Fifty Celebrated Men: Their Lives and Trials, and the Deeds that Made Them FamousWard, Lock and Tyler, 1862 - 311 pages |
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... brought them to the Canary Islands , the western boundary of the known world . Beyond this , all was unknown - a sea in which no craft had floated , since man was for the first time " taught by the little Nautilus to sail . " For days ...
... brought them to the Canary Islands , the western boundary of the known world . Beyond this , all was unknown - a sea in which no craft had floated , since man was for the first time " taught by the little Nautilus to sail . " For days ...
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... brought him to trial on a frivolous charge , and had him strangled and burnt in the market place . Now there was one man - and bad as he was , he had evinced a better spirit than his companions - who had been with Pizarro from the ...
... brought him to trial on a frivolous charge , and had him strangled and burnt in the market place . Now there was one man - and bad as he was , he had evinced a better spirit than his companions - who had been with Pizarro from the ...
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... brought to trial ; but the charges against him were so in- complete , that the prosecution assumed the appearance of nothing more than an outburst of tyrannical hatred against a man who had achieved greatness , and done the country good ...
... brought to trial ; but the charges against him were so in- complete , that the prosecution assumed the appearance of nothing more than an outburst of tyrannical hatred against a man who had achieved greatness , and done the country good ...
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... brought nothing but flattering descriptions of the wealth in store . He pictured the country and climate in glowing colours : as for its riches , ” he said , " the common soldier shall here fight for gold , and pay himself instead of ...
... brought nothing but flattering descriptions of the wealth in store . He pictured the country and climate in glowing colours : as for its riches , ” he said , " the common soldier shall here fight for gold , and pay himself instead of ...
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... brought out before an immense throng ; spoke boldly , denying the charge which had been alleged against him , talking pleasantly to those about him , feeling the edge of the axe with a smile , saying , “ ' twas a sharp medicine , but ...
... brought out before an immense throng ; spoke boldly , denying the charge which had been alleged against him , talking pleasantly to those about him , feeling the edge of the axe with a smile , saying , “ ' twas a sharp medicine , but ...
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