The Courtship of Miles Standish: And Other PoemsUniversity Publishing, 1901 - 142 pages |
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... Captain Stan- dish formed a part . Who were they , where did they come from , and how did they happen to be living in that little row of eleven log - cabins on the " high and rock - bound coast " of New England ? The Pilgrims came ...
... Captain Stan- dish formed a part . Who were they , where did they come from , and how did they happen to be living in that little row of eleven log - cabins on the " high and rock - bound coast " of New England ? The Pilgrims came ...
Page xii
... captain of the ship , John Alden , and Pris- cilla Mullens or Molines , all of whom are mentioned in our poem . Carver , Bradford , and Edward Winslow were also on board , each of whom became governor of the colony . It was a remarkable ...
... captain of the ship , John Alden , and Pris- cilla Mullens or Molines , all of whom are mentioned in our poem . Carver , Bradford , and Edward Winslow were also on board , each of whom became governor of the colony . It was a remarkable ...
Page xiii
... captain , they dropped anchor in the harbor of Plymouth . ' After prayer and thanksgiving , a compact was signed by which the Pilgrims organized them- selves into a body politic with Carver as first governor . On November 13th , says ...
... captain , they dropped anchor in the harbor of Plymouth . ' After prayer and thanksgiving , a compact was signed by which the Pilgrims organized them- selves into a body politic with Carver as first governor . On November 13th , says ...
Page xvi
... Captain Standish , in borrowing £ 200 at the exorbitant rate of 30 per cent . During the next six years they managed , by hard labor and strict economy , to buy up the shares of the London merchants for £ 1,800 . From this time they ...
... Captain Standish , in borrowing £ 200 at the exorbitant rate of 30 per cent . During the next six years they managed , by hard labor and strict economy , to buy up the shares of the London merchants for £ 1,800 . From this time they ...
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... Captain Standish as his secretary . Further than the fact of his having wedded Pris- cilla , little more is known of his history , except that he served as a magistrate for more than fifty years , and was of great assist- ance in ...
... Captain Standish as his secretary . Further than the fact of his having wedded Pris- cilla , little more is known of his history , except that he served as a magistrate for more than fifty years , and was of great assist- ance in ...
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accent Angels beautiful beheld Belfry of Bruges Bible breath Bruges Cæsar Captain of Plymouth church cilla colony Courtship of Miles dark dead death Elizabeth Appleton England English Evangeline Excelsior eyes feeling feet Flanders flowers forest Forever-never friendship Full Text gleam grave gray Guy de Dampierre hand heard heart HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW hexameters humor Indian John Alden Julius Cæsar land laugh light living long thoughts Longfellow look loud maiden Master matchlock Mayflower meter Miles Standish mist Never-forever night o'er ocean pause Pecksuot Pilgrims Plym Plymouth Plantation poem poet poet's poetic poetry prayer Priscilla Priscilla Mullens Psalm Published Puritan rain roar Rose sail Sandalphon sang shadows ship silent snow soldier song Song of Hiawatha sorrow sound spake stood story strong sweet Thereupon answered thoughts of youth unaccented syllable vessel village voice wife wind wind's words youth are long