The Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Companion, Volumes 1-6William Maxwell Virginia Historical Society, 1850 - Virginia |
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... tion for this service . At the same time , we must say again , that we are not exactly antiquaries , ( as some would have us , ) but only lovers of historic lore . We have no thought , certainly , of going out of the warm and sensible ...
... tion for this service . At the same time , we must say again , that we are not exactly antiquaries , ( as some would have us , ) but only lovers of historic lore . We have no thought , certainly , of going out of the warm and sensible ...
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... tion thanking Mr. Burwell for his able and interesting dis- course , and requesting a copy of it for preservation in the archives , and for publication , along with the Proceedings of the Meeting , by the Executive Committee ; which was ...
... tion thanking Mr. Burwell for his able and interesting dis- course , and requesting a copy of it for preservation in the archives , and for publication , along with the Proceedings of the Meeting , by the Executive Committee ; which was ...
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... tion or building of fforts . What monies can be spared out of the publick revenue , we yearly lay out in ammunition . 11. What are the boundaries and contents of the land , within your government ? Answer . As for the boundaries of our ...
... tion or building of fforts . What monies can be spared out of the publick revenue , we yearly lay out in ammunition . 11. What are the boundaries and contents of the land , within your government ? Answer . As for the boundaries of our ...
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... tion in a growing country . 16. What number of English , Scots or Irish have for these seven yeares last past come yearly to plant and inha- bite within your government , as also what blacks or slaves have been brought in within the ...
... tion in a growing country . 16. What number of English , Scots or Irish have for these seven yeares last past come yearly to plant and inha- bite within your government , as also what blacks or slaves have been brought in within the ...
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... tion to let the importers know that it is the opinion and request of the country that such goods shall not be opened or stored , but reshipped to the place from whence they came : And in case of refusal , without any manner of vio ...
... tion to let the importers know that it is the opinion and request of the country that such goods shall not be opened or stored , but reshipped to the place from whence they came : And in case of refusal , without any manner of vio ...
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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...