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 |
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... less to blind the watchfulness and lull the suspicions of the colonists against the Indians . While the planters , secure in this specious appearance of friendship , were beginning to taste the bles- sings of affluence and the pleasures ...
... less to blind the watchfulness and lull the suspicions of the colonists against the Indians . While the planters , secure in this specious appearance of friendship , were beginning to taste the bles- sings of affluence and the pleasures ...
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... less than an hour about three hundred and fifty men , women and children fell victims to the vengeance of the remorseless savages . The friendly discovery made by a converted In- dian , in the service of one of the colonists , ap ...
... less than an hour about three hundred and fifty men , women and children fell victims to the vengeance of the remorseless savages . The friendly discovery made by a converted In- dian , in the service of one of the colonists , ap ...
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... frequent attacks on the colony , marking their course with terror and devastation , the constant attendants on In- dian warfare . Many of the English were carried off prisoners , and made the victims of remorse- less 59.
... frequent attacks on the colony , marking their course with terror and devastation , the constant attendants on In- dian warfare . Many of the English were carried off prisoners , and made the victims of remorse- less 59.
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... less cruelty or implacable revenge . Captain F. West , in the year 1628 , was suc- ceeded in the government by John Pott , dur- ing whose administration the colonial assem- bly was twice convened , and many regulations made for the ...
... less cruelty or implacable revenge . Captain F. West , in the year 1628 , was suc- ceeded in the government by John Pott , dur- ing whose administration the colonial assem- bly was twice convened , and many regulations made for the ...
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... the commanding officer , to whom a letter of Dinwiddie was addressed . During his re- turn he encountered difficulties , which to a less enterprising mind would have been deemed insurmountable . Owing to the depth of the snow his 108.
... the commanding officer , to whom a letter of Dinwiddie was addressed . During his re- turn he encountered difficulties , which to a less enterprising mind would have been deemed insurmountable . Owing to the depth of the snow his 108.
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Strona 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.
Strona 221 - That government is, or ought to be, instituted for the common benefit, protection, and security, of the people, nation, or community...
Strona 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...
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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...
Strona 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.
Strona 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.
Strona 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
Strona 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.