Historical Collections of Virginia: Containing a Collection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, &c., Relating to Its History and Antiquities, Together with Geographical and Statistical Descriptions : to which is Appended, an Historical and Descriptive Sketch of the District of Columbia : Illustrated by Over 100 Engravings, Giving Views of the Principal Towns, Seats of Eminent Men, Public Buildings, Relics of Antiquity, Historic Localities, Natural Scenery, Etc., Etc |
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... enemy take possession of Portsmouth , and burn Suffolk . - They embark for New York . - Gen . Leslie invades Virginia , and lands at Portsmouth . - The government prepares to resist the enemy .-- Leslie leaves Virginia .-- Arnold ...
... enemy take possession of Portsmouth , and burn Suffolk . - They embark for New York . - Gen . Leslie invades Virginia , and lands at Portsmouth . - The government prepares to resist the enemy .-- Leslie leaves Virginia .-- Arnold ...
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... enemy whose progress was by stealth , whose onset was sudden and furious , and whose retreat was immediate . Against such an en- emy active operations in the field were required , and the vigorous prosecution of the war in his own ...
... enemy whose progress was by stealth , whose onset was sudden and furious , and whose retreat was immediate . Against such an en- emy active operations in the field were required , and the vigorous prosecution of the war in his own ...
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... enemy , and in suppressing the horrid outrages and mur- ders daily committed by them . Bacon having now provided a regular government for the coun- try , proceeded once more against the Indians , who had formed a confederacy and gained ...
... enemy , and in suppressing the horrid outrages and mur- ders daily committed by them . Bacon having now provided a regular government for the coun- try , proceeded once more against the Indians , who had formed a confederacy and gained ...
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... enemy . " This single act sheds more light upon the history of the times , and exhibits more plainly the history of the views of the principal actors , than any , or perhaps all , other docu- ments ; we see in it the reason why no ...
... enemy . " This single act sheds more light upon the history of the times , and exhibits more plainly the history of the views of the principal actors , than any , or perhaps all , other docu- ments ; we see in it the reason why no ...
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... enemy would be com- pelled to emerge upon the open plain , beyond the protection of the woods , before he could efficiently attack the fort . Washington learned from Tanacharison , the half - king , a chief of the Six Nations , and from ...
... enemy would be com- pelled to emerge upon the open plain , beyond the protection of the woods , before he could efficiently attack the fort . Washington learned from Tanacharison , the half - king , a chief of the Six Nations , and from ...
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Page 108 - I had even thought to have lived with you, but for the injuries of one man. Colonel Cresap, the last spring, in cold blood, and unprovoked, murdered all the relations of Logan, not even sparing my women and children. 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 108 - 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. During the course of the last long and bloody war Logan remained idle in his cabin, an advocate for peace. Such was my love for the whites, that my countrymen pointed as they passed and said, "Logan is the friend of white men.
Page 144 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence, and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience, and that it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.
Page 100 - The supplicating tears of the women and moving. petitions of the men melt me into such deadly sorrow, that I solemnly declare, if I know my own mind, I could offer myself a willing sacrifice to the butchering enemy, provided that would contribute to the people's ease.
Page 99 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Page 412 - I despair of giving you any idea of the effect produced by this short sentence, unless you could perfectly conceive the whole manner of the man as well as the peculiar crisis in the discourse. Never before did I completely understand what Demosthenes meant by laying such stress on delivery.
Page 412 - But — no; the descent was as beautiful and sublime as the elevation had been rapid and enthusiastic. The first sentence with which he broke the awful silence was a quotation from Rousseau: " Socrates died like a philosopher, but Jesus Christ, like a God!
Page 397 - And she's gone to the Lake of the Dismal Swamp, Where all night long, by a fire-fly lamp, She paddles her white canoe. "And her fire-fly lamp I soon shall see And her paddle I soon shall hear; Long and loving our life shall be, And I'll hide the maid in a cypress tree, When the footstep of Death is near.
Page 504 - It will be the duty of the Historian and the Sage in all ages to let no occasion pass of commemorating this illustrious man ; and until time shall be no more will a test of the progress which our race has made in wisdom and in virtue be derived from the veneration paid to the immortal name of WASHINGTON ! APPENDIX.
Page 397 - THEY made her a grave, too cold and damp -^ For a soul so warm and true: And she's gone to the Lake of the Dismal Swamp, Where, all night long, by a firefly lamp, She paddles her white canoe.