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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... meanes as we to keepe Records of the particularities of times past , but onely tradition from father to soone . They thinke that all the gods are of humane shape , and therefore they represent them by images in the formes of men , which ...
... meanes also expected . Twise this Wiroans was so grievously sicke that he was like to die , and as he lay languishing , doubting of any helpe by his owne priestes , and thinking hee was in such danger for offending us and thereby our ...
... meanes possible to win them by gentlenesse ) but that within a few dayes after our departure from every such Towne , the people began to die very fast , and many in short space , in some Townes about twentie , in some fourtie , and in ...
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INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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