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 : Illustrated by Over 100 Engravings, Giving Views of the Principal Towns, Seats of Eminent Men, Public Buildings, Relics of Antiquity, Historic Localities, Natural Scenery, Etc., EtcBabcock & Company, 1845 - 544 страници |
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... court he then directed his steps , dispatched his brother Bartholo- mew to England to solicit the aid of Henry VII . , who being then at peace , was supposed to have leisure to undertake a great enter- prise which promised such renown ...
... court he then directed his steps , dispatched his brother Bartholo- mew to England to solicit the aid of Henry VII . , who being then at peace , was supposed to have leisure to undertake a great enter- prise which promised such renown ...
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... court , and every attention was shown her , both by the queen and many of the nobility . This ex- cellent princess , whose deportment was so far superior to that which the condition of her race would authorize one to expect , that it ...
... court , and every attention was shown her , both by the queen and many of the nobility . This ex- cellent princess , whose deportment was so far superior to that which the condition of her race would authorize one to expect , that it ...
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... court of the company , and returned under seal ; and it was promised that as soon as the government of the colony should once have been well framed and settled , that no orders of court should afterwards bind the colony , unless they ...
... court of the company , and returned under seal ; and it was promised that as soon as the government of the colony should once have been well framed and settled , that no orders of court should afterwards bind the colony , unless they ...
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... court was summoned , and the question of surrender submitted to their consideration , upon which only nine of the ... courts of the company , or a council chosen by the king , so long as they could regulate their own affairs by their own ...
... court was summoned , and the question of surrender submitted to their consideration , upon which only nine of the ... courts of the company , or a council chosen by the king , so long as they could regulate their own affairs by their own ...
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... courts in the different settlements , which was the origin of our county court system . At the first assembly which was held after the return of Wyatt , several acts were passed , which , from the inattention of historians to the ...
... courts in the different settlements , which was the origin of our county court system . At the first assembly which was held after the return of Wyatt , several acts were passed , which , from the inattention of historians to the ...
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Страница 108 - I appeal to any white man to say if ever he entered Logan's cabin hungry, and he gave him not meat; if ever he came cold and naked, and he clothed him not. 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 335 - But the distant finishing which nature has given to the picture, is of a very different character. It is a true contrast to the foreground. It is as placid and delightful, as that is wild and tremendous.
Страница 155 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave. And spread the roof above them, — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amidst the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
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 510 - It will be the duty of the Historian and the Sage in all ages to let no occasion pass of commemorating this illustrious man ; and until time shall be no more will a test of the progress which our race has made in wisdom and in virtue be derived from the veneration paid to the immortal name of WASHINGTON ! APPENDIX.
Страница 91 - ... pass by; when the rapidity of the stream threw it with so much violence against the pole, that it jerked me out into ten feet water: but I fortunately saved myself by catching hold of one of the raft logs. Notwithstanding all our efforts, we could not get to either shore, but were obliged, as we were near an island, to quit our raft and make to it.
Страница 419 - Socrates died like a philosopher" — then pausing, raising his other hand, pressing them, both clasped together, with warmth and energy to his breast, lifting his " sightless balls" to heaven, and pouring his whole soul into his tremulous voice, " but Jesus Christ — like a God...
Страница 418 - It was some time before the tumult had subsided so far as to permit him to proceed. Indeed, judging by the usual, but fallacious standard of my own weakness, I began to be very uneasy for the situation of the preacher. For I could not conceive how he would be able to let his audience down from the height to which he had wound them, without impairing the solemnity and dignity of his subject, or perhaps shocking them by the abruptness of the fall.
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 419 - On a rock, whose haughty brow Frowns o'er old Conway's foaming flood, Robed in the sable garb of woe, With haggard eyes the poet stood (Loose his beard and hoary hair Streamed, like a meteor, to the troubled air); And, with a master's hand and prophet's fire, Struck the deep sorrows of his lyre.