Some Colonial Homesteads and Their StoriesG. P. Putnam, 1897 - 511 стор. |
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Aaron Burr America Arent beautiful born Brandon brother brought built Burr's Byrd Captain captivity Carter Chew child church Cliveden COAT-OF-ARMS Colonel Burr Colonial Cortlandt Cotton Mather daugh daughter death Deerfield descendant died door Dorchester drawing-room Dutch dwelling England English Eunice Evelyn eyes father feet French George Governor guests hall hand Harrison heart homestead honor hundred husband Indian James River Jamestown Japazaws John Cotton Smith John Rolfe King Lady land lived Lord Madame Jumel Manor mansion marriage married Mary Cary master never Oak Hill PARSON WILLIAMS passed PHILIPSE MANOR-HOUSE plantation Pocahontas portrait Powhatan President river Robert Livingston Roger Morris royal Samuel Pierce Schuyler side Sir Thomas Dale sister Smith story Street tion took town Virginia Washington Washington Heights wedding Werowocomoco Westover wife William Byrd Williamsburg window woman York young
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Сторінка 393 - I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave : I am deprived of the residue of my years. I said, I shall not see the LORD, Even the LORD, in the land of the living : I shall behold man no more With the inhabitants of the world.
Сторінка 409 - Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works to the children of men! Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
Сторінка 436 - Powhatan; then as many as could laid hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs to beat out his brains, Pocahontas, the King's dearest daughter, when no entreaty could prevail, got his head in her arms, and laid her own upon his to save him from death, whereat the Emperor was contented he should live to make him hatchets, and her bells, beads, and copper, for they thought him as well9 of all occupations as themselves.
Сторінка 381 - And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them : remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Сторінка 41 - Honorable William Byrd, Esq. Being born to one of the am' plest fortunes in this country, he was sent early to England for ' his education, where, under the care and direction of Sir Robert ' Southwell and ever favored with his particular instructions, he ' made a happy proficiency in polite and various learning. By the ' means of the same noble friend, he was introduced to the acquain...
Сторінка 436 - Towell to dry them: having feasted him after their best barbarous manner they could, a long consultation was held, but the conclusion was, two great stones were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could...
Сторінка 406 - Lord in their trouble, and he saved them out of their distresses. He brought them out of darkness and the shadow of death, and brake their bands in sunder.
Сторінка 435 - Powhatan and his train had put themselves in their greatest braveries. Before a fire upon a seat like a bedstead, he sat covered with a great robe, made of raccoon skins, and all the tails hanging by.
Сторінка 382 - And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession ; and I will be their God.
Сторінка 390 - They came to my house in the beginning of the onset, and by their violent endeavors to break open doors and windows, with axes and hatchets, awaked me out of sleep; on which I leaped out of bed, and, running towards the door, perceived the enemy making their entrance into the house.