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... Virginia banishing tea " MINOR POEMS OF THE REVOLUTION " The liberty song " " The Pennsylvania song " " The American hero " • " The Yankee's return from camp ' Nathan Hale " The British light - infantry " 449 · 450 · 451 • 452 • 453 99 ...
... Virginia banishing tea " MINOR POEMS OF THE REVOLUTION " The liberty song " " The Pennsylvania song " " The American hero " • " The Yankee's return from camp ' Nathan Hale " The British light - infantry " 449 · 450 · 451 • 452 • 453 99 ...
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... Virginia until 1609 , when he returned to England . In 1614 he made a voyage of ex- ploration to the coast of New England ; and the next year he started for that region with a colonizing party , but was captured and imprisoned by the ...
... Virginia until 1609 , when he returned to England . In 1614 he made a voyage of ex- ploration to the coast of New England ; and the next year he started for that region with a colonizing party , but was captured and imprisoned by the ...
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... Virginia are corroborated by the independent testimony of others ; but circumstantial evidence seems to discredit the familiar story of his rescue by Pocahontas . In his earlier accounts of his visit to Powhatan , Smith speaks of that ...
... Virginia are corroborated by the independent testimony of others ; but circumstantial evidence seems to discredit the familiar story of his rescue by Pocahontas . In his earlier accounts of his visit to Powhatan , Smith speaks of that ...
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... Virginia was nominated : and arriving at the place where wee are now seated , the Counsell was sworn , and the Presi- dent elected , which for that yeare was Maister Edm . Maria Wing- field , where was made choice for our scituation , a ...
... Virginia was nominated : and arriving at the place where wee are now seated , the Counsell was sworn , and the Presi- dent elected , which for that yeare was Maister Edm . Maria Wing- field , where was made choice for our scituation , a ...
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... Virginia " ] There is yet in Virginia no place discovered to bee so Savage in which the Savages have not a religion , Deare , and Bow and Arrowes . All thinges that were able to do them hurt beyond their prevention , they adore with ...
... Virginia " ] There is yet in Virginia no place discovered to bee so Savage in which the Savages have not a religion , Deare , and Bow and Arrowes . All thinges that were able to do them hurt beyond their prevention , they adore with ...
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Page 285 - And whosoever shall fall on this stone shall be broken: but on whomsoever it shall fall, it will grind him to powder.
Page 361 - The wisdom of our sages, and blood of our heroes, have been devoted to their attainment. They should be the creed of our political faith — the text of civic instruction — the touchstone by which to try the services of those we trust ; and should we wander from them, in moments of error or alarm, let us hasten to retrace our steps, and to regain the road which alone leads to peace, liberty, and safety.
Page 339 - But there is no peace! The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field ! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? ' Forbid it, Almighty God ! I know not what course others may take; but as for me — give me liberty, or give me death!
Page 116 - Only let your conversation be as it becometh the gospel of Christ: that whether I come and see you, or else be absent, I may hear of your affairs, that ye stand fast in one spirit, with one mind striving together for the faith of the gospel...
Page 361 - ... economy in the public expense, that labor may be lightly burdened ; the honest payment of our debts, and sacred preservation of the public faith ; encouragement of agriculture, and of commerce as its handmaid...
Page 357 - If the view from the top be painful and intolerable, that from below is delightful in an equal extreme. It is impossible for the emotions arising from the sublime to be felt beyond what they are here ; so beautiful an arch, so elevated, so light, and springing as it were up to heaven ! the rapture of the spectator is really indescribable...
Page 361 - ... the support of the state governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies; the preservation of the general government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad...
Page 361 - These principles form the bright constellation which has gone before us and guided our steps through an age of revolution and reformation. The wisdom of our sages and blood of our heroes have been devoted to their attainment.
Page 358 - During the contest of opinion through which we have passed, the animation of discussions and of exertions has sometimes worn an aspect which might impose on strangers unused to think freely and to speak and to write what they think. But this being now decided by the voice of the nation, announced according to the rules of the Constitution, all will of course arrange themselves under the will of the law and unite in common efforts for the common good.
Page 327 - ... conversation are to inform or to be informed, to please or to persuade, I wish well-meaning, sensible men would not lessen their power of doing good by a positive, assuming manner...