 | Zelia Nuttall - 1914 - 594 דפים
...his first sight of the Pacific in 15/3, he had "besought Almighty G od of His goodness to give liim life and leave to sail once in an English ship in that sea." His prayer partook of the nature of a vow, for Camden states li »in that time forward his mind was... | |
 | Kate Dickinson Sweetser - 1915 - 348 דפים
...a mighty thrill they saw the untried ocean of Drake's dreams, and, "sinking on his knees, he prayed Almighty God of His goodness to give him life and leave to sail once in an English ship on that sea!" He called the other seventeen Englishmen around him, and they stood in silence, strainingtheir... | |
 | 1915 - 770 דפים
...listened to attentively." Moreover, at his first sight of the Pacific in 1573, Drake had "Besought Almighty God of His goodness to give him life and leave to sail once in an English ship on that sea." Our Civilization Itself an Exposition of God's Providence Wherever we view the origins... | |
 | Philip Frederick Alexander - 1916 - 262 דפים
...Spaniards. In 1573 he had seen the Pacific from the top of a high tree in the isthmus, and had prayed God “¿to give him life and leave to sail once in an English ship tipon that sea.” These two events supplied the motives for his voyage of 1577. He set out with a... | |
 | Hutton Webster - 1917 - 408 דפים
...from the top of a high tree obtained his first view of the Pacific. Drake then and there prayed God " to give him life and leave to sail once in an English ship upon that sea." Queen Elizabeth favored his project and furnished him with the means to carry it out.... | |
 | Horace West Household - 1917 - 210 דפים
...upon the height of the watershed, he gazed down upon the Pacific, and then and there he prayed God " to give him life and leave to sail once in an English ship upon that sea." All went well on his voyage home, and he and his fellow adventurers shared the rich... | |
 | Cecil Fairfield Lavell, Charles Edward Payne - 1918 - 440 דפים
...the breeze a very fair day, had seen that sea of which he had heard such golden reports, he besought Almighty God of his goodness to give him life and...in an English ship in that sea. And then calling up the rest of our men he acquainted John Oxenham especially with this his petition and purpose, if it... | |
 | 1920 - 554 דפים
...the Pacific, "that sea of which he had heard such golden reports." Descending, he "knelt and besought Almighty God of his goodness to give him life and...leave to sail once in an English ship in that Sea." Leave was granted him, and in December, 1577, he sailed in the Pelican for the only known gateway,... | |
 | Charles Brunsdon Fletcher - 1919 - 296 דפים
..." on the isthmus, and prayed to be allowed to go himself upon the water at his feet. " He besought Almighty God of His goodness to give him life and leave to sail once in a ship on that sea." He left Plymouth for the newly discovered ocean, and passed through the Straits... | |
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he besought of Almighty God of his goodness to give him life and leave to sail once in an English ship in that sea, and then, calling up all the rest of our men, acquainted John Oxnam especially with this his petition and purpose, if it should please... 
