A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781: With Biographical Sketches of All the Most Distinguished Characters that Occur in the Colonial, Revolutionary, Or Subsequent Period of Our HistoryJ. W. Campbell, 1813 - 310 страница |
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... chief discovered no apprehensions from the intrusion of the strangers , but invited them to sit down on his mat with him and his attendants . After this first interview frequent visits were made by the natives , chiefly for the purpose ...
... chief discovered no apprehensions from the intrusion of the strangers , but invited them to sit down on his mat with him and his attendants . After this first interview frequent visits were made by the natives , chiefly for the purpose ...
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... chief , who was long the most powerful rival , and most implacable foe , with whom the English had to contend , extended over that part of the country that lies south of the Potowmack betwixt the coast and the falls of the CHAPTER II. ...
... chief , who was long the most powerful rival , and most implacable foe , with whom the English had to contend , extended over that part of the country that lies south of the Potowmack betwixt the coast and the falls of the CHAPTER II. ...
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... chiefs , the calf of whose leg , he says , measured three quarters of a yard in circumference . Their complexion in infancy is white , but in riper age it becomes a Trumbull estimates their population at sixteen thousand . See his ...
... chiefs , the calf of whose leg , he says , measured three quarters of a yard in circumference . Their complexion in infancy is white , but in riper age it becomes a Trumbull estimates their population at sixteen thousand . See his ...
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... chief of this tribe amused the English with an account of a cop- per mine and pearl fishery , and a marvellous description of the source of the Roanoke , which he said gushed from a rock on the borders of a great ocean . The credulous ...
... chief of this tribe amused the English with an account of a cop- per mine and pearl fishery , and a marvellous description of the source of the Roanoke , which he said gushed from a rock on the borders of a great ocean . The credulous ...
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... chiefs , who had heard of the arrival of the English , began to testify their friendship by presents and by visiting the colony , accompanied by numbers of their sub- jects . The king of the island however , whose name was Wingina , did ...
... chiefs , who had heard of the arrival of the English , began to testify their friendship by presents and by visiting the colony , accompanied by numbers of their sub- jects . The king of the island however , whose name was Wingina , did ...
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Страница 150 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it. I have killed many. I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Страница 221 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Страница 220 - That all men are by nature equally free and independent, and have certain inherent rights, of which, when they enter into a state of society, they cannot, by any compact, deprive or divest their posterity, namely, the enjoyment of life and liberty, with the means of acquiring and possessing property...
Страница 150 - 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 222 - ... of the people, they should, at fixed periods, be reduced to a private station, return into that body from which they were originally taken, and the vacancies be supplied by frequent, certain, and regular elections, in which all, or any part of the former members to be again eligible or ineligible, as the laws shall direct.
Страница 2 - An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the times therein mentioned." And also to the act, entitled " An Act supplementary to an Act, entitled, " An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of maps, charts, and books, to the authors and proprietors of such copies during the time therein mentioned," and extending the benefits thereof to the arts of designing, engraving, and...
Страница 225 - 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 225 - 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 practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity, towards each other.
Страница 222 - That elections of members to serve as representatives of the people, in assembly, ought to be free; and that all men, having sufficient evidence of permanent common interest with, and attachment to, the community, have the right
Страница 224 - That in controversies, respecting property, and in suits between man and man, the ancient trial by jury is preferable to any other, and ought to be held sacred.