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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... death rather than of pleasure garnished his halls . The small number of the natives compared with their extent of territory , may to some be a matter of wonder . It is however a circum- stance inseparable from savage life , where the ...
... death rather than of pleasure garnished his halls . The small number of the natives compared with their extent of territory , may to some be a matter of wonder . It is however a circum- stance inseparable from savage life , where the ...
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... death of Granganameo , whose friend- ship to the English had been constant and sin- eere . Many of the Indian chiefs , who had heard of the arrival of the English , began to testify their friendship by presents and by visiting the ...
... death of Granganameo , whose friend- ship to the English had been constant and sin- eere . Many of the Indian chiefs , who had heard of the arrival of the English , began to testify their friendship by presents and by visiting the ...
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... death was still suspended over his head , and was at last executed to ap- pease the wrath of his enemies . He suffered in the sixty - sixth year of his age . His talents and . his virtues merited a better fate , and his 24.
... death was still suspended over his head , and was at last executed to ap- pease the wrath of his enemies . He suffered in the sixty - sixth year of his age . His talents and . his virtues merited a better fate , and his 24.
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... death and the prisoner , whose head she clasped in her arms to shield it from the vengeance of her father . Whether this in- tervention of Pocahontas be imputed to gene- rous sorrow , or the softer sympathies of the mind , I leave to ...
... death and the prisoner , whose head she clasped in her arms to shield it from the vengeance of her father . Whether this in- tervention of Pocahontas be imputed to gene- rous sorrow , or the softer sympathies of the mind , I leave to ...
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... death a daughter , who was mar- ried to colonel Robert Bolling , from whom are descended many reputable families . Thus while the government of Powhatan has crumbled into dust under the arms of European invaders , the imperial blood has ...
... death a daughter , who was mar- ried to colonel Robert Bolling , from whom are descended many reputable families . Thus while the government of Powhatan has crumbled into dust under the arms of European invaders , the imperial blood has ...
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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.