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... ready to leave Spain , the queen was persuaded to favor his project . The king also agreed to give him the help that he asked . Three ships were made ready . Two of these , the Niņa and the Pinta , were very small and had no decks . The ...
... ready to leave Spain , the queen was persuaded to favor his project . The king also agreed to give him the help that he asked . Three ships were made ready . Two of these , the Niņa and the Pinta , were very small and had no decks . The ...
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... ready for another voyage . Seventeen ships sailed from Spain with fifteen hundred men on board . This time there was no weeping as the land disappeared ; but there were songs of joy and hope . All expected soon to reach the shores of ...
... ready for another voyage . Seventeen ships sailed from Spain with fifteen hundred men on board . This time there was no weeping as the land disappeared ; but there were songs of joy and hope . All expected soon to reach the shores of ...
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... ready to sail across the ocean ? Who finally helped him ? What land did he first discover , and when ? What land did he think he had dis- covered ? How did the people of Spain receive him when he returned from his first voyage ? Why was ...
... ready to sail across the ocean ? Who finally helped him ? What land did he first discover , and when ? What land did he think he had dis- covered ? How did the people of Spain receive him when he returned from his first voyage ? Why was ...
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... ready to sail . He had but one ship , called the Matthew . 1497 With him went his son Sebastian , a young man probably not more than twenty years of age . It was early in May when he sailed from Bristol , and his course was straight ...
... ready to sail . He had but one ship , called the Matthew . 1497 With him went his son Sebastian , a young man probably not more than twenty years of age . It was early in May when he sailed from Bristol , and his course was straight ...
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... ready to despair . The golden country of his hopes seemed always to be a little farther on , a little farther on ; but he was determined to find it . With such of his followers as were still able to keep up with him , he marched onward ...
... ready to despair . The golden country of his hopes seemed always to be a little farther on , a little farther on ; but he was determined to find it . With such of his followers as were still able to keep up with him , he marched onward ...
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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.