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 |
No interior do livro
Resultados 1-5 de 34
Página 4
... important to all : To the statesman who wishes to trace from their foundations our political institutions and the great fabric of our government ; -to the philosopher who delights to review the gradations of civil society and the ...
... important to all : To the statesman who wishes to trace from their foundations our political institutions and the great fabric of our government ; -to the philosopher who delights to review the gradations of civil society and the ...
Página 5
... importance than that of her sister colonies . The early date of her origin , and the singular adventures and achievements of her first settlers : the important part she acted in the great struggle for liberty , and the illustri- ous ...
... importance than that of her sister colonies . The early date of her origin , and the singular adventures and achievements of her first settlers : the important part she acted in the great struggle for liberty , and the illustri- ous ...
Página 6
... importance to the historian , who may have leisure to exa- mine and patience to select . To others he is indebted for aid , which , although he may have neglected to acknowledge , he is not willing to forget . THE HISTORY OF VIRGINIA ...
... importance to the historian , who may have leisure to exa- mine and patience to select . To others he is indebted for aid , which , although he may have neglected to acknowledge , he is not willing to forget . THE HISTORY OF VIRGINIA ...
Página 36
... parts of the country , and enabled him to make important discoveries . In one of these excur- sions he discovered the people of Chickaho- mony . In another he procured a quantity of corn , as a ransom for an idol which he 36.
... parts of the country , and enabled him to make important discoveries . In one of these excur- sions he discovered the people of Chickaho- mony . In another he procured a quantity of corn , as a ransom for an idol which he 36.
Página 67
... attachment to a throne which they had lately abjured , and from which they had not always received the most conci- liating treatment . During the short administration of Samuel Matthews nothing of importance can be found to relate . 67.
... attachment to a throne which they had lately abjured , and from which they had not always received the most conci- liating treatment . During the short administration of Samuel Matthews nothing of importance can be found to relate . 67.
Outras edições - Ver tudo
A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781: With ... John Wilson Campbell Visualização integral - 1813 |
A History of Virginia From Its Discovery Till the Year 1781. With ... John Wilson Campbell,Moses Hoge Pré-visualização indisponível - 2018 |
A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781. with ... John Wilson Campbell,Moses Hoge Pré-visualização indisponível - 2017 |
Palavras e frases frequentes
affairs afterwards American Biography appointed arms army arrived in Virginia assembly attack battle Blair body British captain Smith chief church civil colonel colonists colony command committee congress convention Cornwallis coun court death defence delegates despatched destroyed detachment died Edmund Edmund Pendleton elected enemy England English expedition Fayette force formed French George George Yeardley ginia governor of Virginia gress Henry history of Virginia honour house of burgesses hundred Indians insurgents James river Jamestown John killed king land length liberty lord Dunmore ment Middle Plantation military militia monarch Monongahela natives Newport Opechancanough party peace Powhatan Powhatan confederacy preached present president prisoners proceeded Quesne received regiment religion retreat returned to England Richard Henry Lee Richmond sailed savage sent settlements sion sir William Berkeley soon succeeded thousand tion took town tribes troops vernment Washington Williamsburg wounded York
Passagens conhecidas
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.