The Library of American BiographyJared Sparks Hilliard, Gray, 1834 |
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Strana 66 - One of my boys caught a mouse in school, a few days ago, and directly marched up to me with his prisoner. I set about drawing it that same evening; and all the while the pantings of its little heart showed it to be in the most extreme agonies of fear. I had intended to kill it, in order to fix it in the claws of a stuffed owl ; but, happening to spill a few drops of water near where it was tied, it lapped it up with such eagerness, and looked in my face with such an...
Strana 259 - Onawmanient, where all the woods were layd with ambuscado's to the number of three or foure thousand Salvages, so strangely paynted, grimed and disguised, shouting, yelling and crying as so many spirits from hell could not have shewed more terrible.
Strana 191 - Eagles feathers within a ridge of silver, richly garnished with gold and precious stones...
Strana 398 - Whereunto is annexed the proceedings of those colonies, since their first departure from England, with the discourses, orations, and relations of the salvages, and the accidents that befell them in all their journles and discoveries taken faithfully as they were written out of the writings of Doctor Russell, Richard Wiefln.
Strana 374 - England; the first Christian ever of that Nation, the first Virginian ever spake English, or had a child in marriage by an Englishman; a matter surely, if my meaning be truly considered and well understood, worthy a Princes understanding.
Strana 252 - there was now no talk, no hope, no work, but dig gold, wash gold, refine gold, load gold.
Strana 306 - Notwithstanding the eternal allseeing God did prevent him, and by a strange meanes. For Pocahontas, his dearest Jewell and daughter, in that darke night came through the irksome woods, and told our Captaine great cheare should be sent us by and by : but Powhatan and all the...
Strana 186 - On Thursday at night, I will charge on the east; at the alarm sally you;" an answer was returned, " I will." The besieged were also aided further by Smith's inventive genius. On the eve of the attack, he had several thousand matches, fastened to strings, extended in a line and fired, so that the report sounded like a discharge of...
Strana 373 - After some six weeks fatting amongst those savage courtiers, at the minute of my execution, she hazarded the beating out of her own brains to save mine; and not only that, but so prevailed with her father, that I was safely conducted to Jamestown...
Strana 373 - ... desperate estate, gave me much cause to respect her ; I being the first Christian this proud king and his grim attendants ever saw ; and thus inthralled in their barbarous power, I cannot say I felt the least occasion of want that was in the power of those my mortal foes to prevent, notwithstanding all their threats.