Historical Collections of Virginia: Containing a Collection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, &c. Relating to Its History and Antiquities ; Together with Geographical and Statistical Descriptions ; to which is Appended, an Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the District of Columbia ...Wm. R. Babcock, 1852 - 544 páginas |
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... river , they selected a spot for their settlement , to which they gave the name of James Town . There May 13 . could ... river . In six days they arrived at a town called Powhatan , belonging to King Powhatan , situated at the falls of ...
... river , they selected a spot for their settlement , to which they gave the name of James Town . There May 13 . could ... river . In six days they arrived at a town called Powhatan , belonging to King Powhatan , situated at the falls of ...
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... river , than the savages attacked those he left behind him , and slew many , and so frightened the . rest , that they suffered the prisoners they held in custody to escape . The terrified wretches fled for safety to Smith , whose ship ...
... river , than the savages attacked those he left behind him , and slew many , and so frightened the . rest , that they suffered the prisoners they held in custody to escape . The terrified wretches fled for safety to Smith , whose ship ...
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... river . Weary and exhausted , they passed the night on the bank , making their bed on the snow , and ex- posed to the inclemencies of the weather . When morning arrived they prepared to cross the river . " There was no way of getting ...
... river . Weary and exhausted , they passed the night on the bank , making their bed on the snow , and ex- posed to the inclemencies of the weather . When morning arrived they prepared to cross the river . " There was no way of getting ...
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... river and regain its northern bank . As soon as they had crossed they came upon a level plain , elevated only a few feet above the surface of the river , and extending northward nearly half a mile from its margin . Then commenced a ...
... river and regain its northern bank . As soon as they had crossed they came upon a level plain , elevated only a few feet above the surface of the river , and extending northward nearly half a mile from its margin . Then commenced a ...
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... river . On his way he landed detachments at Mackay's mill , and at Smithfield , where they destroyed some public stores ; and on the 20th , arrived at Portsmouth . " Major - General Steuben , assisted by General Nelson , having ...
... river . On his way he landed detachments at Mackay's mill , and at Smithfield , where they destroyed some public stores ; and on the 20th , arrived at Portsmouth . " Major - General Steuben , assisted by General Nelson , having ...
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Página 108 - 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 1 rejoice at the beams of peace.
Página 381 - Hyperion's curls; the front of Jove himself; An eye like Mars, to threaten and command; A station like the herald Mercury New-lighted on a heaven-kissing hill; A combination and a form indeed, Where every god did seem to set his seal, To give the world assurance of a man: This was your husband.
Página 144 - 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 410 - Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do" — the voice of the preacher, which had all along faltered, grew fainter and fainter, until, his utterance being entirely obstructed by the force of his feelings, he raised his handkerchief to his eyes, and burst into a loud and irrepressible flood of grief. The effect is inconceivable.
Página 327 - This scene is worth a voyage across the Atlantic. Yet here, as in the neighborhood of the Natural Bridge, are people who have passed their lives within half a dozen miles, and have never been to survey these monuments of a war between rivers and mountains, which must have shaken the earth itself to its centre.
Página 289 - Caesar had his Brutus — Charles the first, his Cromwell — and George the third — (" Treason," cried the Speaker — " treason, treason ", echoed from every part of the House.
Página 169 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Página 108 - 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 99 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Página 100 - I see their situation, know their danger, and participate their sufferings, without having it in my power to give them further relief, than uncertain promises. In short, I see inevitable destruction in so clear a light, that, unless vigorous measures are taken by the Assembly, and speedy assistance sent from below, the poor inhabitants that are now in forts, must unavoidably fall, while the remainder are flying before the barbarous foe.