History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of VirginiaLippincott, 1860 - 765 pagina's |
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Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
afterwards America appears appointed arms army arrived assembly Bacon Benjamin Harrison Beverley British called Captain CHAPTER Charles chief church Clayborne clergy Colonel colonists colony command Commonwealth of England congress convention County court daughter declared Dunmore Earl enemy England English established favor French gentlemen George ginia governor and council Hening Hist honor house of burgesses hundred pounds Indians inhabitants James River Jamestown Jefferson John killed king king's land letter London Lord majesty's March married Maryland ment miles militia minister Nathaniel Bacon North Carolina officers Opechancanough parish parliament party Patrick Henry Peyton Randolph plantation planters Pocahontas Potomac Powhatan president prisoners Raleigh Randolph received regiment returned Richard Henry Lee royal savages sent settlers ship Sir Thomas Sir William Berkley Smith speaker Spotswood thousand pounds tion town trade troops twenty vessels Virginia Company Washington Werowocomoco William and Mary Williamsburg wounded York
Populaire passages
Pagina 572 - 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.
Pagina 582 - Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.
Pagina 486 - Your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess.
Pagina 666 - Yea, even that which mischief meant most harm, Shall in the happy trial prove most glory : But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness, when at last...
Pagina 582 - ... if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us.
Pagina 100 - You did promise Powhatan what was yours should be his, and he the like to you; you called him father being in his land a stranger, and by the same reason so must I do you...
Pagina 582 - God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone, it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Pagina 582 - election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest There is no retreat but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable. And let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace.
Pagina 558 - The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
Pagina 11 - ... it is the true office of history to represent the events themselves together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man's judgment.