The Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Companion, Volumes 1-6William Maxwell Virginia Historical Society, 1850 - Virginia |
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... remains , which may still be found in the old family vault of de- parted Time . These things , we admit , have their value and their interest in our eyes ; but they are by no means particularly agreeable to our taste , and we readily leave.
... remains , which may still be found in the old family vault of de- parted Time . These things , we admit , have their value and their interest in our eyes ; but they are by no means particularly agreeable to our taste , and we readily leave.
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... leaves or fruit for mankind any more . " The former we shall gather up with zeal- ous care ; the latter we shall leave to rest where it lies . In short , we do not purpose to go out of the Present into the Past , to become resident ...
... leaves or fruit for mankind any more . " The former we shall gather up with zeal- ous care ; the latter we shall leave to rest where it lies . In short , we do not purpose to go out of the Present into the Past , to become resident ...
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... Leaves from Old Authors - cotemporaries of our fathers at different peri- ods of our history - which we think they may find agree- able , both for illustration and relief . At the same time , we shall continue to favor them with any ...
... Leaves from Old Authors - cotemporaries of our fathers at different peri- ods of our history - which we think they may find agree- able , both for illustration and relief . At the same time , we shall continue to favor them with any ...
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... leave to prove his importation , which was granted him : and thereupon he made oath that , at his own charge , he had imported himself , Elizabeth his wife , William his son , and Lettica and Ann his daughters , immediately from Ire ...
... leave to prove his importation , which was granted him : and thereupon he made oath that , at his own charge , he had imported himself , Elizabeth his wife , William his son , and Lettica and Ann his daughters , immediately from Ire ...
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... leave it some time next week , but of this , I can't yet be certain . I beg to be tenderly remembered to my children , and am , with my compliments to my cousins and yourself , Dear Sir , Your affectionate and obedient servant , To MR ...
... leave it some time next week , but of this , I can't yet be certain . I beg to be tenderly remembered to my children , and am , with my compliments to my cousins and yourself , Dear Sir , Your affectionate and obedient servant , To MR ...
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Page 140 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare with the English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 58 - I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be run for not without dust and heat.
Page 228 - This shall be written for the generation to come; and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.
Page 83 - Or painful to his slumbers: easy, sweet, And as a purling stream, thou son of Night, Pass by his troubled senses; sing his pain Like hollow murmuring wind, or silver rain: Into this prince, gently, oh gently slide, And kiss him into slumbers, like a bride.
Page 57 - tis not to adorn and gild each part, That shows more cost than art. Jewels at nose and lips but ill appear ; Rather than all things wit, let none be there. Several lights will not be seen, If there be nothing else between. Men doubt, because they stand so thick i' th' sky, If those be stars which paint the galaxy.
Page 13 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these, hundred years ; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both l William Waller Hening, Statutes at Large (New York, 1823), II, 511-517.
Page 31 - Resolved unanimously, That a committee be appointed to prepare a declaration of rights, and such a plan of government as will be most likely to maintain peace and order in this colony, and secure substantial and equal liberty to the people.
Page 37 - The historic muse, Proud of the treasure, marches with it down To latest times ; and Sculpture, in her turn, Gives bond in stone and ever-during brass To guard them, and to immortalize her trust.
Page 57 - Of Law there can be no less acknowledged than that her seat is the bosom of God ; her voice the harmony of the world. All things in heaven and earth do her homage ; the very least as feeling her care, and the greatest as not exempted from her power.
Page 20 - ... which are, or shall hereafter be, taxed by act of parliament, for the purpose of raising a revenue in America...