Henry Hudson
Henry Hudson
Sir Henry Hudsonwas an English sea explorer and navigator in the early 17th century...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionExplorer
Date of Birth12 September 1575
dagger felt handle heart
That was a dagger in the heart to them. It felt like they couldn't handle it (the game) after that.
coming food red served sit spread
On our coming into the house, two mats were spread our to sit upon, and some food was immediately served in well-made red wooden bowls.
glorious majesty might northern regard search undertake
With regard to the northern passage, your majesty might undertake the search openly, and in your majesty's name, as a glorious enterprise.
nature flower ivy
I am not a lover of lawns. Rather would I see daisies in their thousands, ground ivy, hawkweed, and even the hated plantain with tall stems, and dandelions with splendid flowers and fairy down, than the too - well-tended lawn.
sea green woods
There are few places in England where you can get so much wildness and desolation of sea and sandhills, wood, green marsh and grey saltings as at Wells in Norfolk.
dragons white world
There are many Green Dragons in this world of wayside inns, even as there are many White Harts, Red Lions, Silent Women and other incredible things...
cities joy soul
For here the religion that languishes in crowded cities or steals shame-faced to hide itself in dim churches, flourishes greatly, filling the soul with a solemn joy. Face to face with Nature on the vast hills at eventide, who does not feel himself near to the Unseen?