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Page 38
... began to prepare for great events . Several weeks passed and then Fray Marcos returned . He reported that his negro guide had been killed by the natives of one of the cities , but he himself had seen every- thing from the summit of a ...
... began to prepare for great events . Several weeks passed and then Fray Marcos returned . He reported that his negro guide had been killed by the natives of one of the cities , but he himself had seen every- thing from the summit of a ...
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... began a toilsome march through the forests . From the Indians they had heard vague stories of a land of gold and pearls far to the northeast , and thither they turned their course . They could move but very slowly , for often they were ...
... began a toilsome march through the forests . From the Indians they had heard vague stories of a land of gold and pearls far to the northeast , and thither they turned their course . They could move but very slowly , for often they were ...
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... began to fail and their tireless leader himself became sick with a deadly fever . Then they returned to the banks of the great river , and there De Soto died . His followers , fearing lest the Indians should find his body and do THE ...
... began to fail and their tireless leader himself became sick with a deadly fever . Then they returned to the banks of the great river , and there De Soto died . His followers , fearing lest the Indians should find his body and do THE ...
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... began to ask himself how he should get safely back to England . He could not return by the way he had come , for the Spaniards were now aroused , and Spanish war ships were watching for him by the Strait of Magellan . He there- fore ...
... began to ask himself how he should get safely back to England . He could not return by the way he had come , for the Spaniards were now aroused , and Spanish war ships were watching for him by the Strait of Magellan . He there- fore ...
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... began to decay , a chair was made from some of the timber ; and that chair may still be seen in the university at Oxford . Other exploits . This was not the end of Drake's exploits . Five years later , with a great fleet of war ships ...
... began to decay , a chair was made from some of the timber ; and that chair may still be seen in the university at Oxford . Other exploits . This was not the end of Drake's exploits . Five years later , with a great fleet of war ships ...
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Page 325 - ... all men are created equal; and are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; and that among these are, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness...
Page 328 - My paramount object is to save the Union, and not either to save or destroy slavery. If I could save the Union without freeing any slaves, I would do it — 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.
Page 303 - ... and the President of the United States should tell me that a great battle was to be fought for the liberty or slavery of the country, and asked...
Page 230 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the "First had his Cromwell — -and George the Third
Page 309 - Trusting in Almighty God, an approving conscience, and the aid of my fellow-citizens, I devote myself to the service of my native state, in whose behalf alone will I ever again draw my sword.
Page 262 - A tall, lank, uncouth-looking personage, with long locks of hair hanging over his face and a cue down his back tied in an eel-skin; his dress singular; his manners those of a rough backwoodsman.
Page 276 - I wish that in an instant I could communicate the information: but three thousand miles are not passed over in an instant, and we must wait four long weeks before we can hear from each other.