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... became treasurer of the Virginia Colony . Translated in Virginia ten books of Ovid's " Metamorphoses . " 66 WILLIAM BRADFORD ( 1588-1657 ) . One of the Mayflower colonists , gov- ernor of Plymouth for many years . History of Plymouth ...
... became treasurer of the Virginia Colony . Translated in Virginia ten books of Ovid's " Metamorphoses . " 66 WILLIAM BRADFORD ( 1588-1657 ) . One of the Mayflower colonists , gov- ernor of Plymouth for many years . History of Plymouth ...
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... became unfriendly , and made re- peated attempts to massacre the colonists . Many of the governors were incompetent and selfish ; and the energies of the people were at times wasted by dissension and strife . One man alone , during this ...
... became unfriendly , and made re- peated attempts to massacre the colonists . Many of the governors were incompetent and selfish ; and the energies of the people were at times wasted by dissension and strife . One man alone , during this ...
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... became illustrious in the political and literary history of their country . New England . - Thirteen years after the founding of Jamestown , the Mayflower , with one hundred and two colonists , landed at Plymouth . They were Puritans ...
... became illustrious in the political and literary history of their country . New England . - Thirteen years after the founding of Jamestown , the Mayflower , with one hundred and two colonists , landed at Plymouth . They were Puritans ...
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... became serious in manner , and spent much time in prayer and fasting . At the same time he was active in doing good , instructing his brothers and sisters at home , and fearlessly reproving his companions for profanity or immorality ...
... became serious in manner , and spent much time in prayer and fasting . At the same time he was active in doing good , instructing his brothers and sisters at home , and fearlessly reproving his companions for profanity or immorality ...
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... became free . Official censor- ship received its death - blow in New York in 1734 , when Andrew Hamilton , an aged lawyer of Philadelphia , ad- dressed the jury in behalf of an imprisoned printer : “ The question before you is not the ...
... became free . Official censor- ship received its death - blow in New York in 1734 , when Andrew Hamilton , an aged lawyer of Philadelphia , ad- dressed the jury in behalf of an imprisoned printer : “ The question before you is not the ...
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