Columbian Historical Novels, Volume 8Funk & Wagnalls Company, 1895 |
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... Stevens and their sons Noah and Jean . Elmer and George were sons of Robert Stevens of Virginia , whose father was John Smith Stevens , a son of Philip Stevens , or Estevan , a Spanish youth captured at St. Augustine by Drake , and who ...
... Stevens and their sons Noah and Jean . Elmer and George were sons of Robert Stevens of Virginia , whose father was John Smith Stevens , a son of Philip Stevens , or Estevan , a Spanish youth captured at St. Augustine by Drake , and who ...
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... Stevens , whose plantation joined the extensive farm of Mr. Augustine Wash- ington , then a modest , cultured gentleman of Vir- ginia . In the year 1721 , Elmer Stevens ' son Noah was born . He was destined to take a prominent part in ...
... Stevens , whose plantation joined the extensive farm of Mr. Augustine Wash- ington , then a modest , cultured gentleman of Vir- ginia . In the year 1721 , Elmer Stevens ' son Noah was born . He was destined to take a prominent part in ...
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... Noah Stevens , even when a child was fond of sitting on his father's knee and listening to the wild stories of his life . at sea . Those tales made such an impression on him that , almost as soon as he could talk , he declared : " I am ...
... Noah Stevens , even when a child was fond of sitting on his father's knee and listening to the wild stories of his life . at sea . Those tales made such an impression on him that , almost as soon as he could talk , he declared : " I am ...
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... Noah . " my uncle ? " Then little Noah sat for a long time with his head bowed in his small hands , lost in deep ... Stevens sighed and shook his head sadly , as he answered : แ I have tried to hope so , Noah ; 120 BRADDOCK .
... Noah . " my uncle ? " Then little Noah sat for a long time with his head bowed in his small hands , lost in deep ... Stevens sighed and shook his head sadly , as he answered : แ I have tried to hope so , Noah ; 120 BRADDOCK .
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... Noah Stevens , his grandson , was but one year old , and Elmer being his only surviving son inherited his fortune . When Elmer Stevens surveyed all those broad acres and magnificent plantations , he was constrained to say : " I have ...
... Noah Stevens , his grandson , was but one year old , and Elmer being his only surviving son inherited his fortune . When Elmer Stevens surveyed all those broad acres and magnificent plantations , he was constrained to say : " I have ...
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Page 202 - For them no more the blazing hearth shall burn. Or busy housewife ply her evening care; No children run to lisp their sire's return, Or climb his knees the envied kiss to share.
Page 26 - A blank, my lord : She never told her love, But let concealment, like a worm i' the bud, Feed on her damask cheek : she pined in thought ; And, with a green and yellow melancholy, She sat like patience on a monument, Smiling at grief.
Page 144 - STERN Daughter of the Voice of God ! O Duty ! if that name thou love Who art a light to guide, a rod To check the erring, and reprove ; Thou, who art victory and law When empty terrors overawe, From vain temptations dost set free, And calm'st the weary strife of frail humanity!
Page 420 - The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Await alike the inevitable hour: The paths of glory lead but to the grave.
Page 380 - Master of human destinies am I! Fame, love and fortune on my footsteps wait. Cities and fields I walk; I penetrate Deserts and seas remote, and passing by Hovel and mart and palace, soon or late I knock unbidden once at every gate.
Page 224 - Deep in the unpruned forest, midst the roar Of cataracts, where nursing Nature smiled On infant Washington? Has Earth no more Such seeds within her breast, or Europe no such shore ? XCVII.
Page 288 - Soldier, rest ! thy warfare o'er, Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking ; Dream of battled fields no more, Days of danger, nights of waking. In our isle's enchanted hall, Hands unseen thy couch are strewing, Fairy strains of music fall, Every sense in slumber dewing. Soldier, rest ! thy warfare o'er, Dream of fighting fields no more : Sleep the sleep that knows not breaking, Morn of toil, nor night of waking.
Page 399 - The drying up a single tear has more Of honest fame, than shedding seas of gore.
Page 179 - Europe is given a prey to sterner fates, And writhes in shackles ; strong the arms that chain To earth her struggling multitude of states ; She too is strong, and might not chafe in vain Against them, but shake off the vampire train That batten on her blood, and break their net.
Page 49 - WHEN the British warrior queen, Bleeding from the Roman rods, Sought, with' an indignant mien, Counsel of her country's gods, Sage beneath the spreading oak Sat the Druid, hoary chief; Every burning word he spoke Full of rage and full of grief.