The Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Companion, Bände 1-6William Maxwell Virginia Historical Society, 1850 |
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... never to send forth leaves or fruit for mankind any more . " The former we shall gather up with zeal- ous care ; the latter we shall leave to rest where it lies . In short , we do not purpose to go out of the Present into the Past , to ...
... never to send forth leaves or fruit for mankind any more . " The former we shall gather up with zeal- ous care ; the latter we shall leave to rest where it lies . In short , we do not purpose to go out of the Present into the Past , to ...
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... never have seen the light but for the existence of our Society and its con- venient organ . At the same time , this work has done much , and will do more , to popularise the subjects of the History and Biography of our State , and to ...
... never have seen the light but for the existence of our Society and its con- venient organ . At the same time , this work has done much , and will do more , to popularise the subjects of the History and Biography of our State , and to ...
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... never been one prize brought into the country ; so that there is no need for a particular court for that concern . 3. Where the legislative and executive powers of your government 6 CO THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL REGISTER . Virginia in 1671,
... never been one prize brought into the country ; so that there is no need for a particular court for that concern . 3. Where the legislative and executive powers of your government 6 CO THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL REGISTER . Virginia in 1671,
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... never did , nor dare make any , only this , that no sale of land is good and legal , unless within three months after the conveyance it be recorded in the general court , or county courts . 5. What number of horse and foot are within ...
... never did , nor dare make any , only this , that no sale of land is good and legal , unless within three months after the conveyance it be recorded in the general court , or county courts . 5. What number of horse and foot are within ...
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... or since this , we never had one great or small gun sent us , since my coming hither ; nor , I believe , in twenty years before . All that have been sent by his sacred majesty , are still in the 8 THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL REGISTER .
... or since this , we never had one great or small gun sent us , since my coming hither ; nor , I believe , in twenty years before . All that have been sent by his sacred majesty , are still in the 8 THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL REGISTER .
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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...