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... a house secretly . Here he remained for three days . Re- moving him thence , Moscoso commanded them to bury him in the night at one of the gates of the town just within the wall . De Soto sick and had 18 [ No. 7 Discovery of America.
... a house secretly . Here he remained for three days . Re- moving him thence , Moscoso commanded them to bury him in the night at one of the gates of the town just within the wall . De Soto sick and had 18 [ No. 7 Discovery of America.
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... night and a great deal of sand cast into the mantles wherein he was wrapped . Then De Soto was carried in a canoe and thrown into the midst of the Great River . As the Indians had seen The cacique of Guachaya inquired for him , de ...
... night and a great deal of sand cast into the mantles wherein he was wrapped . Then De Soto was carried in a canoe and thrown into the midst of the Great River . As the Indians had seen The cacique of Guachaya inquired for him , de ...
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... night , my daughter grew sicker . She died by five o'clock that night , and was the first of our ship to be a century buried in the great Atlantic Sea . By the following Saturday we were comforted with the hope that my son Samuel would ...
... night , my daughter grew sicker . She died by five o'clock that night , and was the first of our ship to be a century buried in the great Atlantic Sea . By the following Saturday we were comforted with the hope that my son Samuel would ...
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... night , we came near the harbor of Salem , whither we were bound . The Massa- chusetts settlement II . The Ship and the Indians BY EDWARD JOHNSTON ( 1628 ) THE whole Indian nation of Massachusets was frightened at a ship that arrived in ...
... night , we came near the harbor of Salem , whither we were bound . The Massa- chusetts settlement II . The Ship and the Indians BY EDWARD JOHNSTON ( 1628 ) THE whole Indian nation of Massachusets was frightened at a ship that arrived in ...
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... nights together . With this canoe he had his men explore the reefs of shoals thereabouts for they rise to within two or three feet of the surface of the sea , and are so steep that a ship striking on them would immediately sink ...
... nights together . With this canoe he had his men explore the reefs of shoals thereabouts for they rise to within two or three feet of the surface of the sea , and are so steep that a ship striking on them would immediately sink ...
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Page 49 - Make no friendship with an angry man ; and with a furious man thou shalt not go: lest thou learn his ways, and get a snare to thy soul.
Page 212 - Collections; they were small chapmen's books, and cheap, 40 or 50 in all. My father's little library consisted chiefly of books in polemic divinity, most of which I read, and have since often regretted that, at a time when I had such a thirst for knowledge, more proper books had not fallen in my way, since it was now resolved I should not be a clergyman.
Page 198 - When I saw another fond of popularity, constantly employing himself in political bustles, neglecting his own affairs, and ruining them by that neglect ; He pays indeed, says I, too much for his whistle.
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Page 211 - ... near the marsh, and which would very well suit our purpose. Accordingly, in the evening, when the workmen were gone, I assembled a number of my playfellows, and working with them diligently like so many emmets, sometimes two or three to a stone, we brought them all away and built our little wharf.
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Page 133 - Being thus passed the vast ocean, and a sea of troubles before in their preparation (as may be remembered by that which went before), they had now no friends to welcome them, nor inns to entertain or refresh their weather-beaten bodies, no houses or much less towns to repair to, to seek for succor.
Page 215 - I ought to punish the boy, and make him do better. So, after school was done, I went up to him and told him I had been beaten several times for his failures. I told him that since the master would not punish him I would, and I should do so as often as I was punished for him. Then I drubbed him well. The boy never came to school any more. And so that unfortunate matter ended. Though I was often beaten for my play, and my little roguish tricks, yet I don't remember that I was ever beaten for my lessons...
Page 31 - ... the sea. Then from the side of the ship which was from the town arose a great smoke, which covered all the ship, and in that smoke she vanished away ; but some saw her keel sink into the water. This was seen by many, men and women, and it continued about a quarter of an hour.
Page 197 - I might have bought with the rest of the money, and laughed at me so much for my folly that I cried with vexation; and the reflection gave me more chagrin than the whistle gave me pleasure.