The Heritage of AmericaHenry Steele Commager, Allan Nevins Little, Brown, 1941 - 1227 pages First hand narratives of American life from Leif Ericson to World War II. |
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... began to be well stricken in years , the grave mistress Experience having taught them many things , those prudent governors , with sundry of the sagest members , began both deeply to apprehend their present dangers and wisely to foresee ...
... began to be well stricken in years , the grave mistress Experience having taught them many things , those prudent governors , with sundry of the sagest members , began both deeply to apprehend their present dangers and wisely to foresee ...
Page 375
... began to ring . Then the company which was to drag the New York to the fire began to assemble at its house , and natu- rally there was great pride in seeing that your engine was first in place . You learned where the fire was , not by ...
... began to ring . Then the company which was to drag the New York to the fire began to assemble at its house , and natu- rally there was great pride in seeing that your engine was first in place . You learned where the fire was , not by ...
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... began to be mingled with gold as the heads of rice appeared and its stalks began to be weighted down with the ripening grain . Yellow then predominated over the green until the whole field looked like a mass of gold , as it awaited the ...
... began to be mingled with gold as the heads of rice appeared and its stalks began to be weighted down with the ripening grain . Yellow then predominated over the green until the whole field looked like a mass of gold , as it awaited the ...
Contents
Leif Ericson Sails to Vineland | 3 |
De Soto Finds the Mississippi and Is Buried beneath It ΙΟ | 10 |
John Smith Founds Jamestown and Is Saved | 23 |
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