Tales and BalladsW. Crosby, 1884 - 190 páginas |
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... much happiness . The morning of that stormy night found them drifting away to unknown regions . They were out in the broad Atlantic , an ocean of which at the time the world knew nothing ! There was a tradition , THE MYSTERIOUS ISLANDS . 9.
... much happiness . The morning of that stormy night found them drifting away to unknown regions . They were out in the broad Atlantic , an ocean of which at the time the world knew nothing ! There was a tradition , THE MYSTERIOUS ISLANDS . 9.
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... region so bright that the waters Were sprinkled with islands of gold . And they added , " The leafy Bimini , A fair land of grottoes and bowers , Is there ; and a wonderful fountain Upsprings from its gardens of flowers . That fountain ...
... region so bright that the waters Were sprinkled with islands of gold . And they added , " The leafy Bimini , A fair land of grottoes and bowers , Is there ; and a wonderful fountain Upsprings from its gardens of flowers . That fountain ...
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... region for the lover of adventure to visit . It was said that sirens , who had not been seen since the days of Ulysses , inhabited some of the islands , and that no ship bearing iron could sail near others on account of the loadstone ...
... region for the lover of adventure to visit . It was said that sirens , who had not been seen since the days of Ulysses , inhabited some of the islands , and that no ship bearing iron could sail near others on account of the loadstone ...
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... regions of South America to get gold . One of these incursions was made in 1531 , and in it he had the assistance of the king of Spain , who was likewise greedy for gold . It was the next year that he captured the Inca of Peru and put ...
... regions of South America to get gold . One of these incursions was made in 1531 , and in it he had the assistance of the king of Spain , who was likewise greedy for gold . It was the next year that he captured the Inca of Peru and put ...
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... region of Central America , with no more wealth than he had before . He had been sent , in 1528 , to explore the coast of Guatemala and Yucatan , to discover a strait cutting the American continent , which should afford a near passage ...
... region of Central America , with no more wealth than he had before . He had been sent , in 1528 , to explore the coast of Guatemala and Yucatan , to discover a strait cutting the American continent , which should afford a near passage ...
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Acadians adventure America Andros ARTHUR GILMAN Ben Jonson Bimini Blaxton Boston called canoes charter church CIRCULATING DEPARTMENT coast colonists colony continent England English entered expedition explorers Father Rale Ferdinand followed Fountain of Youth France French gave gold Governor harbor heard honor hundred Indians interest Isabella island Jesuits John Winthrop King Lady Rebecca Lake land leader lived Longfellow look Lothrop Louis the Fourteenth Louisburg Lusson Massachusetts Norridgewock Nova Scotia ocean passed Pathfinders peace Pepperell poet possession prayer Prince Quebec Raleigh region returned river Roanoke Island sailed Salle savages seemed sent ships shore smoke Soto Spain stirred story tell thought tion tobacco told town Travel ng Libraries treaty of Utrecht trees tribes turn vessels Virginia Dare waters WEST 100TH STREET White wild women wonderful woods young
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Página 110 - To sit on rocks, to muse o'er flood and fell, To slowly trace the forest's shady scene, Where things that own not man's dominion dwell, And mortal foot hath ne'er or rarely been ; To climb the trackless mountain all unseen, With the wild flock that never needs a fold ; Alone o'er steeps and foaming falls to lean ; This is not solitude ; 'tis but to hold Converse with Nature's charms, and view her stores unroll'd.
Página 138 - THE LORD hear thee in the day of trouble; the name of the God of Jacob defend thee; 2 Send thee help from the sanctuary, and strengthen thee out of Zion; 3 Remember all thy offerings, and accept thy burnt sacrifice; Selah.
Página 139 - Some put their trust in chariots, and some in horses ; but we will remember the Name of the LORD our God. 8 They are brought down, and fallen; but we are risen and stand upright. 9 Save, LORD; and hear us, O King of heaven, when we call upon thee.
Página 163 - For force of will and vast conceptions; for various knowledge, and quick adaptation of his genius to untried circumstances ; for a sublime magnanimity, that resigned itself to the will of Heaven, and yet triumphed over affliction by energy of purpose and unfaltering hope — he had no superior among his countrymen.
Página 80 - Britons, you stay too long: Quickly aboard bestow you, And with a merry gale Swell your stretch'd sail With vows as strong As the winds that blow you.
Página 71 - A dreary place would be this earth> Were there no little people in it: The song of life would lose its mirth, Were there no children to begin it...
Página 139 - In the name of the Most High, Mighty, and Redoubted Monarch, Louis, Fourteenth of that name, Most Christian King of France and of Navarre...
Página 137 - O tree with royal purple dight ! Elect on whose triumphal breast Those holy limbs should find their rest ! On whose dear arms, so widely flung, The weight of this world's ransom hung ; The price of human kind to pay, And spoil the spoiler of his prey.
Página 137 - THE Royal Banners forward go ; The Cross shines forth in mystic glow ; Where He in flesh, our flesh Who made, Our sentence bore, our ransom paid.
Página 51 - God's ordinance upon him, even so the vehement persuasion of his friends could nothing avail to divert him from his wilful resolution of going in his frigate; and when he was entreated by the captain, master, and others, his wellwishers in the " Hinde," not to venture, this was his answer — "I will not forsake my little company going homewards, with whom I have passed so many storms and perils.