The Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Companion, Volumes 5-6proprietor, 1852 - Virginia |
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Page 47
... Capt . Taliaferro offered his . He was among the prisoners made by the British at the capture of Charleston . He was per- mitted to return home on parole . When Capt . Taliaferro returned to Amherst , he found Martha Meriwether , whom ...
... Capt . Taliaferro offered his . He was among the prisoners made by the British at the capture of Charleston . He was per- mitted to return home on parole . When Capt . Taliaferro returned to Amherst , he found Martha Meriwether , whom ...
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... Capt . Hog's company ; Captains Preston and Paris brought up the rear the following day . Passing the Bear Garden on the North Fork of Holsten , they proceeded on over two large mountains to Burke's Garden , where they arrived on the ...
... Capt . Hog's company ; Captains Preston and Paris brought up the rear the following day . Passing the Bear Garden on the North Fork of Holsten , they proceeded on over two large mountains to Burke's Garden , where they arrived on the ...
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... Capt . Preston records in his journal , " this day my £ 4 horse expired , and I was left on foot with a hungry belly , which increased my woe ; and this was in- deed the case with alnost every man in the company : " - Rained hard all ...
... Capt . Preston records in his journal , " this day my £ 4 horse expired , and I was left on foot with a hungry belly , which increased my woe ; and this was in- deed the case with alnost every man in the company : " - Rained hard all ...
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... Capt . Preston proposed to kill horses for food . This they refused to do , saying it might answer if they were returning to support them home , but that it was not proper diet to sustain men encountering every hard- ship on a long ...
... Capt . Preston proposed to kill horses for food . This they refused to do , saying it might answer if they were returning to support them home , but that it was not proper diet to sustain men encountering every hard- ship on a long ...
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... Capt . Preston , with a full knowledge of this determinatien , convened the officers , and it was con- cluded that each Captain should exert his best efforts to prevail on his men to stay until Major Lewis should arrive with the ...
... Capt . Preston , with a full knowledge of this determinatien , convened the officers , and it was con- cluded that each Captain should exert his best efforts to prevail on his men to stay until Major Lewis should arrive with the ...
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Page 175 - His overthrow heap'd happiness upon him ; For then, and not till then, he felt himself, And found the blessedness of being little: And, to add greater honours to his age Than man could give him, he died, fearing God.
Page 221 - I tell you, captain, — if you look in the maps of the 'orld, I warrant you shall find, in the comparisons between Macedon and Monmouth, that the situations, look you, is both alike. There is a river in Macedon ; and there is also moreover a river at Monmouth...
Page 219 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it; I have killed many; I have fully glutted my vengeance: for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 207 - Take, oh take those lips away, That so sweetly were forsworn; And those eyes, the break of day, Lights that do mislead the morn; But my kisses bring again, bring again, Seals of love, but seal'd in vain.
Page 216 - House as a day of fasting, humiliation and prayer, devoutly to implore the Divine interposition for averting the heavy calamity which threatens destruction to our civil rights, and the evils of civil war; to give us one heart and one mind firmly to oppose by all just and proper means every injury to American rights...
Page 51 - The society then proceeded to the election of officers for the ensuing year with the following result : President, Dr.
Page 240 - Light that makes things seen, makes some things invisible : were it not for darkness and the shadow of the earth, the noblest part of the creation had remained unseen, and the stars in heaven as invisible as on the fourth day, when they were created above the horizon with the sun, or there was not an eye to behold them.
Page 178 - One adequate support For the calamities of mortal life Exists — one only; an assured belief That the procession of our fate, howe'er Sad or disturbed, is ordered by a Being Of infinite benevolence and power; Whose everlasting purposes embrace All accidents, converting them to good.
Page 236 - I cannot know; it comforts me to think that this variety yields so good helps to know what I should. There is no truer word than that of Solomon : There is no end of making many books.
Page 170 - DAYS of my youth, Ye have glided away; Hairs of my youth, Ye are frosted and gray; Eyes of my youth, Your keen sight is no more; Cheeks of my youth, Ye are furrowed all o'er; Strength of my youth, All your vigor is gone; Thoughts of my youth, Your gay visions are flown. Days of my youth...