The History of Virginia: From Its First Settlement to the Present Day, Volumen3author, 1805 |
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... rivers , whose distance from their sources was manifested by the depth and breadth of their channels , discharged their vast tributes into it in their sight ; while tribes of In- dians made signs to them from the shore or sailed round ...
... rivers , whose distance from their sources was manifested by the depth and breadth of their channels , discharged their vast tributes into it in their sight ; while tribes of In- dians made signs to them from the shore or sailed round ...
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... rivers ; its almost continued forest ; but above all the north west wind , which blowing from the north pole and passing over a hard frozen and elevated ground from which no caloric can escape to warm it , de- scends with all its rigour ...
... rivers ; its almost continued forest ; but above all the north west wind , which blowing from the north pole and passing over a hard frozen and elevated ground from which no caloric can escape to warm it , de- scends with all its rigour ...
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... river . But what are these to the innumerable swarms scattered over this continent , or even that inconsiderable por- tion of it which constitutes the American confe- deracy . These are all alike distinguished by their straight black ...
... river . But what are these to the innumerable swarms scattered over this continent , or even that inconsiderable por- tion of it which constitutes the American confe- deracy . These are all alike distinguished by their straight black ...
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... rivers , abounding in delicious fish ; woods ever green and affording a haunt to the deer , the elk , the wild turkey and the buf- faloe ; a serene sky ; beauty glowing with eternat youth unsusceptible of decay , and presenting in ...
... rivers , abounding in delicious fish ; woods ever green and affording a haunt to the deer , the elk , the wild turkey and the buf- faloe ; a serene sky ; beauty glowing with eternat youth unsusceptible of decay , and presenting in ...
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... river and attacked two villages of the Octotatas , who are the allies of the Ajoues , from whom it is also said they are derived . As these savages had no fire arms and were surprized , the Spaniards made an easy conquest , and killed a ...
... river and attacked two villages of the Octotatas , who are the allies of the Ajoues , from whom it is also said they are derived . As these savages had no fire arms and were surprized , the Spaniards made an easy conquest , and killed a ...
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Página 393 - 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.
Página 393 - 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.
Página 38 - I thank you in their name for bringing back into their country the calumet which your predecessor received from their hands. It was happy for you that you left under ground that murdering hatchet which has been so often dyed in the blood of the French.
Página 308 - That it is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them but with their own consent, given personally or by their representatives.
Página 321 - House to tax America, I was ill in bed. If I could have endured to have been carried in my bed, so great was the agitation of my mind for the consequences, I would have solicited some kind hand to have laid me down on this floor, to have borne my testimony against it.
Página 325 - I am one who will lift up my hands against it. In such a cause, your success would be hazardous. America, if she fell, would fall like the strong man. She would embrace the pillars of the state, and pull down the constitution along with her.
Página 324 - Parliament, with the statute book doubled down in dog's ears, to defend the cause of liberty. If I had, I myself would have cited the two cases of Chester and Durham. I would have cited them to show that, even under former arbitrary reigns, Parliaments were ashamed of taxing a people without their consent, and allowed them representatives.
Página 308 - That trial by jury, is the inherent and invaluable right of every British subject in these colonies. VIII. That the late act of parliament, entitled, An act for granting and applying certain stamp duties, and other duties, in the British colonies and plantations in America, etc...
Página 321 - There is an idea in some, that the colonies are virtually represented in this House. I would fain know by whom an American is represented here...
Página 309 - X. That as the profits of the trade of these colonies ultimately centre in Great Britain to pay for the manufactures which they are obliged to take from thence, they eventually contribute very largely to all supplies granted there to the crown.