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... means to return [ to ] England . For the country was to them a misery , a ruin , a death , a hell ; and their reports here , and their actions there according [ ly ] . Some other [ s ] there were that had yearly stipends to pass to and ...
... means to return [ to ] England . For the country was to them a misery , a ruin , a death , a hell ; and their reports here , and their actions there according [ ly ] . Some other [ s ] there were that had yearly stipends to pass to and ...
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... means to transport a colony , I would rather live here than anywhere ; and if it did not maintain itself , were we ... mean and a base com- modity ; yet who will but truly take the pains and consider the sequel [ result ] , I think will ...
... means to transport a colony , I would rather live here than anywhere ; and if it did not maintain itself , were we ... mean and a base com- modity ; yet who will but truly take the pains and consider the sequel [ result ] , I think will ...
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... means I could prevail , so desirous they were both to be lords of this fishing . Now to make my words more apparent by my deeds , to begin a plantation for a more ample trial of those conclusions , I was to have stayed there but with ...
... means I could prevail , so desirous they were both to be lords of this fishing . Now to make my words more apparent by my deeds , to begin a plantation for a more ample trial of those conclusions , I was to have stayed there but with ...
Contents
John Smith and the Promise of New England Selec | 125 |
CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH ON THE THEORY AND PRACTICE | 149 |
John Smiths Written Testimony to the Commission | 158 |
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