The Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Advertiser, Volumes 1-2William Maxwell 1848 - Virginia |
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... hand- somely colored , but unluckily turned out to be a little too large for his house . But we shall hope to enlarge our house itself by degrees , as our family of subscribers increases , till we make it like one of our old Virginia ...
... hand- somely colored , but unluckily turned out to be a little too large for his house . But we shall hope to enlarge our house itself by degrees , as our family of subscribers increases , till we make it like one of our old Virginia ...
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... hands , and for which , we may certainly say without boast or exaggeration , no other State has made , or had it in its power to make , such large and munificent sacrifices . It is for the sake of the Union , as well as for her own sake ...
... hands , and for which , we may certainly say without boast or exaggeration , no other State has made , or had it in its power to make , such large and munificent sacrifices . It is for the sake of the Union , as well as for her own sake ...
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... hands , with liberty to use as we please . We submit , accordingly , the following portion of the communication which gives a very full and clear view of the Limits of Virginia under the charters of James the First ; which may be useful ...
... hands , with liberty to use as we please . We submit , accordingly , the following portion of the communication which gives a very full and clear view of the Limits of Virginia under the charters of James the First ; which may be useful ...
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... hand , which we shall publish in our next number .— [ Ed . THE OLD STOVE . In the N. Eastern Hall of the Capitol , in this city , near Hou- don's noble Statue of the Father of his Country , there stands an interesting relic of other ...
... hand , which we shall publish in our next number .— [ Ed . THE OLD STOVE . In the N. Eastern Hall of the Capitol , in this city , near Hou- don's noble Statue of the Father of his Country , there stands an interesting relic of other ...
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... hand , which I am sorry for . The whole proceeding relative to the campaign of 1774 was familiar to me some years past , but no doubt some of it may now escape my memory . So far as 30 THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL REGISTER .
... hand , which I am sorry for . The whole proceeding relative to the campaign of 1774 was familiar to me some years past , but no doubt some of it may now escape my memory . So far as 30 THE VIRGINIA HISTORICAL REGISTER .
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Page 200 - A lily of a day Is fairer far in May Although it fall and die that night; It was the plant and flower of light. In small proportions we just beauties see; And in short measures, life may perfect be.
Page 34 - Hull, Prepared from his Manuscripts, by his daughter, Mrs. Maria Campbell; together with the History of the Campaign of 1812, and Surrender of the Post of Detroit; by his Grandson, James Freeman Clarke.
Page 221 - Fear and trembling Hope, Silence and Foresight; Death the Skeleton And Time the Shadow ; — there to celebrate, As in a natural temple scattered o'er With altars undisturbed of mossy stone, United worship ; or in mute repose To lie, and listen to the mountain flood Murmuring from Glaramara's inmost caves.
Page 16 - Point of Cape Comfort, all along the Sea Coast, to the Southward two hundred Miles, and all that Space and Circuit of Land, lying from the Sea Coast of the Precinct aforesaid, up into the Land, throughout from Sea to Sea, West, and Northwest...
Page 90 - WOULDST thou from sorrow find a sweet relief? Or is thy heart oppressed with woes untold ! Balm wouldst thou gather for corroding grief? Pour blessings round thee like a shower of gold. — 'Tis when the rose is wrapt in many a fold Close to its heart, the worm is wasting there Its life and beauty; not when, all unrolled, Leaf after leaf, its bosom, rich and fair, Breathes freely its perfumes throughout the ambient air...
Page 16 - Comfort, all along the sea coast to the southward two hundred miles ; and all that space and circuit of land lying from the sea coast of the precinct aforesaid, up into the land throughout, from sea to sea, west and north-west...
Page 19 - How that he did divide from Pagans three Their Heads and Lives, Types of his Chivalry. For which great Service in that Climate done, Brave Sigismundus, King of Hungarion, Did give him as a Coat of Armes to wear, These Conquered Heads got by his Sword and Spear.
Page 180 - ... with a dissemination great as the unfoldings' of the air's looser garment, or the wilder fringes of the fire, without knots, or order, or combination; but God gathered the beams in his hand, and united them into a globe of fire, and all the light of the world became the body of the sun...
Page 113 - ... a peculiar people, marked and chosen by the finger of God, to possess it, for undoubtedly he is with us.
Page 18 - Three years, but we have reached it in ten months. This is the day wherein, to all my friends, I will pronounce the happy word, BE RICH ; THIS DAY YOU SHALL BE SPECTATISSIMI.