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... Career . During the early colonial period , the first writer in time , as , perhaps , in prominence , is Cap- RTRAICTUER OF CAF APTAYNE CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH tain John Smith of Virginia . His personal history , which he has himself related ...
... Career . During the early colonial period , the first writer in time , as , perhaps , in prominence , is Cap- RTRAICTUER OF CAF APTAYNE CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH tain John Smith of Virginia . His personal history , which he has himself related ...
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... Career . He has left us an admirable sum- mary of his remarkable life : Having been a slave to the Turks ; prisoner among the most barbarous savages ; after my deliver- ance commonly discovering and ranging those large rivers and ...
... Career . He has left us an admirable sum- mary of his remarkable life : Having been a slave to the Turks ; prisoner among the most barbarous savages ; after my deliver- ance commonly discovering and ranging those large rivers and ...
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... This led to Franklin's setting up for himself ; and he now entered upon a career of unin- terrupted prosperity , which was to continue for more than sixty years . ― 88. The Junto . But in the midst of. 54 AMERICAN LITERATURE.
... This led to Franklin's setting up for himself ; and he now entered upon a career of unin- terrupted prosperity , which was to continue for more than sixty years . ― 88. The Junto . But in the midst of. 54 AMERICAN LITERATURE.
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... career . Though suffer- ing at times much physical pain , he lived in comfortable retire- ment , in the midst of his grandchildren and the company of friends . He retained his faculties to the last ; and that genial humor which ...
... career . Though suffer- ing at times much physical pain , he lived in comfortable retire- ment , in the midst of his grandchildren and the company of friends . He retained his faculties to the last ; and that genial humor which ...
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... career of grandeur and freedom . 127. Unjust Taxation . The Americans based the justice of their cause on two grounds : first , their rights as English- men ; and second , their natural rights as men . Since the days of the Great ...
... career of grandeur and freedom . 127. Unjust Taxation . The Americans based the justice of their cause on two grounds : first , their rights as English- men ; and second , their natural rights as men . Since the days of the Great ...
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