 | 1801 - 622 pagine
...issue of this rash enterprise proved quite as unfortunate as it was predicted. Mr. Darby had em* barked in it his whole fortune, and it failed. The noble...settlement, murdered many of his people, and turned the produce of their toil adrift on the merciless ocean. This great misfortune was followed by other commercial... | |
 | 1826 - 338 pagine
...murdered many of his people, and turned the produce of their toil adrift on the wide and mercilesa ocean. The noble patrons of his plan deceived him in their...assurances of marine protection, and the island of promise presented a scene of barbarous desolation. This misfortune was rapidly followed by other commercial... | |
 | Mary Robinson - 1827 - 172 pagine
...murdered many of his people, and turned the produce of their toil adrift on the wide and merciless ocean. The noble patrons of his plan deceived him in their...assurances of marine protection, and the island of promise presented a scene of barbarous desolation. This misfortune was rapidly followed by other commercial... | |
 | Mary Robinson - 1894 - 324 pagine
...murdered many of his people, and turned the produce of their toil adrift on the wide and merciless ocean. The noble patrons of his plan deceived him in their...assurances of marine protection, and the island of promise presented a scene of barbarous desolation. This misfortune was rapidly followed 3 by other commercial... | |
 | Paul Keen - 2004 - 380 pagine
...murdered many of his people, and turned the produce of their toil adrift on the wide and merciless ocean. The noble patrons of his plan deceived him in their assurances of marine protection, and die island of promise presented a scene of barbarous desolation. This misfortune was rapidly followed... | |
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... but in vain: the first shock was followed by calamities of a different nature. The scheme in which my father had embarked his fortune failed, the Indians rose in a body, burst his settlement, murdered many of his people, and turned the produce of... 