And it was open war with the Jesuits for which those stouthearted sailors longed.
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John Lothrop Motley Last Updated: February 7, 2009
The government regarded these infant colonies with aversion, and attempted violently to stop the stream of emigration, but could not prevent the population of New England from being largely recruited by stouthearted and Godfearing men from every part of the old England.
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Thomas Babington Macaulay
Injustice seems, however, to have animated the courage of the stouthearted yeomen of Bucks, the sons of the constituents of John Hampden.
"The History of England from the Accession of James II. Volume 1 (of 5)"
Thomas Babington Macaulay