| Martha Helen Haywood, Mrs. Hubert Haywood, Mary Hilliard Hinton - 1909 - 362 страници
..."The second of July we found shoal water, where we smelled so sweet and so strong a smell as if we had been in the midst of some delicate garden abounding with all kinds of odoriferous flowers, by which we were assured that the land could not be far distant ; and keeping good watch and by bearing... | |
| Martha Helen Haywood, Mrs. Hubert Haywood, Mary Hilliard Hinton - 1909 - 362 страници
..."The second of July we found shoal water, where we smelled so sweet and so strong a smell as if we had been in the midst of some delicate garden abounding with all kinds of odoriferous flowers, by which we were assured that the land could not be far distant ; and keeping good watch and by bearing... | |
| Grace Tabor - 1913 - 362 страници
...far distant, on the second day of July, 1584; where "we smelt so sweet and strong a smell, as if we had been in the midst of some delicate garden, abounding with all kinds of odoriferous flowers," wrote Barlow, in his immortal account of the voyage. Wonderful old Barlow! Bronzed, weathered, dauntless... | |
| North Carolina Literary and Historical Association - 1919 - 172 страници
...settlement. Somewhere about Cape Lookout, they must have smelled that "sweet and strong smell, as if they had been in the midst of some delicate garden abounding with all kinds of odiferous flowers," of which Barlowe wrote to Sir Walter, and thus they missed three excellent opportunities... | |
| Samuel Eagle Forman - 1921 - 704 страници
...country that was full of hope and promise. " We smelt," they said, " so sweet and strong a smell as if we had been in the midst of some delicate garden abounding with all kinds of odoriferous flowers. We found the people, the Indians, the most gentle, loving, and faithful, Ralph Lane The Eoanoke Colony... | |
| Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch - 1925 - 1124 страници
...second of July we found shoal water, which JL smelt so sweetly, and was so strong a smell, as if we had been in the midst of some delicate garden, abounding with all kinds of odoriferous flowers ; by which we were assured that the land could not be far distant. And keeping good watch and bearing... | |
| Padraic Colum - 1925 - 216 страници
...second of July we went into shoal water. Here we smelled so sweet and so strong a perfume as if we had been in the midst of some delicate garden abounding with all kinds of odoriferous flowers, by which we knew that the land could not be far dis160 tant. Keeping good watch and bearing but slack... | |
| Edward Rondthaler - 1928 - 552 страници
...possession of the North Carolina coast for purposes of settlement. They reported its fragrance "as if they had been in the midst of some delicate garden,...abounding with all kinds of odoriferous flowers." Entering the first harbor which they found, in the island of Wocoken, they gave thanks to God, and... | |
| James Grant Wilson, John Fiske - 1888 - 832 страници
...along the coast. Early in July they neared land, and perceived a fragrance coming off the coast "as if they had been in the midst of some delicate garden," abounding with all kinds of odoriferous flowers. On 13 July they entered Ocracoke inlet and landed on Wocoken, the southernmost of the islands forming... | |
| Gaile McGregor - 1988 - 372 страници
...first entered the coastal waters of North Carolina "we smelt so sweet and so strong a smell, as if we had been in the midst of some delicate garden abounding with all kinds of odoriferous flowers." Later, after landing, they "found the people most gentle, loving, and faithful, voide of all guile... | |
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