Historical Collections of Virginia: Containing a Collection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, &c. Relating to Its History and Antiquities ; Together with Geographical and Statistical Descriptions ; to which is Appended, an Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the District of Columbia ...Wm. R. Babcock, 1852 - 544 страници |
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... American colonies . - Spirited conduct of Virginia thereon . - Patrick Henry's resolution on the right to tax America . - Death of Governor Fauquier . - Arrival of Lord Botte- tourt - Continued aggressions of the mother country ...
... American colonies . - Spirited conduct of Virginia thereon . - Patrick Henry's resolution on the right to tax America . - Death of Governor Fauquier . - Arrival of Lord Botte- tourt - Continued aggressions of the mother country ...
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... America . — England . — Want of Commerce in early times . — Voyages of the Cabots . - Progress of English discovery - Frobisher - Gilbert - Raleigh . - Fail- ure of the Roanoke settlements . THE claims of the Icelanders , the Welsh ...
... America . — England . — Want of Commerce in early times . — Voyages of the Cabots . - Progress of English discovery - Frobisher - Gilbert - Raleigh . - Fail- ure of the Roanoke settlements . THE claims of the Icelanders , the Welsh ...
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... America , which might lead to India , that in twenty - six years from the first discovery of land by Columbus , the Spaniards had visited all of the islands of the West Indies - they had sailed on the eastern coast of America from the ...
... America , which might lead to India , that in twenty - six years from the first discovery of land by Columbus , the Spaniards had visited all of the islands of the West Indies - they had sailed on the eastern coast of America from the ...
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... America , not- withstanding the frequent previous discouraging failures , and cheerfully joined in this new scheme of American colonization . The exertions of these energetic and distinguished individuals speedily raised a company , and ...
... America , not- withstanding the frequent previous discouraging failures , and cheerfully joined in this new scheme of American colonization . The exertions of these energetic and distinguished individuals speedily raised a company , and ...
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... American history . " The map is indeed astonishingly accurate . We cannot forbear adding the corroborating testimony of the dis- tinguished Robertson * upon this subject , which is also quoted and approved by Marshall . † " He brought ...
... American history . " The map is indeed astonishingly accurate . We cannot forbear adding the corroborating testimony of the dis- tinguished Robertson * upon this subject , which is also quoted and approved by Marshall . † " He brought ...
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Страница 108 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it ; I have killed many ; I have fully glutted my vengeance ; for my country 1 rejoice at the beams of peace.
Страница 381 - Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man: This was your husband.
Страница 144 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience, and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.
Страница 410 - Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do" — the voice of the preacher, which had all along faltered, grew fainter and fainter, until, his utterance being entirely obstructed by the force of his feelings, he raised his handkerchief to his eyes, and burst into a loud and irrepressible flood of grief. The effect is inconceivable.
Страница 327 - This scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic. Yet here, as in the neighborhood of the Natural Bridge, are people who have passed their lives within half a dozen miles, and have never been to survey these monuments of a war between rivers and mountains, which must have shaken the earth itself to its centre.
Страница 289 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — (" Treason," cried the Speaker — " treason, treason ", echoed from every part of the House.
Страница 169 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Страница 108 - During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed, and said, 'Logan is the friend of white men.
Страница 99 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Страница 100 - I see their situation, know their danger, and participate their sufferings, without having it in my power to give them further relief, than uncertain promises. In short, I see inevitable destruction in so clear a light, that, unless vigorous measures are taken by the Assembly, and speedy assistance sent from below, the poor inhabitants that are now in forts, must unavoidably fall, while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe.