Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical, Volume 1William S. Martien, 1850 |
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... Four score and two years had passed since the little fleet of three ships , whose whole capacity for burden did not exceed one hundred and sixty tons , set sail from Blackwall in England on the 19th of December , 1606 , under the ...
... Four score and two years had passed since the little fleet of three ships , whose whole capacity for burden did not exceed one hundred and sixty tons , set sail from Blackwall in England on the 19th of December , 1606 , under the ...
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... four , except James City county , which might send five , and the city one . Act 84th , in the year 1662 , de- clares that hereafter noe county shall send above two bur- gesses who shal be elected at those places in each county where ...
... four , except James City county , which might send five , and the city one . Act 84th , in the year 1662 , de- clares that hereafter noe county shall send above two bur- gesses who shal be elected at those places in each county where ...
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... Four- teen myles northward from the river Powhatan is the river Pamounkee . On the south side inhabit the people of Yough- tenund , who have about 60 men for warres . On the north branch Mattapament , who have 30 men . Where the river ...
... Four- teen myles northward from the river Powhatan is the river Pamounkee . On the south side inhabit the people of Yough- tenund , who have about 60 men for warres . On the north branch Mattapament , who have 30 men . Where the river ...
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... four or five daies returned in her , and left for his deputy Captain Nathaniel Powell . On the eighteenth of Aprill , which was ten or twelve daies after , arrived Sir George Yearly , by whom we understood Sir Ed- ward Sands was chosen ...
... four or five daies returned in her , and left for his deputy Captain Nathaniel Powell . On the eighteenth of Aprill , which was ten or twelve daies after , arrived Sir George Yearly , by whom we understood Sir Ed- ward Sands was chosen ...
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... four akers of corne , and 1000 plants of tobacco . " The produce of corn on new ground , he says was " thirty or forty bushels an aker , and a barrelĺ of pease and beanes , which we esteem as good as two of corne , so that one man may ...
... four akers of corne , and 1000 plants of tobacco . " The produce of corn on new ground , he says was " thirty or forty bushels an aker , and a barrelĺ of pease and beanes , which we esteem as good as two of corne , so that one man may ...
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Page 216 - Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Page 347 - ... that it is time enough for the rightful purposes of civil government, for its officers to interfere when principles break out into overt acts against peace and good order...
Page 346 - ... all attempts to influence it by temporal punishments, or burthens, or by civil incapacitations, tend only to beget habits of hypocrisy and meanness, and are a departure from the plan of the holy author of our religion...
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Page 11 - I thank God there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have them 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 347 - THAT NO MAN SHALL BE COMPELLED to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever...
Page 346 - That to compel a man to furnish contributions of money for the propagation of opinions which he disbelieves and abhors, is sinful and tyrannical...
Page 381 - Devotion alone should have stopped me, to join in the duties of the congregation; but I must confess that curiosity to hear the preacher of such a wilderness was not the least of my motives.
Page 322 - Because we hold it for a fundamental and undeniable truth, "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.
Page 110 - Then said he unto the dresser of his vineyard, Behold, these three years I come seeking fruit on this fig tree, and find none: cut it down; why cumbereth it the ground?