The Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Companion, Volúmenes 1-2Virginia Historical Society, 1848 |
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... rivers and brooks , all running most pleasantly into a fair Bay , compassed , except at its mouth , with fruitful and delightsome land . " Such is the picture drawn by one , who had explored the four quarters of the globe , of the rich ...
... rivers and brooks , all running most pleasantly into a fair Bay , compassed , except at its mouth , with fruitful and delightsome land . " Such is the picture drawn by one , who had explored the four quarters of the globe , of the rich ...
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... has surrounded us in a fruitful soil and climate and rivers teeming with abundance , by lessen * Milton , in his History of England . ing the motives to industrious occupation , have insensibly form- 1 * THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL REGISTER .
... has surrounded us in a fruitful soil and climate and rivers teeming with abundance , by lessen * Milton , in his History of England . ing the motives to industrious occupation , have insensibly form- 1 * THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL REGISTER .
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... river , called by the natives Powhatan , but which Captain Newport named James River , after his sovereign . Up this river they sailed about 40 miles from its mouth , in search of a proper place whereon to plant the intended Colony ...
... river , called by the natives Powhatan , but which Captain Newport named James River , after his sovereign . Up this river they sailed about 40 miles from its mouth , in search of a proper place whereon to plant the intended Colony ...
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in a peninsula on the northern side of the river , connected with the mainland by a narrow isthmus of naked sand , easily to be defended against any attack , let it come from what quarter it might . Here the adventurers landed on the ...
in a peninsula on the northern side of the river , connected with the mainland by a narrow isthmus of naked sand , easily to be defended against any attack , let it come from what quarter it might . Here the adventurers landed on the ...
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... river , at its mouth , had been discovered , and called by the name it still bears - Point Comfort . Taking this well known and well- established position as a starting point , the new charter granted to the company " all those lands ...
... river , at its mouth , had been discovered , and called by the name it still bears - Point Comfort . Taking this well known and well- established position as a starting point , the new charter granted to the company " all those lands ...
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Página 221 - Upon whose grassless floor of red-brown hue, By sheddings from the pining umbrage tinged Perennially — beneath whose sable roof Of boughs, as if for festal purpose decked With unrejoicing berries — ghostly Shapes May meet at noontide; Fear and trembling Hope, Silence and Foresight; Death the Skeleton And Time the Shadow...
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Página 137 - Example is the school of mankind, and they will learn at no other.
Página 170 - But why despair ? Twice hast thou lived already ; Twice shone among the nations of the world, As the sun shines among the lesser lights Of heaven ; an'd shalt again. The hour shall come When they who think to bind the ethereal spirit, Who, like the eagle cowering o'er his prey, Watch with quick eye, and strike and strike again If but a sinew vibrate, shall confess Their wisdom folly.
Página 18 - Come on, sir. Now you set your foot on shore In Novo Orbe ; here's the rich Peru : And there within, sir, are the golden mines, Great Solomon's Ophir!
Página 170 - Who, like the eagle cowering o'er his prey, Watch with quick eye, and strike and strike again If but a sinew vibrate, shall confess Their wisdom folly. Even now the flame Bursts forth where once it burnt so gloriously, And, dying, left a...
Página 235 - The more I am acquainted with agricultural affairs, the better I am pleased with them; insomuch, that I can no where find so great satisfaction as in those innocent and useful pursuits. In indulging these feelings; I am led to reflect how much more delightful to an undebauched mind, is the task of making improvements on the earth, than all the vain glory which can be acquired from ravaging it, by the most uninterrupted career of conquests.
Página 200 - A lily of a day Is fairer far in May Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
Página 41 - Why this Will lug your priests and servants from your sides; Pluck stout men's pillows from below their heads...
Página 16 - Point of Cape Comfort, all along the Sea Coast, to the Southward two hundred Miles, and all that Space and Circuit of Land, lying from the Sea Coast of the Precinct aforesaid, up into the Land, throughout from Sea to Sea, West, and Northwest...