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Charles Campbell. OF THE COLONY AND ANCIENT DOMINION OF VIRGINIA . VIRGINIA BY CHARLES CAMPBELL . PHILADELPHIA : J. B. LIPPINCOTT AND CO Virginiana F 229 .C18 1860 313365 GIFT Entered , according 1860 . HISTORY.
Charles Campbell. OF THE COLONY AND ANCIENT DOMINION OF VIRGINIA . VIRGINIA BY CHARLES CAMPBELL . PHILADELPHIA : J. B. LIPPINCOTT AND CO Virginiana F 229 .C18 1860 313365 GIFT Entered , according 1860 . HISTORY.
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Charles Campbell. Virginiana F 229 .C18 1860 313365 GIFT Entered , according to Act of Congress , in the year 1859 , by CHARLES CAMPBELL , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia ...
Charles Campbell. Virginiana F 229 .C18 1860 313365 GIFT Entered , according to Act of Congress , in the year 1859 , by CHARLES CAMPBELL , In the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern District of Virginia ...
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... according to its English pronunciation , where the colony sent out by Raleigh subsequently landed . * In the year 1570 Father Segura and other Jesuit missionaries , accompanied by Don Luis , visited Axacan , but were treacher- ously cut ...
... according to its English pronunciation , where the colony sent out by Raleigh subsequently landed . * In the year 1570 Father Segura and other Jesuit missionaries , accompanied by Don Luis , visited Axacan , but were treacher- ously cut ...
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... According to the terms of the charter , the territory now appro- priated to the colony comprised a square of a base of one hundred miles , and including an area of ten thousand square miles , of which Jamestown was the centre , so to ...
... According to the terms of the charter , the territory now appro- priated to the colony comprised a square of a base of one hundred miles , and including an area of ten thousand square miles , of which Jamestown was the centre , so to ...
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... According to the terms of the charter , the territory now appro- priated to the colony comprised a square of a base of one hundred miles , and including an area of ten thousand square miles , of which Jamestown was the centre , so to ...
... According to the terms of the charter , the territory now appro- priated to the colony comprised a square of a base of one hundred miles , and including an area of ten thousand square miles , of which Jamestown was the centre , so to ...
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Page 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.
Page 582 - Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.
Page 486 - Your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess.
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Page 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.
Page 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...
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.