The Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Companion, Bände 1-6William Maxwell Virginia Historical Society, 1850 |
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... by the hono- rable bodies which compose our General Assembly , who must share his sentiments , and will , perhaps , anticipate our application by their own prompt and spontaneous action in the 4 THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL REGISTER ,
... by the hono- rable bodies which compose our General Assembly , who must share his sentiments , and will , perhaps , anticipate our application by their own prompt and spontaneous action in the 4 THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL REGISTER ,
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... Body of Merchants , assembled in this city . WE E his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects of Vir- ginia , declaring our inviolable and unshaken fidelity and attachment to our gracious sovereign , our affection for all our fellow ...
... Body of Merchants , assembled in this city . WE E his Majesty's most dutiful and loyal subjects of Vir- ginia , declaring our inviolable and unshaken fidelity and attachment to our gracious sovereign , our affection for all our fellow ...
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... body , when called together by their Chairman , be appointed to take under their consideration the general state of the trade in this colony , and report to the associ- ation , at their next meeting , a list of such other manufac- tures ...
... body , when called together by their Chairman , be appointed to take under their consideration the general state of the trade in this colony , and report to the associ- ation , at their next meeting , a list of such other manufac- tures ...
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... body's attention so entirely engrossed by the Boston affair , that I have as yet done nothing respecting my charter - rights and , I am afraid , shall not this week . A dissolution of the House of Burgesses is generally ex- pected ; but ...
... body's attention so entirely engrossed by the Boston affair , that I have as yet done nothing respecting my charter - rights and , I am afraid , shall not this week . A dissolution of the House of Burgesses is generally ex- pected ; but ...
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... bodies had been laid there ; and they were close , side by side . All the bones had mouldered down to dust . But judging from the length of the grave as marked by the colored dust , they had been of unusually large size . They had been ...
... bodies had been laid there ; and they were close , side by side . All the bones had mouldered down to dust . But judging from the length of the grave as marked by the colored dust , they had been of unusually large size . They had been ...
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Seite 140 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare with the English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Seite 58 - I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be run for not without dust and heat.
Seite 228 - This shall be written for the generation to come; and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.
Seite 83 - Or painful to his slumbers: easy, sweet, And as a purling stream, thou son of Night, Pass by his troubled senses; sing his pain Like hollow murmuring wind, or silver rain: Into this prince, gently, oh gently slide, And kiss him into slumbers, like a bride.
Seite 57 - tis not to adorn and gild each part, That shows more cost than art. Jewels at nose and lips but ill appear ; Rather than all things wit, let none be there. Several lights will not be seen, If there be nothing else between. Men doubt, because they stand so thick i' th' sky, If those be stars which paint the galaxy.
Seite 13 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these, hundred years ; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both l William Waller Hening, Statutes at Large (New York, 1823), II, 511-517.
Seite 31 - Resolved unanimously, That a committee be appointed to prepare a declaration of rights, and such a plan of government as will be most likely to maintain peace and order in this colony, and secure substantial and equal liberty to the people.
Seite 37 - The historic muse, Proud of the treasure, marches with it down To latest times ; and Sculpture, in her turn, Gives bond in stone and ever-during brass To guard them, and to immortalize her trust.
Seite 57 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power.
Seite 20 - ... which are, or shall hereafter be, taxed by act of parliament, for the purpose of raising a revenue in America...