History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Volume 1G. Routledge and Company, 1854 - United States |
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... assembly that ever met in Virginia ( 4 ) was convened at Jamestown . The governor , the newly - appointed council , and two repre- sentatives from each of the eleven boroughs , hence called burgesses , constituted the first popular ...
... assembly that ever met in Virginia ( 4 ) was convened at Jamestown . The governor , the newly - appointed council , and two repre- sentatives from each of the eleven boroughs , hence called burgesses , constituted the first popular ...
Page 117
... assembly the language employed by the London company . ( 2 ) Hammond ; Leah and Rachel , 3 . ( 3 ) Chief Root , & c . , Burk , i . 323 ; Stith , 159 . ( 4 ) A Note of the Shipping , Men , and Provisions sent to Virginia in 1619 , pp . 1 ...
... assembly the language employed by the London company . ( 2 ) Hammond ; Leah and Rachel , 3 . ( 3 ) Chief Root , & c . , Burk , i . 323 ; Stith , 159 . ( 4 ) A Note of the Shipping , Men , and Provisions sent to Virginia in 1619 , pp . 1 ...
Page 119
... assembly which had been convened by Sir George Yeardley . It was in July , 1621 , that a memorable ordinance ( 2 ) ... assembly , to be convened yearly , and to consist of the members of the council , and of two bur- gesses , to be chosen ...
... assembly which had been convened by Sir George Yeardley . It was in July , 1621 , that a memorable ordinance ( 2 ) ... assembly , to be convened yearly , and to consist of the members of the council , and of two bur- gesses , to be chosen ...
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... assembly of Virginia , four months before the Plymouth colony landed in America , and less than a year before the concession of a written constitution , more than a century after the last vestiges of hereditary slavery had disappeared ...
... assembly of Virginia , four months before the Plymouth colony landed in America , and less than a year before the concession of a written constitution , more than a century after the last vestiges of hereditary slavery had disappeared ...
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... assembly . ( 5 ) But legislation , though it can favour industry , cannot create it . When soil , men , and circumstances , combine to render a manu- facture desirable , legislation can protect the infancy of enterprise against the ...
... assembly . ( 5 ) But legislation , though it can favour industry , cannot create it . When soil , men , and circumstances , combine to render a manu- facture desirable , legislation can protect the infancy of enterprise against the ...
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Page 234 - God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 233 - In the name of God, amen. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign Lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland King, Defender of the Faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 327 - This liberty is the proper end and object of authority, and cannot subsist without it; and it is a liberty to that only which is good, just, and honest. This liberty you are to stand for, with the hazard (not only of your goods, but) of your lives, if need be. Whatsoever crosseth this, is not authority, but a distemper thereof.
Page 265 - I shall call that my country, where I may most glorify God, and enjoy the presence of my dearest friends.
Page 374 - Men whose life, learning, faith, and pure intent Would have been held in high esteem with Paul, Must now be named and printed heretics By shallow Edwards and Scotch What d'ye call.
Page 282 - He was the first person in modern Christendom, to assert, in its plenitude, the doctrine of the liberty of conscience, the equality of opinions before the law ; and in its defence he was the harbinger of Milton, the precursor and the superior of Jeremy Taylor.
Page 343 - It is therefore ordered, That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...
Page 366 - Many more words I had with him; but people coming in, I drew a little back. As I was turning, he catched me by the hand, and with tears in his eyes said, 'Come again to my house; for if thou and I were but an hour of a day together, we should be nearer one to the other ;' adding, That he wished me no more ill than he did to his own soul.
Page 343 - ... and It is further ordered, That where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders, they shall set up a grammar school, the master thereof being able to instruct youth so far as they may be fitted for the university...
Page 343 - ... to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors.