Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 3R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
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... cunning and ferocious in irons than before , 105 Shouting , singing , dancing , laughing and crying , they ran down to the bay , 122 Sir John Hawkins , 123 • Melendez , John Gyrot held aloft the blazing torch , the smile of a devil on ...
... cunning and ferocious in irons than before , 105 Shouting , singing , dancing , laughing and crying , they ran down to the bay , 122 Sir John Hawkins , 123 • Melendez , John Gyrot held aloft the blazing torch , the smile of a devil on ...
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... cunning rather than intelligence . His lips were straight , but so thin that , as they closed , they were compressed Iwithin his mouth . His cheek - bones were broad and projecting , a never - failing proof of audacity and craftiness ...
... cunning rather than intelligence . His lips were straight , but so thin that , as they closed , they were compressed Iwithin his mouth . His cheek - bones were broad and projecting , a never - failing proof of audacity and craftiness ...
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... cunning gaze as though he mis- trusted the object of his visit . Once the admiral laid his hand on his sword as if to punish his inso- lence ; but , perceiving his youth , he concluded that no harm could come from him . As Coligni ...
... cunning gaze as though he mis- trusted the object of his visit . Once the admiral laid his hand on his sword as if to punish his inso- lence ; but , perceiving his youth , he concluded that no harm could come from him . As Coligni ...
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... cunning and significant in Gyrot's manner , and she trembled , though unable to tell why . Gyrot had not , to her knowledge , taken any part in the outbreak against the Huguenots . On the contrary he pretended to be in sympathy with the ...
... cunning and significant in Gyrot's manner , and she trembled , though unable to tell why . Gyrot had not , to her knowledge , taken any part in the outbreak against the Huguenots . On the contrary he pretended to be in sympathy with the ...
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... cunning audacity and persistance . He urged her to wed him , assuring her of protection if she did and death if she did not , until her choice seemed to be marriage with that monster or death at the stake . Gyrot , by his cunning and ...
... cunning audacity and persistance . He urged her to wed him , assuring her of protection if she did and death if she did not , until her choice seemed to be marriage with that monster or death at the stake . Gyrot , by his cunning and ...
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admiral Admiral Coligni answered arms asked attack Augustine Beaucarre boat brother cannon Carolinia Catholic chief coast Coligni colony commandant Cossel countrymen cried Cuba cunning D'Erlac D'Oranger danger dark dawn deck Duke of Guise enemy escaped expedition eyes face fate father fear fell fleet Florida forest Fort Carolinia Fort St Fourneaux Francisco Estevan French Frenchmen gazed girl gold Gourges governor guard guns hand heard heart heretics Hortense De Barre Huguenots Indians John Gyrot king knew land Laudon Laudonnière mademoiselle matchlocks Mattheo Melendez Mendoza Monsieur Gyrot morning nière night Olacatora Ottigny Outina pale persecution pirate priest prisoner Protestant rain reached Ribault river sailed sailor Saturiova savages seemed seized señor sent ship shore silence Sir John Hawkins slain smile soldiers soon Spain Spanish stood storm sword terrible thought Timagoa Trenchant vessel wild woods World young Spaniard