A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781: With Biographical Sketches of All the Most Distinguished Characters that Occur in the Colonial, Revolutionary, Or Subsequent Period of Our History |
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... savage may be mingled with the noblest traits of humanity . She ordered the boat of the English to be drawn on shore that it might not be injured by the surge . When dinner was ready she in- vited her guests into a room , where they ...
... savage may be mingled with the noblest traits of humanity . She ordered the boat of the English to be drawn on shore that it might not be injured by the surge . When dinner was ready she in- vited her guests into a room , where they ...
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... savage life , he had some virtues seldom found among the civilized . He commanded a respect rarely paid by savages to their werowance , and main- tained a dignity and splendour worthy the monarch of thirty nations . He was constantly ...
... savage life , he had some virtues seldom found among the civilized . He commanded a respect rarely paid by savages to their werowance , and main- tained a dignity and splendour worthy the monarch of thirty nations . He was constantly ...
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... savage . He wore a robe composed of skins , and sat on a throne spread with mats and decked with pearls and with beads . The furniture of his palace , like the qualities of his mind , was adapted to war , and the implements of death ...
... savage . He wore a robe composed of skins , and sat on a throne spread with mats and decked with pearls and with beads . The furniture of his palace , like the qualities of his mind , was adapted to war , and the implements of death ...
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... savage ceremonies , formed a novel spectacle to captain Smith . He was afterwards confined in a log house under a guard of about forty Indians . The capture of Smith induced the enemy to think of an attack upon James- town . In order ...
... savage ceremonies , formed a novel spectacle to captain Smith . He was afterwards confined in a log house under a guard of about forty Indians . The capture of Smith induced the enemy to think of an attack upon James- town . In order ...
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... savage chief did not . seem to appreciate . The condition on which this ensign of royalty was to be bestowed , was homage to the crown of England , a price that . was easily paid , and which was accompanied by an CHAPTER V. ...
... savage chief did not . seem to appreciate . The condition on which this ensign of royalty was to be bestowed , was homage to the crown of England , a price that . was easily paid , and which was accompanied by an CHAPTER V. ...
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A History of Virginia From Its Discovery Till the Year 1781. With ... John Wilson Campbell,Moses Hoge No preview available - 2018 |
A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781. with ... John Wilson Campbell,Moses Hoge No preview available - 2017 |
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