The Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Companion, Volumes 5-6proprietor, 1852 - Virginia |
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Page 62
... Lieut . Morton's Diary.- I ought , perhaps , to say here , that no man ever bore a fairer reputation than Captain , afterwards Colonel William Pres- ton ; he distinguished himself at the battle of Whitsell's Mills , in March , 1781 , at ...
... Lieut . Morton's Diary.- I ought , perhaps , to say here , that no man ever bore a fairer reputation than Captain , afterwards Colonel William Pres- ton ; he distinguished himself at the battle of Whitsell's Mills , in March , 1781 , at ...
Page 63
... Lieut . Tyler and some 24 men remained to garrison Fort Frederick , and protect the neighboring frontier - an indispensable service , as while the men were rendezvousing for the expedition , two persons were killed by the savages on Red ...
... Lieut . Tyler and some 24 men remained to garrison Fort Frederick , and protect the neighboring frontier - an indispensable service , as while the men were rendezvousing for the expedition , two persons were killed by the savages on Red ...
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... Lieut . Smith for £ 4 , to carry me out of the Shaw- nee Towns ; " and that night it rained . The next day , " a very great rain " compelled the troops to remain in camp , except a few hunters who killed three or four bears . On the ...
... Lieut . Smith for £ 4 , to carry me out of the Shaw- nee Towns ; " and that night it rained . The next day , " a very great rain " compelled the troops to remain in camp , except a few hunters who killed three or four bears . On the ...
Page 66
... Lieut . Morton , with their com- panies , and part of Montgomery's volunteers , making a total of 130 in number , with nearly all the horses , should proceed down the creek fifteen miles , and no further , in search of hunting ground ...
... Lieut . Morton , with their com- panies , and part of Montgomery's volunteers , making a total of 130 in number , with nearly all the horses , should proceed down the creek fifteen miles , and no further , in search of hunting ground ...
Page 68
... Lieut . Morton was immediate- ly despatched , with two men , with a letter , wherein Capt . Preston set forth the confusion and disorder prevailing among the men , and their determination to return home ; that the meat was consumed ...
... Lieut . Morton was immediate- ly despatched , with two men , with a letter , wherein Capt . Preston set forth the confusion and disorder prevailing among the men , and their determination to return home ; that the meat was consumed ...
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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...