The Courtship of Miles Standish —— And Other Poems

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ISBN: 9781330900826 出版年：2016 页码：96 Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Forgotten Books

Such a party of persecuted Puritans chose as leaders one of their ministers, John Robinson, and their ruling elder, William Brewster, and resolved to seek refuge and religious liberty in Holland. This country was selected on account of its friendly attitude towards Calvinism, a view which harmonized with those of the Puritans; and also on account of the near relations which England as an ally of Holland sustained to this country.