Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 3R.H. Whitten Company, 1906 |
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... head of the family , Christopher Estevan , a namesake of Christopher Columbus , was the first child born of white parents in the New World . From infancy he had been associated with men whose names are familiar in history as conquerors ...
... head of the family , Christopher Estevan , a namesake of Christopher Columbus , was the first child born of white parents in the New World . From infancy he had been associated with men whose names are familiar in history as conquerors ...
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... head , to be worn near their hearts as mementos of one who loved them . The little girl was named Christoval after a dear foster - sister of her father . She was unlike her brothers , quite fair , with blue eyes , which on this occasion ...
... head , to be worn near their hearts as mementos of one who loved them . The little girl was named Christoval after a dear foster - sister of her father . She was unlike her brothers , quite fair , with blue eyes , which on this occasion ...
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... head was the Pope of Rome . A similar revolt , headed by Zuingliss , had broken out in Switzerland , and the Pope trem- bled lest his universal power should be swept away from him . Historians designate the time as a moment of ...
... head was the Pope of Rome . A similar revolt , headed by Zuingliss , had broken out in Switzerland , and the Pope trem- bled lest his universal power should be swept away from him . Historians designate the time as a moment of ...
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... down upon the innocent young head all the thunderbolts of hate and fanaticism . Hortense , left alone in the world with no relative save her father's cousin , who was in Paris at the time , took temporary 20 SAINT AUGUSTINE .
... down upon the innocent young head all the thunderbolts of hate and fanaticism . Hortense , left alone in the world with no relative save her father's cousin , who was in Paris at the time , took temporary 20 SAINT AUGUSTINE .
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... head , and the sword at his side seemed to indicate that he made some pretensions to being a gentleman . Though a young man scarce twenty , his face , pale and ca- daverous , had the appearance of age . A quantity of black hair ...
... head , and the sword at his side seemed to indicate that he made some pretensions to being a gentleman . Though a young man scarce twenty , his face , pale and ca- daverous , had the appearance of age . A quantity of black hair ...
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