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 páginas |
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... command of captains Philip Amydas and Arthur Barlow , sailed from the Thames on the 27th of April 1584. About the middle of July they cast anchor at a place cal- led Wococon * on the coast of North Carolina . * Wococon , or Wokoken is ...
... command of captains Philip Amydas and Arthur Barlow , sailed from the Thames on the 27th of April 1584. About the middle of July they cast anchor at a place cal- led Wococon * on the coast of North Carolina . * Wococon , or Wokoken is ...
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... command of Ralph Lane . During his stay at Hatteras he received a visit from Grangana- meo , whose friendship and services the English had much cause to remember . He soon after sailed for England , where he arrived on the 18th of ...
... command of Ralph Lane . During his stay at Hatteras he received a visit from Grangana- meo , whose friendship and services the English had much cause to remember . He soon after sailed for England , where he arrived on the 18th of ...
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... command of a troop of horse . At the siege of Rigal the Ottomans sent a challenge to the Transylvanian army , announc- ing the offer of the lord Turbisha to fight any captain of the christian troops . Thirty of the bravest captains ...
... command of a troop of horse . At the siege of Rigal the Ottomans sent a challenge to the Transylvanian army , announc- ing the offer of the lord Turbisha to fight any captain of the christian troops . Thirty of the bravest captains ...
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... commands of an unfeeling master . Within an hour after his arrival he was drest in haircloth , and sent , with his head shaved and an iron collar about his neck , to work among the slaves of the bashaw . In this hopeless situ- ation his ...
... commands of an unfeeling master . Within an hour after his arrival he was drest in haircloth , and sent , with his head shaved and an iron collar about his neck , to work among the slaves of the bashaw . In this hopeless situ- ation his ...
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... command of captain Christopher Newport . In this voyage captain Smith , whose active mind had already excited the envy of the other adventurers , was arrested on a charge of aim- ing at usurping the power vested in the coun- cil , and ...
... command of captain Christopher Newport . In this voyage captain Smith , whose active mind had already excited the envy of the other adventurers , was arrested on a charge of aim- ing at usurping the power vested in the coun- cil , and ...
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Página 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.
Página 221 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 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
Página 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.