The Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Companion, Volumes 3-4William Maxwell Virginia Historical Society, 1850 - Virginia |
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... tion for this service . At the same time , we must say again , that we are not exactly antiquaries , ( as some would have us , ) but only lovers of historic lore . We have no thought , certainly , of going out of the warm and sensible ...
... tion for this service . At the same time , we must say again , that we are not exactly antiquaries , ( as some would have us , ) but only lovers of historic lore . We have no thought , certainly , of going out of the warm and sensible ...
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... tion thanking Mr. Burwell for his able and interesting dis- course , and requesting a copy of it for preservation in the archives , and for publication , along with the Proceedings of the Meeting , by the Executive Committee ; which was ...
... tion thanking Mr. Burwell for his able and interesting dis- course , and requesting a copy of it for preservation in the archives , and for publication , along with the Proceedings of the Meeting , by the Executive Committee ; which was ...
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... tion or building of fforts . What monies can be spared out of the publick revenue , we yearly lay out in ammunition . 11. What are the boundaries and contents of the land , within your government ? Answer . As for the boundaries of our ...
... tion or building of fforts . What monies can be spared out of the publick revenue , we yearly lay out in ammunition . 11. What are the boundaries and contents of the land , within your government ? Answer . As for the boundaries of our ...
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... tion in a growing country . 16. What number of English , Scots or Irish have for these seven yeares last past come yearly to plant and inha- bite within your government , as also what blacks or slaves have been brought in within the ...
... tion in a growing country . 16. What number of English , Scots or Irish have for these seven yeares last past come yearly to plant and inha- bite within your government , as also what blacks or slaves have been brought in within the ...
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... tion to let the importers know that it is the opinion and request of the country that such goods shall not be opened or stored , but reshipped to the place from whence they came : And in case of refusal , without any manner of vio ...
... tion to let the importers know that it is the opinion and request of the country that such goods shall not be opened or stored , but reshipped to the place from whence they came : And in case of refusal , without any manner of vio ...
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Page 140 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare with the English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 60 - I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be run for not without dust and heat.
Page 228 - This shall be written for the generation to come; and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.
Page 239 - It is good also not to try experiments in states, except the necessity be urgent, or the utility evident; and well to beware that it be the reformation that draweth on the change, and not the desire of change that pretendeth the reformation...
Page 151 - For this is not the liberty which we can hope, that no grievance ever should arise in the Commonwealth, that let no man in this world expect ; but when complaints are freely heard, deeply considered, and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.
Page 119 - And now, beloved Stowey ! I behold Thy church-tower, and, methinks, the four huge elms Clustering, which mark the mansion of my friend ; And close behind them, hidden from my view, Is my own lowly cottage, where my babe And my babe's mother dwell in peace...
Page 59 - tis not to adorn and gild each part, That shows more cost than art. Jewels at nose and lips but ill appear ; Rather than all things wit, let none be there. Several lights will not be seen, If there be nothing else between. Men doubt, because they stand so thick i' th' sky, If those be stars which paint the galaxy.
Page 119 - Thus the ideas, as well as children, of our youth often die before us; and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching; where though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away.
Page 13 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Page 31 - Resolved unanimously, That a committee be appointed to prepare a declaration of rights, and such a plan of government as will be most likely to maintain peace and order in this colony, and secure substantial and equal liberty to the people.