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... kind was carried to Venice and Genoa , two cities of Italy . The merchants of those cities became very rich , and the cities themselves became very powerful . - The Turks . Then , from unknown regions beyond. The world as known in ...
... kind was carried to Venice and Genoa , two cities of Italy . The merchants of those cities became very rich , and the cities themselves became very powerful . - The Turks . Then , from unknown regions beyond. The world as known in ...
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... Maria and watched for signs of land . At length a green branch from a tree was seen floating in the water . Surely , land could not be far away . Then some little birds , of a kind that live along 14 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
... Maria and watched for signs of land . At length a green branch from a tree was seen floating in the water . Surely , land could not be far away . Then some little birds , of a kind that live along 14 CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS.
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James Baldwin. some little birds , of a kind that live along the seashore , hovered around the ships . Surely , land was near at hand . At length , one night , a light was seen far over the water . It moved as if it were a torch being ...
James Baldwin. some little birds , of a kind that live along the seashore , hovered around the ships . Surely , land was near at hand . At length , one night , a light was seen far over the water . It moved as if it were a torch being ...
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... kind , the Never was there a happier air was mild , the sea was calm . voyage than that first cruise among the islands which we now call the West Indies . But when the voyagers reached Haiti , misfortunes befell them . The Santa Maria ...
... kind , the Never was there a happier air was mild , the sea was calm . voyage than that first cruise among the islands which we now call the West Indies . But when the voyagers reached Haiti , misfortunes befell them . The Santa Maria ...
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... kind to him , and promised to furnish ships for another voyage . 1498 V. THE SAD END The third voyage . Nearly two years passed . Then Columbus sailed again for the new lands he had discovered in the West . His course was farther south ...
... kind to him , and promised to furnish ships for another voyage . 1498 V. THE SAD END The third voyage . Nearly two years passed . Then Columbus sailed again for the new lands he had discovered in the West . His course was farther south ...
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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.