A Popular History of the United States: From the First Discovery of the Western Hemisphere by the Northmen, to the End of the First Century of the Union of the States. Preceded by a Sketch of the Prehistoric Period and the Age of the Mound Builders, Volumen1Scribner, Armstrong, & Company, 1876 |
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... kill and to eat , to creep under a rock as a shelter from the cold and the rain ; who in the course of time learned that fire would burn and cook , that there was warmth in the skin of a beast , that a sharpened stone would kill and ...
... kill and to eat , to creep under a rock as a shelter from the cold and the rain ; who in the course of time learned that fire would burn and cook , that there was warmth in the skin of a beast , that a sharpened stone would kill and ...
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... killed ; he invented bodkins and needles of bone , to pass through them the sinews that served for thread when he made clothing of these skins ; and he fash- ioned harpoons for fishing . To his offensive weapons he added dag- gers ; his ...
... killed ; he invented bodkins and needles of bone , to pass through them the sinews that served for thread when he made clothing of these skins ; and he fash- ioned harpoons for fishing . To his offensive weapons he added dag- gers ; his ...
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... killed . His front teeth did not overlap as ours do , but met one another like those of the Greenlanders , and he could therefore the more easily tear and gnaw the flesh from the bones.2 Sometimes on the bones of children , as well as ...
... killed . His front teeth did not overlap as ours do , but met one another like those of the Greenlanders , and he could therefore the more easily tear and gnaw the flesh from the bones.2 Sometimes on the bones of children , as well as ...
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... killed in cold blood . This cruel deed done , they lay down to sleep upon the grass under the trees ; but it was not to pleasant dreams . " There came a shout over them so that they all awoke . Thus said the shout : Wake thou ! Thorvald ...
... killed in cold blood . This cruel deed done , they lay down to sleep upon the grass under the trees ; but it was not to pleasant dreams . " There came a shout over them so that they all awoke . Thus said the shout : Wake thou ! Thorvald ...
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... killed . arrow , and it will prove a mortal wound to me . Now counsel I ye , that ye get ready in- stantly to depart , but ye shall bear me to that cape where I thought it best to dwell ; it may be that a true word fell from my mouth ...
... killed . arrow , and it will prove a mortal wound to me . Now counsel I ye , that ye get ready in- stantly to depart , but ye shall bear me to that cape where I thought it best to dwell ; it may be that a true word fell from my mouth ...
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Página 356 - So they left that goodly and pleasant city which had been their resting place near twelve years; but they knew they were pilgrims, and looked not much on those things, but lift up their eyes to the heavens, their dearest country, and quieted their spirits.
Página 494 - We desire you would be pleased to take notice of the principals and body of our company, as those who esteem it our honor to call the Church of England, from whence we rise, our Dear Mother, and cannot part from- our native country, where she specially resideth, without much sadness of heart and many tears in our eyes ; ever acknowledging that such hope and part as we have obtained in the common salvation, we have received in her bosom, and sucked it from her breasts.
Página 98 - East where spices growe, by a way that was never knowen before, by this fame and report there increased in my heart a great flame of desire to attempt some notable thing.
Página 356 - Being thus arrived in a good harbor, and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of Heaven who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof, again to set their feet on the firm and stable earth, their proper element.
Página 181 - Mississippi to the sea, and took formal possession of the country in the name of the King of France, in honor of whom he called it Louisiana.
Página 510 - Whereas, Mr. Roger Williams, one of the elders of the church of Salem, hath broached and divulged divers new and dangerous opinions, against the authority of magistrates ; as also writ letters of defamation, both of the magistrates and churches...
Página 366 - From lightning and tempest ; from plague, pestilence, and famine ; from battle and murder, and from sudden death, Good Lord, deliver us.
Página 356 - In ye name of God, Amen. We whose names are underwriten, the loyall subjects of our dread soveraigne Lord, King James, by ye grace of God, of Great Britaine, Franc, & Ireland king, defender of ye faith, &c., haveing undertaken, for ye glorie of God, and advancemente of ye Christian faith, and honour of our king & countrie...
Página 356 - Virginia, doe by these presents solemnly & mutualy in ye presence of God, and one of another, covenant & combine our selves togeather into a civill body politick, for our better ordering & preservation & furtherance of ye ends aforesaid ; and by vertue hearof to enacte, constitute, and frame such just & equall lawes, ordinances, acts, constitutions, & offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meete & convenient for ye general! good of ye Colonie, unto which we promise all due submission...
Página 380 - ... we could not now take time for further search or consideration, our victuals being much spent, especially our beer, and it being now the 19th of December.