An Elementary History of Our CountryHoughton Mifflin Company, 1914 - 256 pages |
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... soon see , the home of spices and perfumes , of gold and jewels . He told them how much land they would own and what great lords they would become , and so day after day he led them on . THE SANTA MARIA ( Columbus's own ship ) Flocks of ...
... soon see , the home of spices and perfumes , of gold and jewels . He told them how much land they would own and what great lords they would become , and so day after day he led them on . THE SANTA MARIA ( Columbus's own ship ) Flocks of ...
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... soon gathered around the Spaniards , gazing with rev- erent curiosity upon their white skins , their steel armor , their glittering weapons , and especially upon the admiral in his scarlet dress . The Spaniards knelt down and kissed the ...
... soon gathered around the Spaniards , gazing with rev- erent curiosity upon their white skins , their steel armor , their glittering weapons , and especially upon the admiral in his scarlet dress . The Spaniards knelt down and kissed the ...
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... soon after Vespucius's voyage it was suggested that this land should be named for him . That is why our country is named America ; but Columbus is not forgotten , for in our songs it is almost always called Columbia . Ponce de Twelve ...
... soon after Vespucius's voyage it was suggested that this land should be named for him . That is why our country is named America ; but Columbus is not forgotten , for in our songs it is almost always called Columbia . Ponce de Twelve ...
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... Soon Magellan reached the Philippines , and there he was killed in a fight with the na- tives , but not before he had met ships coming from the west , and knew that his ves- sels could make the rest of the journey home through well ...
... Soon Magellan reached the Philippines , and there he was killed in a fight with the na- tives , but not before he had met ships coming from the west , and knew that his ves- sels could make the rest of the journey home through well ...
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... soon have neither food nor work for her people . It was becoming so much more profitable to raise sheep than grain that large numbers of English farmers were turning their farms into sheep pastures . They no longer planted grain , and ...
... soon have neither food nor work for her people . It was becoming so much more profitable to raise sheep than grain that large numbers of English farmers were turning their farms into sheep pastures . They no longer planted grain , and ...
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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...