The Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Companion, Bände 1-6William Maxwell Virginia Historical Society, 1850 |
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... enemy knew the sound- ings , he could keep out of the danger of the best guns in Europe . His majesty , in the time of the Dutch warr , sent us thirty great guns , most of which were lost in the ship that brought them . Before , or ...
... enemy knew the sound- ings , he could keep out of the danger of the best guns in Europe . His majesty , in the time of the Dutch warr , sent us thirty great guns , most of which were lost in the ship that brought them . Before , or ...
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... bring on a rum- pus between us and the enemy , but whether it will or not , time only can shew . It is believed by many , that the troops are preparing for a removal from Boston - it being 26 THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL REGISTER .
... bring on a rum- pus between us and the enemy , but whether it will or not , time only can shew . It is believed by many , that the troops are preparing for a removal from Boston - it being 26 THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL REGISTER .
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... enemy's when coming nigh a ffort of ffriend Indi- ans , on th ' other side a branch of James river , they desired reliefe offering paym't which these Indians kindly promis- ed to help them with on the morrow , but put them off with ...
... enemy's when coming nigh a ffort of ffriend Indi- ans , on th ' other side a branch of James river , they desired reliefe offering paym't which these Indians kindly promis- ed to help them with on the morrow , but put them off with ...
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... enemy Indians , she spake to th ' interpreter to inform her what the chairman said , ( tho ' we believed she under- stood him ) he told us she bid him ask son to whom the English tongue was familiar , and who was reputed the son of an ...
... enemy Indians , she spake to th ' interpreter to inform her what the chairman said , ( tho ' we believed she under- stood him ) he told us she bid him ask son to whom the English tongue was familiar , and who was reputed the son of an ...
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... enemy in the same grave with his own tribe . The slain of the other party would either be left to bleach on the ground ; or be burned , or thrown in the creek . The mound may , however , have been a place of regular burial for a long ...
... enemy in the same grave with his own tribe . The slain of the other party would either be left to bleach on the ground ; or be burned , or thrown in the creek . The mound may , however , have been a place of regular burial for a long ...
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Accompt afterwards Alexander Spotswood American answer appears appointed Assembly Bacon Barron British Byrd called Capt Champe Charles church College Colonel Colony command Commodore Congress copy Council Court Creek Dear enemy England father friends Gen'll gentlemen Governor Governor of Virginia hand Henry Honour hope horse House of Burgesses Hugh Drysdale hundred Indians interest James Barron James River James town Josiah Parker King Lady land late letter Lewis Lord Majesty Majesty's Mason meeting miles militia never Norfolk occasion officers patriotic persons piculs plantation Pocahontas present President received Richmond Robert Robert Bolling Samuel Samuel Barron sent ship Society soon Speaker speech Staunton Temperance thing Thomas tion tobacco town troops vessel VIRGINIA HISTORICAL Virginia Historical Society Washington William William Byrd Williamsburg wou'd York
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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...