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 HistoryJ. W. Campbell, 1813 - 310 من الصفحات |
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... attended by a guard of forty warriors , and dur- ing the night a sentry regularly watched his palace . Though unlimited by custom in the number of his wives , his seraglio exhibited the apathy of the Indian character . When he slept one ...
... attended by a guard of forty warriors , and dur- ing the night a sentry regularly watched his palace . Though unlimited by custom in the number of his wives , his seraglio exhibited the apathy of the Indian character . When he slept one ...
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... attended with much expense and many disappointments . To the enterprise of this illustrious but unfortu nate nobleman , however , we may be proud to trace our origin . Sir Walter Raleigh was equally distinguished as a soldier , a states ...
... attended with much expense and many disappointments . To the enterprise of this illustrious but unfortu nate nobleman , however , we may be proud to trace our origin . Sir Walter Raleigh was equally distinguished as a soldier , a states ...
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... attended with the same success . After a fatiguing journey they returned to Jamestown , without having added much to their treasures . During this year was celebrated betwixt Anne Burras and John Laydon the first mar- riage that is ...
... attended with the same success . After a fatiguing journey they returned to Jamestown , without having added much to their treasures . During this year was celebrated betwixt Anne Burras and John Laydon the first mar- riage that is ...
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... attended by more serious consequences than the settlers of Virginia had seemed to expect . Opechancanough , if not the most powerful , was at least the most invete- rate enemy that they had encountered since their arrival . His enmity ...
... attended by more serious consequences than the settlers of Virginia had seemed to expect . Opechancanough , if not the most powerful , was at least the most invete- rate enemy that they had encountered since their arrival . His enmity ...
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... attended with success . The towns of the na- tives were burnt and their corn destroyed , while the slaughter of men , women and children showed a spirit of revenge that did not well correspond with a claim to civilization . of In the ...
... attended with success . The towns of the na- tives were burnt and their corn destroyed , while the slaughter of men , women and children showed a spirit of revenge that did not well correspond with a claim to civilization . of In the ...
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