The Struggle for a ContinentLittle, Brown,, 1902 - 542 sider |
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... hope , the other darkening with shadows of despair . New By name , local position , and character , one of these com- munities of freemen stands forth as the most conspicuous representative of this antagonism ; - Liberty and Absolutism ...
... hope , the other darkening with shadows of despair . New By name , local position , and character , one of these com- munities of freemen stands forth as the most conspicuous representative of this antagonism ; - Liberty and Absolutism ...
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... hope and the fever of adventure knew no bounds . Nor is it surprising that amid such waking marvels the imagination should run wild in romantic dreams ; that between the possible and the impossible the line of distinction should be but ...
... hope and the fever of adventure knew no bounds . Nor is it surprising that amid such waking marvels the imagination should run wild in romantic dreams ; that between the possible and the impossible the line of distinction should be but ...
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... hope , as ever trod the shores of the New World . The clangor of trumpets , the neighing of horses , the fluttering of pennons , the glittering of helmet and lance , startled the ancient forest with unwonted greeting . Amid this pomp of ...
... hope , as ever trod the shores of the New World . The clangor of trumpets , the neighing of horses , the fluttering of pennons , the glittering of helmet and lance , startled the ancient forest with unwonted greeting . Amid this pomp of ...
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... hope of humanity . - so did In these days of fear , a second Huguenot colony 2 sailed for the New World . The calm , stern man who represented and led the Protestantism of France felt to his inmost heart the peril of the time . He would ...
... hope of humanity . - so did In these days of fear , a second Huguenot colony 2 sailed for the New World . The calm , stern man who represented and led the Protestantism of France felt to his inmost heart the peril of the time . He would ...
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... hope , a cloud of blackest omen was gathering in the east . At half - past eleven on the night of Tuesday , the fourth of September , the crew of Ribaut's flag - ship , anchored on the still sea outside the bar , saw a huge hulk , grim ...
... hope , a cloud of blackest omen was gathering in the east . At half - past eleven on the night of Tuesday , the fourth of September , the crew of Ribaut's flag - ship , anchored on the still sea outside the bar , saw a huge hulk , grim ...
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Adelantado Algonquin allies arms army assailants attack band Beauport boats Bougainville British called camp Canada Canadians cannon canoes Cap-Rouge Cartier Champlain chief colony command Conspiracy of Pontiac coureurs de bois crossed danger Detroit enemy England English enterprise fell fight fire fleet Florida followed force forest Fort Caroline France French Frenchmen Frontenac garrison Gourgues governor guns hand hatchets heights Hochelaga Huguenots hundred Huron Indians intrenchments Iroquois Jesuits killed king Lake Lake Ontario land Lawrence Lévis Louis Menendez miles Mississippi Montcalm Montmorenci Montreal morning mouth neighboring night officers palisade party passed Pioneers of France Point Levi Pontiac priests prisoners Quebec reached Ribaut river sailed Salle Samuel de Champlain savage says scalp sent ships shore side soldiers soon Spaniards stood Tadoussac thousand told town trees tribes troops Vaudreuil vessels village voyage warriors wild wilderness Wolfe woods wounded
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Side 445 - Henderson, a volunteer in the same company, and a private soldier, aided by an officer of artillery who ran to join them, carried him in their arms to the rear. He begged them to lay him down. They did so and asked if he would have a surgeon. "There's no need," he answered: "it's all over with me.
Side 212 - In the name of the most high, mighty, invincible, and victorious Prince, Louis the Great, by the Grace of God King of France and of Navarre, Fourteenth of that name...
Side 209 - Again they embarked; and, with every stage of their adventurous progress, the mystery of this vast New World was more and more unveiled. More and more they entered the realms of spring. The hazy sunlight, the warm and drowsy air, the tender foliage, the opening flowers, betokened the reviving life of Nature.
Side 236 - I, the aforesaid William Phipps, Knight, do hereby in the name and on behalf of their most excellent Majesties, William and Mary, King and Queen of England, Scotland, France, and Ireland, Defenders of the Faith, and by order of their said Majesties...
Side 22 - Serve God daily, love one another, preserve your victuals, beware of fire, and keepe good companie.
Side 140 - They kneeled in reverent silence as the Host was raised aloft, and when the rite was over the priest turned and addressed them: "You are a grain of mustard seed, that shall rise and grow till its branches overshadow the earth. You are few, but your work is the work of God. His smile is on you, and your children shall fill the land.
Side 213 - Palms, upon the assurance we have had from the natives of these countries that we are the first Europeans who have descended or ascended the said river Colbert...
Side 3 - The French dominion is a memory of the past ; and when we evoke its departed shades, they rise upon us from their graves in strange, romantic guise. Again their ghostly camp-fires seem to burn, and the fitful light is cast around on lord and vassal and black-robed priest, mingled with wild forms of savage warriors, knit in close fellowship on the same stern errand.
Side 104 - As day approached, he and his two followers put on the light armor of the time. Champlain wore the doublet and long hose then in vogue. Over the doublet he buckled on a breastplate, and probably a back-piece, while his thighs were protected by cuisses of steel, and his head by a plumed casque. Across his shoulder hung the strap of his bandoleer, or...
Side 140 - Maisonneuve sprang ashore, and fell on his knees. His followers imitated his example ; and all joined their voices in enthusiastic songs of thanksgiving. Tents, baggage, arms, and stores were landed. An altar was raised on a pleasant spot near at hand ; and Mademoiselle Mance, with Madame de la Peltrie, aided by her servant, Charlotte Barre, decorated it with a taste which was the admiration of the beholders.