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" After a modest salutation, without any word, she turned about, obscured her face, as not seeming well contented ; and in that humour her husband, with divers others, we all left her two or three houres, repenting my selfe to have writ she could speake... "
Works, 1608-1631 - Page 533
by John Smith - 1895
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The True Travels, Adventures and Observations of Captaine Iohn ..., Volume 2

John Smith - 1819 - 318 pages
...deserued; but hearing shee was at Branford with diuers of my friends, I went to see her: After a modest salutation, without any word, she turned about, obscured...others, we all left her two or three houres, repenting myself to haue writ shee could speake English. But not long after, she began to talke, and remembered...
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The British Critic, Volume 23

1825 - 666 pages
...Brandford with divers of my friendes, I went to see her. After a modest salutation, without any word, shee turned about, obscured her face, as not seeming well contented ; and in that humour her husband, with divers others, wee all left her two or three houres, repenting myself to have writ she could speak...
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Historical Notes Respecting the Indians of North America: With Remarks on ...

John Halkett - 1825 - 430 pages
...Branford with divers of my friendes, I went to see her. After a modest salutation, without any word, shee turned about, obscured her face as not seeming well...contented ; and in that humour, her husband, with divers others, wee all left her two or three houres, repenting myself to have writ shee could speake...
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The Library of American Biography

Jared Sparks - 1834 - 454 pages
...hearing she was at Branford [Brentford] with divers of my friends, I went to see her. After a modest salutation, without any word, she turned about, obscured...her face, as not seeming well contented; and in that humor, her husband with divers others, we all left her two or three hours, repenting myself to have...
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The Washington Guide: Containing Capt. John Smith's Account of the ...

William Elliot - 1837 - 350 pages
...deserued ; but hearing shee was at Brauford with diners of my friends ; I went to see her : After a modest salutation, without any word, she turned about, obscured...well contented ; and in that humour her husband, with diners others, we all left her two or three hours, repenting my selfe to have writ she could speak...
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Lives of Eminent Individuals: Celebrated in American History, Volume 1

Jared Sparks - 1839 - 394 pages
...hearing she was at Branford [Brentford] with divers of my friends, I went to see her. After a modest salutation, without any word, she turned about, obscured...face, as not seeming well contented ; and in that humor, her husband with divers others, we all left her two or three hours, repenting myself to have...
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The Life of Captain John Smith: The Founder of Virginia

William Gilmore Simms - 1846 - 428 pages
...nothing, perhaps, for any countenance but his. " After a modest salutation," such is Smith's statement, " without any word she turned about, obscured her face, as not seeming well contented." How much spirit was in that silence ! What feelings were stirring in that untutored but noble bosom,...
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Lives of Eminent Individuals Celebrated in American History: In Three ...

1847 - 394 pages
...hearing she was at Branford [Brentford] with divers of my friends, I went to see her. After a modest salutation, without any word, she turned about, obscured...face, as not seeming well contented ; and in that humor, her husband with divers others, we all left her two or three hours, repenting myself to have...
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The Indian Races of North and South America: Comprising an Account of the ...

Charles De Wolf Brownell - 1853 - 732 pages
...from her adopted father. "After a modest salutation," he says, "without any word, she turned herself about, obscured her face as not seeming well contented...others, we all left her two or three houres, repenting myself to haue writ shee could speake English." This pique, or whatever emotion it may have been, soon...
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The Discoverers, Pioneers, and Settlers of North and South America from the ...

Henry Howard Brownell - 1853 - 734 pages
...Indian sullenness, and with good cause, now showed itself. "In that humour," proceeds the captain, "her husband, with diuers others, we all left her two or three houres, repenting myself to haue writ shee could speake English" (Much better have given at once that affectionate recognition,...
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