An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of the United States of America, and of the European Settlements in America and the West-Indies |
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... planter of Barbadoes , commander in chief of Clarendon County , fir tehing from Cape Fear to the river St. Matheo , and he was at the fame time created a baronet . To fecure its prof- perity , the fane powers were conferred , and the ...
... planter of Barbadoes , commander in chief of Clarendon County , fir tehing from Cape Fear to the river St. Matheo , and he was at the fame time created a baronet . To fecure its prof- perity , the fane powers were conferred , and the ...
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... planters reforted from Cla- rendon on the north , and Port Royal on the fouth , to the banks of Ashley river , for the convenience of pafture and tillage , and laid on the first high land the foundation of old Charlefton . The ...
... planters reforted from Cla- rendon on the north , and Port Royal on the fouth , to the banks of Ashley river , for the convenience of pafture and tillage , and laid on the first high land the foundation of old Charlefton . The ...
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... planters , demanding provifions ; and pretending to be offended , fell to murdering men , women , and children , without mercy or diftinc- tion . One hundred and thirty - feven fettlers , among whom were a Swiss baron , and almost all ...
... planters , demanding provifions ; and pretending to be offended , fell to murdering men , women , and children , without mercy or diftinc- tion . One hundred and thirty - feven fettlers , among whom were a Swiss baron , and almost all ...
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... planter and as a foldier , who must be provided with arms and ammunition for defence , as well as with tools and utenfils for cultivation , As the ftrength of the province was the object in view , they agreed to eftablifh fuch tenures ...
... planter and as a foldier , who must be provided with arms and ammunition for defence , as well as with tools and utenfils for cultivation , As the ftrength of the province was the object in view , they agreed to eftablifh fuch tenures ...
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... planters , before the war , paid their principal attention to the culture of tobacco , of which there uled to be exported , generally , fifty - five thousand hogfheads a year . Since the revo- lation they are turning their attention ...
... planters , before the war , paid their principal attention to the culture of tobacco , of which there uled to be exported , generally , fifty - five thousand hogfheads a year . Since the revo- lation they are turning their attention ...
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Page 109 - is an imitative animal. This quality is the germ of all education in him, from his cradle to his grave he is learning to do what he fees others do. If a parent could find no motive either in his philanthropy or his
Page 109 - a country in this world, it muft be any other in preference to that in which he is born to live and labour for another; in which he muft lock up the faculties of his nature, contribute as far as depends
Page 209 - in General Affembly freely given. XVII. That the people have a right to bear arms for the defence of the State ; and as (landing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military
Page 110 - I would not have a flave to till my ground, To carry me, to fan me while I fleep, And tremble when I wake, for all the wealth That
Page 114 - of the whole fcheme of education would be the teaching all the children of the State reading, writing, and common arithmetic ; turning out ten annually of fuperior genius, well taught in Greek, Latin, geography, and the higher branches of arithmetic ; turning out ten others annually, of
Page 208 - laws, or the execution of laws, by any authority, without the confent of the representatives of the people, is injurious to their rights, and ought not
Page 115 - Hiftory, by apprifing them of the paft, will enable them to judge of the future ; it will avail them of the experience of other times and other nations ; it will qualify them
Page 209 - and as (landing armies in time of peace are dangerous to liberty, they ought not to be kept up; and that the military fhould be kept under
Page 115 - is more important, none more legitimate, than that of rendering the people the fafe, as they are the ultimate, guardians of their own liberty : for this purpofe, the reading in the
Page 212 - and continue to pofTefs in the county which he reprefents, not lefs than one hundred acres of land in fee, or for the term of his own life. VII. That all freemen of the age of twenty-one years, who have been inhabitants of any one county within the State twelve months immediately preceding the day of any election, and