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 էջ |
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... governor of the colony with the assistance of twelve counsellors . On their arrival at Cape Hatteras , they despatched a party in search of the fifty men left at Roanoke by Grenville . They found their houses abandoned , their fort ...
... governor of the colony with the assistance of twelve counsellors . On their arrival at Cape Hatteras , they despatched a party in search of the fifty men left at Roanoke by Grenville . They found their houses abandoned , their fort ...
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... governor , arrived in Virginia in the year 1619 . During this year six new members were added to the council , and one hundred disorderly persons were sent over as servants to the colo- nists . These unwelcome visitors were followed by ...
... governor , arrived in Virginia in the year 1619 . During this year six new members were added to the council , and one hundred disorderly persons were sent over as servants to the colo- nists . These unwelcome visitors were followed by ...
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... governor and eleven coun- sellors . Sir Francis Wyatt , who had been com- 3 missioned governor in the year 1621 , was con- tinued 57.
... governor and eleven coun- sellors . Sir Francis Wyatt , who had been com- 3 missioned governor in the year 1621 , was con- tinued 57.
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... governor in the year 1621 , was con- tinued in office , but having obtained leave to visit Ireland , sir George Yeardley was appoint- ed to fill the vacancy made by his absence . The colony had been much harassed for some time by the ...
... governor in the year 1621 , was con- tinued in office , but having obtained leave to visit Ireland , sir George Yeardley was appoint- ed to fill the vacancy made by his absence . The colony had been much harassed for some time by the ...
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... governor's conduct however , excited much discontent among the people ; and the assembly which met during his administration showed the apprehensions they entertained from his tyranny , by the re- It had been 1624 . strictions they ...
... governor's conduct however , excited much discontent among the people ; and the assembly which met during his administration showed the apprehensions they entertained from his tyranny , by the re- It had been 1624 . strictions they ...
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Էջ 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.
Էջ 221 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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...
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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.
Էջ 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
Էջ 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.