 | Zelia Nuttall - 1914 - 594 דפים
...whom he had especially informed how, after his first sight of the Pacific in 1573, he had "besought Almighty God of His goodness to give him 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 " from that time forward his mind was... | |
 | Zelia Nuttall - 1914 - 614 דפים
...whom he had especially informed how, after his first sight of the Pacific in 1573, he had "besought Almighty God of His goodness to give him life and leave to sail once in an English skip in that sea." His prayer partook of the nature of a vow, for Camden states " from that time forward... | |
 | 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, straining... | |
 | 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 upon that sea." These two events supplied the motives for his voyage of 1577. He set out with a licence... | |
 | Devonshire Association for the Advancement of Science, Literature and Art - 1917 - 582 דפים
...Nombre de Dies, having ascended the " great and goodly high Tree " to view the South Sea, and " besought Almighty God of his goodness to give him life and...leave to sail once in an English ship in that sea." This probably first gave Grenville the idea that the best way to discover the North-West passage was... | |
 | 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... | |
 | Hutton Webster - 1917 - 414 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.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 1918 - 826 דפים
...the South Seas, and with that touch of romantic enthusiasm that redeemed all his piracies, "besought Almighty God of His goodness to give him life and...leave to sail once in an English ship in that sea." Drake arrived in Plymouth on Sunday, 9 Aug. 1573, during sermon-time, when the news of his return «did... | |
 | Giles John Swan - 1918 - 264 דפים
...on the march Panama he came in sight of the Pacific Ocean, and, struck with wonder, prayed to God " to give him life and leave to sail once in an English ship on that sea," — a prayer that was later to be answered. Drake then went back to his ships and spent... | |
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... besought Almighty GOD of His goodness, to give him life and leave to sail once in an English ship, in that sea... 
