Fortunate is the hero who links his name romantically with that of a woman. A tender interest in his fame is assured. Still more fortunate is he if he is able to record his own achievements and give to them that form and color and importance which they assume in his own gallant conscious-ness. Captain John Smith, the first of an honored name, had this double good fortune. We are indebted to him for the glowing picture of a knight-errant of the sixteenth century, moving with the port of a swash-buckler across the field of vision, wherever cities were to be taken and heads cracked in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and, in the language of one of his laureates-

Medios de comunicación	Libros Hardcover Book (Libro con lomo y cubierta duros)
Publicado	30 de diciembre de 2007
ISBN13	9781421897301
Editores	1st World Library - Literary Society
Páginas	120
Dimensiones	140 × 216 × 11 mm · 290 g
Lengua	English
Colaborador	1stworld Library

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