Spaniards stood thee thing thou tion tomahawk took trees tribes turb vessel warrior Welsh wife wild Wolf woman woods young
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Page 116 - The soldier flew, the sailor too, And scared almost to death, sir, Wore out their shoes to spread the news, And ran till out of breath, sir. Now up and down, throughout the town, Most frantic scenes were acted ; And some ran here and others there, Like men almost distracted. Some fire...
Page 167 - This made it clear to me that my suspicion was right; and that whatever they pretended of meeting to learn good things, the real purpose was to consult how to cheat Indians in the price of beaver. Consider but a little, Conrad, and you must be of my opinion. If they met so often to learn good things, they certainly would have learned some before this time; but they are still ignorant.
Page 142 - Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, That dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot : Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not so sharp As friend remember'd not Heigh, ho ! sing, heigh, ho ! &c.
Page 116 - Twas early day, as poets say, Just when the sun was rising, A soldier stood on a log of wood, And saw a thing surprising. As in amaze he stood to gaze, The truth can't be denied, sir, He spied a score of kegs or more Come floating down the tide, sir. A sailor, too, in jerkin blue, This strange appearance viewing, First...
Page 66 - And now, my race of terror run, Mine be the eve of tropic Sun ! No pale gradations quench his ray, No twilight dews his wrath allay ; With disk like battle- target red, He rushes to his burning bed, Dyes the wide wave with bloody light, Then sinks at once — and all is night.
Page 101 - Having groped his passage to the horizontal part of the den, the most terrifying darkness appeared in front of the dim circle of light afforded by his torch It was silent as the house of death. None but monsters of the desert had ever before explored this solitary mansion of horror.
Page 166 - I may as well go to the meeting too, and I went with him. There stood up a man in black, and began to talk to the people very angrily. I did not understand what he said: but perceiving that he looked much at me and at Hanson, I...
Page 136 - Person to say, I ever refused an Offer of that Sort: On the contrary, I readily consented to the only Proposal of Marriage that ever was made me, which was when I was a Virgin; but too easily confiding in the Person's Sincerity that made it, I unhappily lost my...
Page 8 - ... on account of its difficult and perilous navigation, its great obscurity, its profound depth, and frequent tempests ; through fear of its mighty fishes, and its haughty winds ; yet there are many islands in it, some peopled, others uninhabited. There is no mariner who dares to enter into its deep waters ; or if any have done so, they have merely kept along its coasts, fearful of departing from them. The waves of this ocean, although they roll as high as mountains, yet maintain themselves without...
Page 101 - ... with the blazing torch in his hand. The aperture of the den on the east side of a very high ledge of rocks is about two feet square.