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... story of its colonization , or with a discussion of the theological questions that grew out of the great Protestant Reformation in Europe . The next period , beginning with the eighteenth century , and extending to the Revolution , may ...
... story of its colonization , or with a discussion of the theological questions that grew out of the great Protestant Reformation in Europe . The next period , beginning with the eighteenth century , and extending to the Revolution , may ...
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... captured by the Turks . Having been sold as a slave , he was taken to Con- stantinople , where he touched the heart of his mistress by relating to her , like another Othello , the whole story CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH 25 II.
... captured by the Turks . Having been sold as a slave , he was taken to Con- stantinople , where he touched the heart of his mistress by relating to her , like another Othello , the whole story CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH 25 II.
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... story of his adventures . Subsequently , after spending some time in Tartary , he made his escape through Russia , and at length returned to England in 1604 . But his spirit of adventure was not yet satiated , and he at once threw ...
... story of his adventures . Subsequently , after spending some time in Tartary , he made his escape through Russia , and at length returned to England in 1604 . But his spirit of adventure was not yet satiated , and he at once threw ...
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... story has been questioned ; but an examination of the evidence hardly warrants us in pro- nouncing " the Pocahontas myth demolished . " Until a stronger array of facts can be adduced , it must still stand as the most beautiful and most ...
... story has been questioned ; but an examination of the evidence hardly warrants us in pro- nouncing " the Pocahontas myth demolished . " Until a stronger array of facts can be adduced , it must still stand as the most beautiful and most ...
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... story , see Fiske's " Old Virginia and Her Neighbors . " Barrett Wendell's " Cotton Mather " ( Dodd ) ; Cotton Mather , North Am . Review 51 : 1 ( S. F. Haven ) , and 108 : 337 ( W. F. Poole ) . For the historic background of this ...
... story , see Fiske's " Old Virginia and Her Neighbors . " Barrett Wendell's " Cotton Mather " ( Dodd ) ; Cotton Mather , North Am . Review 51 : 1 ( S. F. Haven ) , and 108 : 337 ( W. F. Poole ) . For the historic background of this ...
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