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... ginia ; and in 1589 he formed a company of merchants and adven- turers , and assigned to it his proprietary rights . This corporation included among its members Thomas Smith , a wealthy London merchant , afterwards knighted ; and ...
... ginia ; and in 1589 he formed a company of merchants and adven- turers , and assigned to it his proprietary rights . This corporation included among its members Thomas Smith , a wealthy London merchant , afterwards knighted ; and ...
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... ginia proper , it is necessary to give some history of Captain John Smith , " the father of the colony . " He was born at Willoughby , in Lincolnshire , England , in 1579 , being descended on his father's side from an ancient family of ...
... ginia proper , it is necessary to give some history of Captain John Smith , " the father of the colony . " He was born at Willoughby , in Lincolnshire , England , in 1579 , being descended on his father's side from an ancient family of ...
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... ginia , was preacher at the Temple ; and he delivered a sermon before his lordship , and others of his majesty's council for the Colony of Virginia , and the rest of the adventurers or stock- holders in that plantation , upon occasion ...
... ginia , was preacher at the Temple ; and he delivered a sermon before his lordship , and others of his majesty's council for the Colony of Virginia , and the rest of the adventurers or stock- holders in that plantation , upon occasion ...
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... ginia Company not to suffer such to have any place in the new colony . Rome and Geneva were the Scylla and Charybdis of the Church of England . * Lord Delaware sailed in February for Virginia . Gates and Somers , after leaving the ...
... ginia Company not to suffer such to have any place in the new colony . Rome and Geneva were the Scylla and Charybdis of the Church of England . * Lord Delaware sailed in February for Virginia . Gates and Somers , after leaving the ...
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... ginia Council , discouraged by so many disasters and disappoint- ments , were at a loss to decide whether they should use any further efforts to sustain the ill - fated colony , or should abandon the enterprise , and recall the settlers ...
... ginia Council , discouraged by so many disasters and disappoint- ments , were at a loss to decide whether they should use any further efforts to sustain the ill - fated colony , or should abandon the enterprise , and recall the settlers ...
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Page 572 - 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.
Page 582 - Trust it not, sir; it will prove a snare to your feet Suffer not yourselves to be betrayed with a kiss.
Page 486 - Your modesty equals your valor, and that surpasses the power of any language I possess.
Page 666 - Yea, even that which mischief meant most harm, Shall in the happy trial prove most glory : But evil on itself shall back recoil, And mix no more with goodness, when at last...
Page 582 - ... if we mean not basely to abandon the noble struggle in which we have been so long engaged, and which we have pledged ourselves never to abandon until the glorious object of our contest shall be obtained, we must fight! I repeat it, sir, we must fight! An appeal to arms and to the God of Hosts is all that is left us.
Page 100 - You did promise Powhatan what was yours should be his, and he the like to you; you called him father being in his land a stranger, and by the same reason so must I do you...
Page 582 - God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone, it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave.
Page 582 - election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest There is no retreat but in submission and slavery. Our chains are forged. Their clanking may be heard on the plains of Boston. The war is inevitable. And let it come! I repeat it, sir, let it come ! " It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace.
Page 558 - The whole art of government consists in the art of being honest. Only aim to do your duty, and mankind will give you credit where you fail.
Page 11 - ... it is the true office of history to represent the events themselves together with the counsels, and to leave the observations and conclusions thereupon to the liberty and faculty of every man's judgment.