The Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Companion, Volumes 3-4William Maxwell Virginia Historical Society, 1850 - Virginia |
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... occasion . In the absence of the President of the Society , ( the Hon . Wm . C. Rives , of Albemarle , ) Wm . H. Macfarland , Esq . , of this City , one of the Vice - Presidents , presided ; and , on taking the chair , made a brief and ...
... occasion . In the absence of the President of the Society , ( the Hon . Wm . C. Rives , of Albemarle , ) Wm . H. Macfarland , Esq . , of this City , one of the Vice - Presidents , presided ; and , on taking the chair , made a brief and ...
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... occasion , -Mr . Wise's speech , Mr. Lee's hand- some reply , & c . , which , strictly speaking , were hardly legitimate parts of the performance , and which we have , therefore , not thought it worth while to record . THE REPORT OF THE ...
... occasion , -Mr . Wise's speech , Mr. Lee's hand- some reply , & c . , which , strictly speaking , were hardly legitimate parts of the performance , and which we have , therefore , not thought it worth while to record . THE REPORT OF THE ...
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... occasion are manifestly in good taste , and such as must have given a new relish to their wine . ] The ASSOCIATION entered into last Friday , the 22nd instant , by the Gentlemen of the House of Burgesses , and the Body of Merchants ...
... occasion are manifestly in good taste , and such as must have given a new relish to their wine . ] The ASSOCIATION entered into last Friday , the 22nd instant , by the Gentlemen of the House of Burgesses , and the Body of Merchants ...
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... occasions , and at all times hereafter , avoid pur- chasing any commodity or article of goods whatsoever from any importer or seller of British merchandise or European goods , whom we may know or believe , in violation of the essential ...
... occasions , and at all times hereafter , avoid pur- chasing any commodity or article of goods whatsoever from any importer or seller of British merchandise or European goods , whom we may know or believe , in violation of the essential ...
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... occasions . He is by far the most pow- erful speaker I ever heard . Every word he says not only engages but commands the attention ; and your passions are no longer your own when he addresses them . But his eloquence is the smallest ...
... occasions . He is by far the most pow- erful speaker I ever heard . Every word he says not only engages but commands the attention ; and your passions are no longer your own when he addresses them . But his eloquence is the smallest ...
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Page 140 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon, and an English man-of-war ; Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare with the English man-ofwar, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 60 - I cannot praise a fugitive and cloistered virtue, unexercised and unbreathed, that never sallies out and sees her adversary, but slinks out of the race, where that immortal garland is to be run for not without dust and heat.
Page 228 - This shall be written for the generation to come; and the people which shall be created shall praise the Lord.
Page 239 - It is good also not to try experiments in states, except the necessity be urgent, or the utility evident; and well to beware that it be the reformation that draweth on the change, and not the desire of change that pretendeth the reformation...
Page 151 - For this is not the liberty which we can hope, that no grievance ever should arise in the Commonwealth, that let no man in this world expect ; but when complaints are freely heard, deeply considered, and speedily reformed, then is the utmost bound of civil liberty attained that wise men look for.
Page 119 - And now, beloved Stowey ! I behold Thy church-tower, and, methinks, the four huge elms Clustering, which mark the mansion of my friend ; And close behind them, hidden from my view, Is my own lowly cottage, where my babe And my babe's mother dwell in peace...
Page 59 - tis not to adorn and gild each part, That shows more cost than art. Jewels at nose and lips but ill appear ; Rather than all things wit, let none be there. Several lights will not be seen, If there be nothing else between. Men doubt, because they stand so thick i' th' sky, If those be stars which paint the galaxy.
Page 119 - Thus the ideas, as well as children, of our youth often die before us; and our minds represent to us those tombs to which we are approaching; where though the brass and marble remain, yet the inscriptions are effaced by time, and the imagery moulders away.
Page 13 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning has brought disobedience and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both"!
Page 31 - Resolved unanimously, That a committee be appointed to prepare a declaration of rights, and such a plan of government as will be most likely to maintain peace and order in this colony, and secure substantial and equal liberty to the people.