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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... proceeded to de- clare the government vacant by the voluntary abdication of sir William Berkeley . They also declared the power of the people to supply the vacancy until the pleasure of the king should be known . Writs were afterwards ...
... proceeded to de- clare the government vacant by the voluntary abdication of sir William Berkeley . They also declared the power of the people to supply the vacancy until the pleasure of the king should be known . Writs were afterwards ...
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... proceeded to form a kind of intrench- ment to defend them from the attacks of the loyalists , and having completed their works about midnight retired to rest . They were not allowed long repose . The governor with all his force , which ...
... proceeded to form a kind of intrench- ment to defend them from the attacks of the loyalists , and having completed their works about midnight retired to rest . They were not allowed long repose . The governor with all his force , which ...
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... the exception of Bacon alone , who was now beyond the reach of human justice . Finding the governor inflexible , the commis- sioners proceeded to open their court for hear- ing and determining grievances . The joy that diffused itself 83.
... the exception of Bacon alone , who was now beyond the reach of human justice . Finding the governor inflexible , the commis- sioners proceeded to open their court for hear- ing and determining grievances . The joy that diffused itself 83.
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... proceeded to destroy the English forts and trading houses before they could be re- lieved by the colonial troops . In the fort at Logstown they found stores and furs to the value of twenty thousand pounds . The fort which had been ...
... proceeded to destroy the English forts and trading houses before they could be re- lieved by the colonial troops . In the fort at Logstown they found stores and furs to the value of twenty thousand pounds . The fort which had been ...
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... proceeded to Will's Creek , afterwards called Fort Cumberland , where they were detained waiting for their baggage until the month of June . Owing to the badness of the roads , the transportation of their baggage presented one of the ...
... proceeded to Will's Creek , afterwards called Fort Cumberland , where they were detained waiting for their baggage until the month of June . Owing to the badness of the roads , the transportation of their baggage presented one of the ...
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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.