The Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Companion, Bände 1-6William Maxwell Virginia Historical Society, 1850 |
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... took pleasure in recalling every link in the chain of history which connected the place in which we stood with the spot were we were born . We listened , with interest , to an intelligent Scotchman who related anecdotes of the days when ...
... took pleasure in recalling every link in the chain of history which connected the place in which we stood with the spot were we were born . We listened , with interest , to an intelligent Scotchman who related anecdotes of the days when ...
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... took place in the colony during the 168 years of its existence , preceding the American revolution ; and one hundred years exactly before that event . In the contest with the house of Stuart , it only accompanied the steps of the mother ...
... took place in the colony during the 168 years of its existence , preceding the American revolution ; and one hundred years exactly before that event . In the contest with the house of Stuart , it only accompanied the steps of the mother ...
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... took a seperate path and in less than a furlong , either found a cabin , which they ( silently ) surrounded . Capt . Brent went to the Doegs ca- bin ( as it proved to be ) who speaking the Indian tongue called to have a " Matchacomicha ...
... took a seperate path and in less than a furlong , either found a cabin , which they ( silently ) surrounded . Capt . Brent went to the Doegs ca- bin ( as it proved to be ) who speaking the Indian tongue called to have a " Matchacomicha ...
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... took the king of the Doegs son home with him , who lay ten dayes in bed , as one dead , with eyes and mouth shutt , no breath discerned , but his body continuing warm , they believed him yett alive ; th ' aforenamed Capt . Brent ( a ...
... took the king of the Doegs son home with him , who lay ten dayes in bed , as one dead , with eyes and mouth shutt , no breath discerned , but his body continuing warm , they believed him yett alive ; th ' aforenamed Capt . Brent ( a ...
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... took their rout over the head of that river , and thence over the heads of Rappahanock and York rivers , killing whom they found of the upmost plantations untill they came to the head of James river , where ( with Bacon and others ) ...
... took their rout over the head of that river , and thence over the heads of Rappahanock and York rivers , killing whom they found of the upmost plantations untill they came to the head of James river , where ( with Bacon and others ) ...
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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...