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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... seemed to carry a width of at least half a mile . After discovering this place , for which I intended to enter , we rode up the midland five miles to view the mine , which in my opinion hardly answered the trouble of riding so far out ...
... seemed to pass a violent and sudden shock through my soul , as if of electricity . With it came the sense of elasticity and of light . This latter I felt — not saw . In an instant I seemed to rise from the ground . But I had no bodily ...
... seemed good to me . To do that had been , no doubt , my play and my diversion , in the corridors where men must find diversion , whether in trifling with bank notes or women , whether in clutching at straws or prayer - books , or else ...
Contents
INTRODUCTION | 13 |
GEORGE MASON 17251792 | 17 |
JOHN RANDOLPH 17731833 | 19 |
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