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Page 95
... land could not be far distant . And keeping good watch and bearing but slack sail , the fourth of the same month we arrived upon the coast , which we supposed to be a continent and firm land , and we sailed along the same 120 English ...
... land could not be far distant . And keeping good watch and bearing but slack sail , the fourth of the same month we arrived upon the coast , which we supposed to be a continent and firm land , and we sailed along the same 120 English ...
Page 97
... land's side , four arquebus - shot from our ships ; and there two of the people remaining , the third came along the shore side towards us , and we being then all within board , he walked up and down upon the point of the land next unto ...
... land's side , four arquebus - shot from our ships ; and there two of the people remaining , the third came along the shore side towards us , and we being then all within board , he walked up and down upon the point of the land next unto ...
Page 600
... land which we have loved , because it has shown to our opening eyes the brightness of heaven , and the glad- ness of earth ; but the land for which we have hoped and feared , that is to say , for which our bosom has beat with the ...
... land which we have loved , because it has shown to our opening eyes the brightness of heaven , and the glad- ness of earth ; but the land for which we have hoped and feared , that is to say , for which our bosom has beat with the ...
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