Una storia popolare degli Stati Uniti : dalla prima scoperta dell emisfero occidentale dall'Northmen, alla fine del primo secolo dell'unione degli Stati ; preceduto da uno schizzo del periodo preistorico e dell'età del tumulo costruttori . per esempio e pre-CEPT. Walter, come Humphrey, wentwith la banda galante di giovani Eng-lishmen, a combattere sul continente peril nuova fede e contro il Papa;come lui ha servito in Irlanda, di sub-dovuta alla metà savage ribelli di - come hecalled - che commonwelthe orrather woo comune; come lui hehated lo spagnolo, e sospirato foradventure e d

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A popular history of the United States : from the first discovery of the western hemisphere by the Northmen, to the end of the first century of the union of the states ; preceded by a sketch of the prehistoric period and the age of the mound builders . to example and pre-cept. Walter, like Humphrey, wentwith the gallant band of young Eng-lishmen, to fight on the continent forthe new faith, and against the Pope;like him he served in Ireland, to sub-due the half savage rebels of — as hecalled it — that commonwelthe orrather common woo; like him hehated the Spaniard, and longed foradventure and discovery; and he saw, as Gilbert saw, that the wayto check the growth and power of Spain in the New World, was totake possession of the thousand miles of sea-coast, north of Florida, which the curse of Spanish invasion had not yet blighted, — thattherein was to be found the true glory of England, and the bestservice to her queen. They were true brothers in spirit, in character, and in determined purpose, even more than in blood. Raleighs loss was not a slight one in the desertion, at the outset, ofthe ship — the Raleigh — which he had built and fitted out at his owncharges; but that w^as as nothing to the loss of his friend and brother, . Sir Waiter Raleigh. 1584.] RALEIGHS FIRST EXPEDITION. 241 whose heroic death the Golden Hind reported within a few days inEngland. Neither discouraged him, and he seems to have accepted thelast as imposing upon him the hew duty of carrying out alone theprojects in which hitherto he had been content to second his halfbrother. Gilberts patent was so near the time of its ex- Raieighob-piration as to be useless for any fresh enterprise; and as all pXnt ofknowledge of the supposed silver mine was lost with him, ^^i^*^^*^-Raleigh had Jio special motive for planting a colony so far north asNewfoundland. With the promptitude and energy so characteristic ofthe man, he at once set himself to work, and in March, 1584, hadsecured from the queen a n

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• bookcentury1800
• bookdecade1870
• bookpublishernewyo
• bookyear1876