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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... colo- nists that they determined to abandon their settlement . They sailed with Drake for Eng- land , where they arrived in July 1586. * * See Burk's Virginia , vol . I. CHAPTER III . A FEW days after the departure of 21.
... colo- nists that they determined to abandon their settlement . They sailed with Drake for Eng- land , where they arrived in July 1586. * * See Burk's Virginia , vol . I. CHAPTER III . A FEW days after the departure of 21.
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... head she clasped in her arms to shield it from the vengeance of her father . Whether this in- tervention of Pocahontas be imputed to gene- rous sorrow , or the softer sympathies of the mind , I leave to others to determine . It 39.
... head she clasped in her arms to shield it from the vengeance of her father . Whether this in- tervention of Pocahontas be imputed to gene- rous sorrow , or the softer sympathies of the mind , I leave to others to determine . It 39.
الصفحة 40
... determine . It is cer- tain that it succeeded in softening the rigour of the monarch , and releasing the prisoner from destruction . He was set at liberty and allowed to return to Jamestown , where he safely ar- rived after an absence ...
... determine . It is cer- tain that it succeeded in softening the rigour of the monarch , and releasing the prisoner from destruction . He was set at liberty and allowed to return to Jamestown , where he safely ar- rived after an absence ...
الصفحة 76
... determined to march to James- town . After travelling all night he arrived early next day at that place , and having drawn up his men in front of the state house , while the assembly were sitting , he found it an easy matter to bring ...
... determined to march to James- town . After travelling all night he arrived early next day at that place , and having drawn up his men in front of the state house , while the assembly were sitting , he found it an easy matter to bring ...
الصفحة 79
... determined to surprise him at Accomack . For this purpose a number of armed men , with one Giles Bland at their head , privately em- barked in two or three small vessels and pro- ceeeded towards that place . The intention of Bland had ...
... determined to surprise him at Accomack . For this purpose a number of armed men , with one Giles Bland at their head , privately em- barked in two or three small vessels and pro- ceeeded towards that place . The intention of Bland had ...
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