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... vote was taken on the names the King had sent in and on the name of the Earl of Southampton , which the opposition had substituted in Sandys's stead . The result of the ballot exposed an exceed- ingly meagre vote for the King's ...
... vote was taken on the names the King had sent in and on the name of the Earl of Southampton , which the opposition had substituted in Sandys's stead . The result of the ballot exposed an exceed- ingly meagre vote for the King's ...
Page 68
... vote for Num- ber One deposits in a receptacle placed at a central point a grain of corn ; and whoever votes for Number Two deposits a bean . They enforce their laws rigidly , although penalties for violations of law do not seem to be ...
... vote for Num- ber One deposits in a receptacle placed at a central point a grain of corn ; and whoever votes for Number Two deposits a bean . They enforce their laws rigidly , although penalties for violations of law do not seem to be ...
Page 141
... vote of the Assembly , was degraded from his title as captain because he had spoken to the old Indian chief , Opechancannough , in a disrespectful and unbecoming language with reference to the Governor of the colony . Early in the acts ...
... vote of the Assembly , was degraded from his title as captain because he had spoken to the old Indian chief , Opechancannough , in a disrespectful and unbecoming language with reference to the Governor of the colony . Early in the acts ...
Page 181
... voted friends the Indians had , in spite of his warm interest in the old Indian emperor , and though warned by his ser- vants , whom he refused to believe , was killed and his body shamefully mutilated by the savages . At Appomattox ...
... voted friends the Indians had , in spite of his warm interest in the old Indian emperor , and though warned by his ser- vants , whom he refused to believe , was killed and his body shamefully mutilated by the savages . At Appomattox ...
Page 195
... proceeding of it . " He made an especial appeal to the rich that they de- vote their means to the spread of the gospel in America , call- ing attention to the great waste of money on the THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS . 195.
... proceeding of it . " He made an especial appeal to the rich that they de- vote their means to the spread of the gospel in America , call- ing attention to the great waste of money on the THE CHURCH IN THE WILDERNESS . 195.
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Page 97 - 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 370 - To be sure, sir, if you arrive well before Duquesne, with these fine troops, so well provided with artillery, that place, not yet completely fortified and as we hear with no very strong garrison, can probably make but a short resistance.
Page 225 - «welcome ; I am more glad to see you than any man in Virginia. Mr. Drummond you shall be hanged in half an hour.
Page 355 - That religion, or the duty which we owe to our Creator, and the manner of discharging it, can be directed only by reason and conviction, not by force or violence ; and therefore all men are equally entitled to the free exercise of religion, according to the dictates of conscience ; and that it is the mutual duty of all to practise Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other.
Page 376 - About ten o'clock I bade adieu to Mount Vernon, to private life, and to domestic felicity ; and with a mind oppressed with more anxious and painful sensations than I have words to express, set out for New York with the best disposition to render service to my country in obedience to its call, but with less hope of answering its expectations.
Page 172 - Our soul is escaped even as a bird out of the snare of the fowler ; the snare is broken, and we are delivered.
Page 333 - Whether this will prove a blessing or a curse, will depend upon the use our people make of the blessings which a gracious God hath bestowed on us.
Page 195 - There are at this time in the adjacent county not less than five or six well-meaning men in close jail for publishing their religious sentiments, which in the main are very orthodox.
Page 361 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.
Page 215 - The same course that is taken in England out of towns; every man according to his ability instructing his children. We have forty-eight parishes, and our ministers are well paid, and by my consent should be better if they would pray oftener and preach less.