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Page 102
... Spotswood's tramontane expedition ; Condition of Vir- ginia at the accession of George I .; Spotswood's alter- cations with the legislature ; Theach the Pirate ; Com- plaints against Spotswood ; Harmony restored ; Spots- wood displaced ...
... Spotswood's tramontane expedition ; Condition of Vir- ginia at the accession of George I .; Spotswood's alter- cations with the legislature ; Theach the Pirate ; Com- plaints against Spotswood ; Harmony restored ; Spots- wood displaced ...
Page 106
... Spotswood find- Virginia merchants of England complaining ing that nothing further could be obtained , against it , this act also failed . In the first dissolved the assembly and in anticipation of year of Nott's administration , the ...
... Spotswood find- Virginia merchants of England complaining ing that nothing further could be obtained , against it , this act also failed . In the first dissolved the assembly and in anticipation of year of Nott's administration , the ...
Page 107
... Spotswood made the guenots . During eleven years , from 1707 first complete discovery of a passage over to 1718 , while other colonies were burthened the Blue Ridge of mountains . † He was ac- with taxation for extrinsic purposes ...
... Spotswood made the guenots . During eleven years , from 1707 first complete discovery of a passage over to 1718 , while other colonies were burthened the Blue Ridge of mountains . † He was ac- with taxation for extrinsic purposes ...
Page 108
... Spotswood and the assembly imme- colonies put together . Virginia exchanged diately proclaimed a large reward for his ap- her Indian corn , lumber and provisions , for prehension , and Lieutenant Maynard , attach- the sugar , rum and ...
... Spotswood and the assembly imme- colonies put together . Virginia exchanged diately proclaimed a large reward for his ap- her Indian corn , lumber and provisions , for prehension , and Lieutenant Maynard , attach- the sugar , rum and ...
Page 109
... Spotswood . While the governor's solicitations , exempted for ten he exploded the clamors of an arrogant cabal , years from quit - rents . he lamented to the board of trade , " how Sir Alexander Spotswood urged upon the much anonymous ...
... Spotswood . While the governor's solicitations , exempted for ten he exploded the clamors of an arrogant cabal , years from quit - rents . he lamented to the board of trade , " how Sir Alexander Spotswood urged upon the much anonymous ...
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Page 144 - 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 harbour a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
Page 144 - 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 150 - Resolved That we do hereby declare ourselves a free and independent people, are and of right ought to be a sovereign and selfgoverning association under the control of no power other than that of our God and the General Government of the Congress to the maintenance of which independence we solemnly pledge to each other our mutual co-operation our lives our fortunes and our most sacred honor.
Page 39 - You did promise Powhatan what was yours should bee 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 doe you...
Page 79 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years ; for learning has brought disobedience and heresy and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them and libels against the best government. God keep us from both...
Page 43 - I that was wont to behold her riding like Alexander, hunting like Diana, walking like Venus, the gentle wind blowing her fair hair about her pure cheeks, like a nymph; sometime sitting in the shade like a Goddess; sometime singing like an angel; sometime playing like Orpheus. Behold the sorrow of this world! Once amiss, hath bereaved me of all.
Page 150 - ... 4. Resolved, that as we now acknowledge the existence and control of no law or legal officer, civil or military, within this county, we do hereby ordain and adopt as a rule of life all, each and every of our former laws — wherein nevertheless the Crown of Great Britain never can be considered as holding rights, privileges, immunities, or authority therein.
Page 7 - Here die I, Richard Grenville, with a joyful and quiet mind, for that I have ended my life as a true soldier ought to do, that hath fought for his country, queen, religion, and honour...
Page 136 - An Inquiry into the Rights of the British Colonies, intended as an Answer to 'The Regulations lately made concerning the Colonies, and the Taxes imposed upon them, considered.
Page 68 - That the people of Virginia have free trade as the people of England do enjoy to all places and with all nations according to the lawes of that commonwealth, and that Virginia shall enjoy all priviledges equall with any English plantations in America.
References to this book
Blackbeard the Pirate: A Reappraisal of His Life and Times Robert Earl Lee No preview available - 1974 |