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" Our men were destroyed with cruel diseases, as swellings, flixes, burning fevers, and by wars; and some departed suddenly. But for the most part they died of mere famine. There were never Englishmen left in a foreign country in such misery as we were,... "
The Colonies, 1492-1750 - Page 71
by Reuben Gold Thwaites - 1890 - 301 pages
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The United States of America: Their History from the Earliest ..., Volume 1

Hugh Murray - United States - 1844 - 410 pages
...disease so widely, that there were often not ten men fit for service. " There were never," says Percy, " Englishmen left in a foreign country in such misery as we were." Before autumn, fifty died, nearly half their number, among whom was Gosnold, the projector of the settlement....
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The Book of the Colonies: Comprising a History of the Colonies Composing the ...

John Frost - United States - 1846 - 336 pages
...so widely, that there were 8* often not ten men fit for service. " There were never," says Percy, " Englishmen left in a foreign country, in such misery as we were." Before autumn, fifty died, nearly half their number, among whom was Gosnold, the projector of the settlement....
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The Pictorial History of the American Revolution: With a Sketch of the Early ...

Robert Sears - United States - 1847 - 470 pages
...disease so widely, that there were often not ten men fit for service. " There were never," says Percy, " Englishmen left in a foreign country in such misery as we were." Before autumn, fifty died, nearly half their number, among whom was Gosnold, the projector of the settlement....
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The Pictorial History of the American Revolution: With a Sketch of the Early ...

Robert Sears - United States - 1850 - 448 pages
...disease so widely, that there were often not ten men fit for service. " There were never," says Percy, " Englishmen left in a foreign country in such misery as we were." Before autumn, fifty died, nearly half their number, among whom was Gosnold, the projector of the settlement....
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"A Discourse of Virginia."

Edward Maria Wingfield - Virginia - 1860 - 50 pages
...litle ioye to trauell abroad w h out pasports. fevers — and by wars, and some departed suddenly; but, for the most part, they died of mere famine....foreign country in such misery as we were in this new-discovered Virginia. We watched every three nights, lying on the bare, cold ground, what weather...
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Archaeologia Americana: Transactions and Collections of the ..., Volume 4

American Antiquarian Society - United States - 1860 - 378 pages
...cruel diseases — as swellings, fluxes, burning fevers — and by wars, and some departed suddenly; but, for the most part, they died of mere famine....foreign country in such misery as we were in this new-discovered Virginia. We watched every three nights, lying on the bure, cold ground, what weather...
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Transactions and Collections of the American Antiquarian Society, Volume 4

American Antiquarian Society - Roanoke Colony - 1860 - 378 pages
...cruel diseases — as swellings, fluxes, burning fevers — and by wars, and some departed suddenly; but, for the most part, they died of mere famine....foreign country in such misery as we were in this new-discovered Virginia. We watched every three nights, lying on the bare, cold ground, what weather...
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Hearts of oak

William Noel Sainsbury - 1871 - 380 pages
...cruel diseases — as swellings, fluxes, burning fevers, and by wars, and some departed suddenly ; but, for the most part, they died of mere famine....misery as we were, in this new discovered Virginia. We watched every three nights, lying on the bare, cold ground, what weather soever came ; warded all...
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The Heroes of Young America

Ascott Robert Hope Moncrieff - United States - 1877 - 368 pages
...Tapley found it difficult to be jolly. One of them* has left us a woeful tale of their sufferings. " For the most part they died of mere famine. There...misery as we were in this new discovered Virginia. We watched every three nights lying on the bare cold ground, what weather soever came, warded all next...
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A History of American Literature [during the Colonial Time] ...

Moses Coit Tyler - American literature - 1890 - 664 pages
...with cruel diseases, as swellings, flixes, burning fevers, and by wars ; and some departed suddenly. But for the most part they died of mere famine. There...misery as we were, in this new discovered Virginia. We watched every three nights lying on the bare cold ground, what weather soever came ; warded all...
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