 | George Bancroft - 1837 - 496 pages
...as a paradise ; ' the proposed colony as a benefit to the persecuted, a security " to the honor of the wives and -^*~ daughters " of those whom wars and bigotry had made fugitives;2 a blessing to the "common man;" to the " whole Protestant world."3 It may prove the advantage,... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1841 - 366 pages
...World as a paradise ; the proposed colony as a benefit to the persecuted, a security " to the honor of the wives and daughters" of those whom wars and bigotry...had made fugitives; a blessing to the "common man," to the "whole Protestant world." It may prove the advantage, said Gustavus, of " all oppressed Christendom."... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1844 - 500 pages
...paradise ; ' the proposed colony as a benefit to the C5vppersecuted, a security '' to the honor of the wives and daughters " of those whom wars and bigotry had made fugitives ; 2 a blessing to the " common man ; " to the " whole Protestant world."3 It may prove the advantage,... | |
 | Robert Baird - Mormons - 1844 - 360 pages
...Scandinavian mind. The colony proposed to be planted there was to be a place where " the honour of the wives and daughters" of those whom wars and bigotry had made fugitives might be safe ; a blessing to the " common man," as well as to the " whole Protestant world."* * Argonauta... | |
 | Robert Baird - Latter Day Saints - 1844 - 372 pages
...Scandinavian mind. The colony proposed to be planted there was to be a place where " the honour of the wives and daughters" of those whom wars and bigotry had made fugitives might be safe ; a blessing to the " common man," as well as to the " whole Protestant world."* * Argonautica... | |
 | John Shaw (M.D.) - Canada - 1856 - 388 pages
...colony as a benefit CANADA, AND THE WEST INDIES. 291 to the persecuted, a security to the honour of the wives and daughters of those whom wars and bigotry...had made fugitives; a blessing to the common man, to the whole Protestant world. ' It may prove the advantage,' said Gustavus, ' of all-oppressed Christendom.'... | |
 | Ohio - Ohio - 1857 - 650 pages
...laborious and intíüig«and surely we shall gain more by a free people, with wives and children." It **? solemnly declared to be intended as an instrument...wives and daughters of those whom wars and bigotry had nside fugitives ; a blessing to the common man, and to the whole protestant world. Under the influence... | |
 | George Bancroft - 1855 - 516 pages
...as a paradise; (4) the proposed colony as a benefit to the persecuted, a security " to the honour of the wives and? daughters " of those whom wars and bigotry had made fugitives ; (5) a blessing to the "common man;" to the "whole Protestant 1 9 ' world." (6) It may prove the advantage,... | |
 | Mary Howitt - 1859 - 460 pages
...raging, and the great protestant hero looked forward to his proposed colony beeoming an " asylum for the wives and daughters of those whom wars and bigotry had made fugitives ia blessing to the common man throughout the whole protestant world." This noble plan oceupicd almost... | |
 | George Bancroft - United States - 1860 - 504 pages
...as a paradise ; ' the proposed colony as a benefit to the persecuted, a security " to the honor of the wives and -~~ daughters " of those whom wars and...had made fugitives;* a blessing to the "common man;" to the " whole Protestant world."* It may prove the advantage, said Gustavus, of "all oppressed Christen-... | |
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To the Scandinavian imagination, hope painted the New World as a paradise ; the proposed colony as a benefit to the persecuted, a security " to the honor of the wives and daughters " of those whom wars and bigotry had made fugitives ; a blessing to the... 
