Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . ith the death of King Philip andalmost the entire destruction of the savages. About a year afterward, the venerable hero, the friend of the ?oppressed everywhere, and the founder of Rhode Island, passed quietlyaway. Roger Williams was bom at Conwyl Cayo, Wales, in the year difd at Providence, Rhode Island, in 1683. 252 HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. QUESTIONS. What was the most important colony that settled in New England ?Can you mention some of the most distinguished Pilgrims ?
Great Americans and their noble deeds; containing the lives of almost fifty of our nation's heroes and heroines .. . ith the death of King Philip andalmost the entire destruction of the savages. About a year afterward, the venerable hero, the friend of the ?oppressed everywhere, and the founder of Rhode Island, passed quietlyaway. Roger Williams was bom at Conwyl Cayo, Wales, in the year difd at Providence, Rhode Island, in 1683. 252 HENRY W. LONGFELLOW. QUESTIONS. What was the most important colony that settled in New England ?Can you mention some of the most distinguished Pilgrims ? Who wasRoger Williams ? How was he received by the New England Puritans ?What was his feeling toward the Indians ? What did the Puritans do toget rid of him ? What Indian chief became friendly to Williams ? Whenbanished where did Williams go ? What meaning was given to the nameof Providence ? Can you give some account of the Indians and the warsbetween them and the white settlers ? What became of Roger Williamsin his old age ? Where was he born and when did he die ? iJ^ IIENEY W. LONGFELLOW THE FAYOEITE OU have told us nothing about our American poets,said Mabel. Elsie and I have been talking of someof them, and we would like to know more about was not unwilling to be informed on thissubject and united his request with that of Frank said he was glad to find his youngfriends interested in poets and poetry, and would tellthem of Longfellow. He is the most widely popular of Americanpoets, said Uncle Frank. His beautiful, refined and gentle poems areread by all ages and all classes of people, wherever the English languageis spoken. His father was an eminent lawyer in Portland, Maine; hismother was fond of music and poetry, and it was from her, Longfellowbelieved, that he inherited his imagination and taste for romance. Whenhe was only eight months old his mother wrote of him, He is an activerogue, and wishes for nothing so much as singing and dancing.
Size: 1351px × 1850px
Photo credit: © The Reading Room / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookdecade1900, bookidgreatamerica, bookyear1901
