An Elementary History of Our CountryHoughton Mifflin Company, 1914 - 256 pages |
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... named Christopher Columbus . He was born in Genoa , and all through his boyhood he had seen ships coming into the harbor and unloading rich cargoes of spices , pearls . per fumes , silks , ivory , and fine Cashmere shawls . These ...
... named Christopher Columbus . He was born in Genoa , and all through his boyhood he had seen ships coming into the harbor and unloading rich cargoes of spices , pearls . per fumes , silks , ivory , and fine Cashmere shawls . These ...
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... named the island San Salvador , or Holy Saviour . It was one of the Bahamas , no one knows which one , but many think that it was the one now The return to Spain known as Watling's Island . The COLUMBUS SHOWS THE WAY 9.
... named the island San Salvador , or Holy Saviour . It was one of the Bahamas , no one knows which one , but many think that it was the one now The return to Spain known as Watling's Island . The COLUMBUS SHOWS THE WAY 9.
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... named Aristotle believed that eighteen hundred years before Columbus's time ; he was great because he knew what was true , and was ready to risk his life for truth's sake . great SUMMARY . Four hundred years ago most people thought the ...
... named Aristotle believed that eighteen hundred years before Columbus's time ; he was great because he knew what was true , and was ready to risk his life for truth's sake . great SUMMARY . Four hundred years ago most people thought the ...
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... named John Cabot was living in England when Columbus made his first voyage . He was eager to cross the longed , as he tells us , 66 ocean , for he COBUR to attempt some notable thing . " The English king was much interested , but he did ...
... named John Cabot was living in England when Columbus made his first voyage . He was eager to cross the longed , as he tells us , 66 ocean , for he COBUR to attempt some notable thing . " The English king was much interested , but he did ...
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... named it is to seek unknown lands ! " he said . He followed down the America eastern coast of South America , and ... named for him . That is why our country is named America ; but Columbus is not forgotten , for in our songs it is ...
... named it is to seek unknown lands ! " he said . He followed down the America eastern coast of South America , and ... named for him . That is why our country is named America ; but Columbus is not forgotten , for in our songs it is ...
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Page 248 - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own Governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free.
Page 142 - You know the rest. In the books you have read, How the British regulars fired and fled, How the farmers gave them ball for ball, From behind each fence and farm-yard wall, Chasing the red-coats down the lane, Then crossing the fields to emerge again Under the trees at the turn of the road, And only pausing to fire and load.
Page 222 - I beg to present you, as a Christmas gift, the city of Savannah, with one hundred and fifty heavy guns and plenty of ammunition ; also about twenty-five thousand bales of cotton.
Page 43 - I'll have thrice the weight in gold. Why, man, all their dripping-pans and their chamber-pots are pure gold, and all the chains with which they chain up their streets are massy gold. All the prisoners they take are fettered in gold. And for rubies and diamonds, they go forth on holidays and gather them by the sea-shore to hang on their children's coats and stick in their caps, as commonly as our children wear saffron gilt brooches and groats with holes in them.
Page 135 - ... may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it...