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... remained on the spot , until the British sur- rendered , when some other officers and myself bore him into the fort , bleeding , but in triumph . Three loud and long cheers were His now given , and reverberating in the stillness of ...
... remained on the spot , until the British sur- rendered , when some other officers and myself bore him into the fort , bleeding , but in triumph . Three loud and long cheers were His now given , and reverberating in the stillness of ...
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... remained until the picture was finished , but a note was sent the day be- fore Mr. West was to have waited on him , that his Lordship was obliged to attend a Council , and could not say when he should be at leisure . This almost damped ...
... remained until the picture was finished , but a note was sent the day be- fore Mr. West was to have waited on him , that his Lordship was obliged to attend a Council , and could not say when he should be at leisure . This almost damped ...
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... from another source , that having been received by the gentlemen there , it was set up at Stratford Hall , then the mansion of Richard Henry Lee , Esq . , where it remained for many years , until , on 74 THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL REGISTER .
... from another source , that having been received by the gentlemen there , it was set up at Stratford Hall , then the mansion of Richard Henry Lee , Esq . , where it remained for many years , until , on 74 THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL REGISTER .
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where it remained for many years , until , on the erection of a new courthouse , in 1825 , or thereabouts , it was sent by the gen- tleman then holding it to be lodged in that building , where it re- mained until about the beginning of ...
where it remained for many years , until , on the erection of a new courthouse , in 1825 , or thereabouts , it was sent by the gen- tleman then holding it to be lodged in that building , where it re- mained until about the beginning of ...
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... remained , be- coming a great favorite with the good people of that place , and enjoying the hospitality of all the genteel families in it , until the invasion by Admiral Collier and General Matthew , in the follow- ing May . It will be ...
... remained , be- coming a great favorite with the good people of that place , and enjoying the hospitality of all the genteel families in it , until the invasion by Admiral Collier and General Matthew , in the follow- ing May . It will be ...
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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...
Página 34 - Hull, Prepared from his Manuscripts, by his daughter, Mrs. Maria Campbell; together with the History of the Campaign of 1812, and Surrender of the Post of Detroit; by his Grandson, James Freeman Clarke.
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...