Perseverance Under Difficulties, as Shown in the Lives of Great MenSociety for Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1862 - 294 страници |
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... turned it grey , and at thirty years of age it was quite white . He was moderate and simple in diet and apparel , eloquent in discourse , engaging and affa- ble in his manners , and of a very religious turn of mind . Columbus was very ...
... turned it grey , and at thirty years of age it was quite white . He was moderate and simple in diet and apparel , eloquent in discourse , engaging and affa- ble in his manners , and of a very religious turn of mind . Columbus was very ...
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... turned homewards : some of them even proposed to get rid of Columbus altogether by throwing him overboard . Columbus was well aware of his critical situation , and did his utmost to soothe and encourage his men ; but the more he ...
... turned homewards : some of them even proposed to get rid of Columbus altogether by throwing him overboard . Columbus was well aware of his critical situation , and did his utmost to soothe and encourage his men ; but the more he ...
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... turned the ship's head and began to shape his course homewards . In this voyage Columbus and his men encountered every imagina- ble difficulty . The navigation along the coast was intricate and dangerous ; contrary winds and cur- rents ...
... turned the ship's head and began to shape his course homewards . In this voyage Columbus and his men encountered every imagina- ble difficulty . The navigation along the coast was intricate and dangerous ; contrary winds and cur- rents ...
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... turned completely against him . All the rebels and malcontents in the island flocked to Bobadilla with accusations against Co- lumbus , and complaints of his cruelty , injustice , and oppression , and Bobadilla was in a short time fully ...
... turned completely against him . All the rebels and malcontents in the island flocked to Bobadilla with accusations against Co- lumbus , and complaints of his cruelty , injustice , and oppression , and Bobadilla was in a short time fully ...
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... turned out of the harbour , kept his little squadron as close to the shore as possible , and , being tolerably well sheltered , escaped the fury of the storm . It seemed as if a special Providence had interfered to preserve the innocent ...
... turned out of the harbour , kept his little squadron as close to the shore as possible , and , being tolerably well sheltered , escaped the fury of the storm . It seemed as if a special Providence had interfered to preserve the innocent ...
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Adelantado afterwards America Arkwright arrived astronomer Atlantic Ocean became Bobadilla Boulton and Watt brother called Captain Captain Cook coast colliery colonies Columbus Columbus's command construction continued contrivance Cook Cook's cotton crew cylinder difficulty discovered discoveries electricity employed engine England English expedition father Ferdinand Franklin French friends gave George Stephenson gold Guacanagari Herschel Hispaniola honour horses Hugh Palliser important increased Indians inhabitants invention Isabella island James James Watt Killingworth King known labour land Liverpool locomotive lumbus machine manufacture means ment miles mind natives navigation never observed Ocean Pacific Ocean Papin passed perseverance piston Portugal possessed proved railway Richard Arkwright round sailed San Domingo SANKEY VIADUCT sent ships shore soon sovereigns Spain Spaniards spinning steam steam-engine Stephenson success telescope thread tion took town turned vessel voyage waggons Watt Watt's weft Wylam
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Страница 91 - Sloth makes all things difficult, but industry all easy, and he that riseth late must trot all day, and shall scarce overtake his business at night ; while laziness travels so slowly, that poverty soon overtakes him. Drive thy business, let not that drive thee; and early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise,
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Страница 221 - That he should have been minutely and extensively skilled in chemistry and the arts, and in most of the branches of physical science, might perhaps have been conjectured ; but it could not have been inferred from his usual occupations, and probably is not generally known, that he was curiously learned in many branches of antiquity, metaphysics, medicine, and etymology, and perfectly at home in all the details of architecture, music, and law.
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Страница 110 - The best in the world. They submitted willingly to the government of the Crown, and paid, in all their courts, obedience to acts of parliament. Numerous as the people are in the several old provinces, they cost you nothing in forts, citadels, garrisons or armies, to keep them in subjection. They were governed by this country at the expence only of a little pen, ink and paper.
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