A History of Virginia: Containing the history of the colony and of the state from 1763 to the retrocession of Alexandria in 1847, with a review of the present condition of VirginiaCarey & Hart, 1848 |
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... heart would have asserted its power , and Britain would not have heaped addi- tional burdens upon her own shoulders , when she might so readily place them upon her young de- pendant . Those who had been most truly imbued with the spirit ...
... heart would have asserted its power , and Britain would not have heaped addi- tional burdens upon her own shoulders , when she might so readily place them upon her young de- pendant . Those who had been most truly imbued with the spirit ...
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... heart his very generosity betrayed him into indiscretions which made him false to his public trust , and finally wrought his downfall . Peyton Randolph was the Attorney - General , and was also a member of the House of Burgesses . He ...
... heart his very generosity betrayed him into indiscretions which made him false to his public trust , and finally wrought his downfall . Peyton Randolph was the Attorney - General , and was also a member of the House of Burgesses . He ...
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... heart . He possessed not the overwhelming power which sweeps away an audience as in a whirlwind of passion , but he could convince the reason and fascinate the soul . Richard Henry Lee has been truly called the Cicero of the House ...
... heart . He possessed not the overwhelming power which sweeps away an audience as in a whirlwind of passion , but he could convince the reason and fascinate the soul . Richard Henry Lee has been truly called the Cicero of the House ...
Stran 49
... heart in agitation . The most powerful men in the House shrunk back , and prepared to oppose their passage . They saw at once the broad line between their feeble memorials , and these nervous and manly protests . They felt that the last ...
... heart in agitation . The most powerful men in the House shrunk back , and prepared to oppose their passage . They saw at once the broad line between their feeble memorials , and these nervous and manly protests . They felt that the last ...
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... heart . He rejoiced in his subject , and grasping it like a giant , he expanded it before his astonished hearers , until its sublimity began to force itself upon them . His words were pregnant with a nation's freedom . He reasoned upon ...
... heart . He rejoiced in his subject , and grasping it like a giant , he expanded it before his astonished hearers , until its sublimity began to force itself upon them . His words were pregnant with a nation's freedom . He reasoned upon ...
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Stran 57 - I rejoice that America has resisted. Three millions of people, so dead to all the feelings of liberty as voluntarily to submit to be slaves, would have been fit instruments to make slaves of the rest.
Stran 302 - ... to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves, is sinful and tyrannical...
Stran 82 - If we wish to be free — if we mean to preserve inviolate those inestimable privileges for which we have been so long contending — 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 ! They tell us, sir, that we are weak ; unable to...
Stran 302 - That no man shall be compelled to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever, nor shall be enforced, restrained, molested or burthened, in his body or goods, nor shall otherwise suffer on account of his religious opinions or belief; but...
Stran 51 - Resolved, therefore, That the general assembly of this colony have the sole right and power to lay taxes and impositions upon the inhabitants of this colony...
Stran 291 - Virginia inclusive according to their usual respective proportions in the general charge and expenditure and shall be faithfully and bona fide disposed of for that purpose and for no other use or purpose whatsoever.
Stran 131 - British government and a reunion with that people upon just and liberal terms instead of a redress of grievances have produced from an imperious and vindictive administration increased insult, oppression and a vigorous attempt to effect our total destruction.
Stran 82 - — 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?
Stran 53 - ... may profit by their example. If this be treason, make the most of it...
Stran 434 - Commonwealth, to levy on themselves or others any tax for the erection or repair of any house for public worship, or for the support of any church or ministry ; but it shall be left free to every person to select his religious instructor, and to make for his support such private contract as he shall please.