Virginia Reader: a Treasury of Writings from the First Voyages to the PresentFrancis Coleman Rosenberger Excerpt from Virginia Reader: A Treasury of Writings, From the First Voyages to the Present Richard henry lee (1782-1794) address TO the virginia house OF burgesses On the motion to lay so heavy a duty on the importation of slaves as effectually to put an end to that iniquitous and dis graceful traffic within the colony of Virginia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |
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... hand , our arms and powder were laid up in safety , and divers earthen pipkins were put to boil with such varieties as the season would afford . Every body had something or other to defend and save them from the cold ; and my obligation ...
... hands , some toward me , and some aloft to the unseen foe that galled them from the hills . The fire instantly ... hand put forth to receive it was that of Douglas . He flung down his sword , stamping with rage , and immediately ...
... hand has put him beneath God's own earth , free from the din of war , from the strife of man , and from the curse of sin forever . I remember so well when , during our stay in Winchester , the first summer of the war , while General ...
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INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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