The Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Advertiser, Volumes 1-2William Maxwell 1848 |
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... important and interesting ob- ject , by diffusing useful and entertaining information relating to the history of our State . In pursuing this design , after publishing the Proceedings of the Society at its annual meetings , and at other ...
... important and interesting ob- ject , by diffusing useful and entertaining information relating to the history of our State . In pursuing this design , after publishing the Proceedings of the Society at its annual meetings , and at other ...
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... important things . We are pleased , therefore , to know that we have a few friends more zealous and erudite in these minutia " aid and com- curiose , than we pretend to be , who will give us fort " in this department of our work . 2 an ...
... important things . We are pleased , therefore , to know that we have a few friends more zealous and erudite in these minutia " aid and com- curiose , than we pretend to be , who will give us fort " in this department of our work . 2 an ...
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... importance of these objects , appealing so strongly to every Virginian heart , which made the venerable and illustrious Marshall lay aside , for the moment , his judicial robes , and descend with alacrity from the Bench of the Supreme ...
... importance of these objects , appealing so strongly to every Virginian heart , which made the venerable and illustrious Marshall lay aside , for the moment , his judicial robes , and descend with alacrity from the Bench of the Supreme ...
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... important subject of the revisal of the Crimi- nal Code is now before the able Committee of Courts of Justice of the House of Delegates , who will report upon it before long ; and it is thought that this code will be discussed and ...
... important subject of the revisal of the Crimi- nal Code is now before the able Committee of Courts of Justice of the House of Delegates , who will report upon it before long ; and it is thought that this code will be discussed and ...
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William Maxwell. WASHINGTON . We have nothing very important from the City . Congress and the Supreme Court , are of ... importance has yet occurred . The Great Gaines Case . - This far - famed and highly interesting case has been decided ...
William Maxwell. WASHINGTON . We have nothing very important from the City . Congress and the Supreme Court , are of ... importance has yet occurred . The Great Gaines Case . - This far - famed and highly interesting case has been decided ...
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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 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 221 - Fear and trembling Hope, Silence and Foresight; Death the Skeleton And Time the Shadow ; — there to celebrate, As in a natural temple scattered o'er With altars undisturbed of mossy stone, United worship ; or in mute repose To lie, and listen to the mountain flood Murmuring from Glaramara's inmost caves.
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...
Página 90 - WOULDST thou from sorrow find a sweet relief? Or is thy heart oppressed with woes untold ! Balm wouldst thou gather for corroding grief? Pour blessings round thee like a shower of gold. — 'Tis when the rose is wrapt in many a fold Close to its heart, the worm is wasting there Its life and beauty; not when, all unrolled, Leaf after leaf, its bosom, rich and fair, Breathes freely its perfumes throughout the ambient air...
Página 16 - 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 north-west...
Página 19 - How that he did divide from Pagans three Their Heads and Lives, Types of his Chivalry. For which great Service in that Climate done, Brave Sigismundus, King of Hungarion, Did give him as a Coat of Armes to wear, These Conquered Heads got by his Sword and Spear.
Página 180 - ... with a dissemination great as the unfoldings' of the air's looser garment, or the wilder fringes of the fire, without knots, or order, or combination; but God gathered the beams in his hand, and united them into a globe of fire, and all the light of the world became the body of the sun...
Página 113 - ... a peculiar people, marked and chosen by the finger of God, to possess it, for undoubtedly he is with us.
Página 18 - Three years, but we have reached it in ten months. This is the day wherein, to all my friends, I will pronounce the happy word, BE RICH ; THIS DAY YOU SHALL BE SPECTATISSIMI.