A History of Virginia from Its Discovery Till the Year 1781: With Biographical Sketches of All the Most Distinguished Characters that Occur in the Colonial, Revolutionary, Or Subsequent Period of Our HistoryJ. W. Campbell, 1813 - 310 من الصفحات |
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... conduct and marking the po- licy of our ancestors . We shall behold our state from the very embryon of her existence rising amidst enemies , and progressing amidst diffi- culties towards her present grandeur and popu- lation . It was ...
... conduct and marking the po- licy of our ancestors . We shall behold our state from the very embryon of her existence rising amidst enemies , and progressing amidst diffi- culties towards her present grandeur and popu- lation . It was ...
الصفحة 36
... conduct . What might have been the degree of his guilt it is not worth our time to inquire . It is sufficient to observe , that the council dismissed him from his office , and elected John Ratcliffe in his room . The adventurous mind of ...
... conduct . What might have been the degree of his guilt it is not worth our time to inquire . It is sufficient to observe , that the council dismissed him from his office , and elected John Ratcliffe in his room . The adventurous mind of ...
الصفحة 38
... firm foundation of his patriotism . He so magnified the difficulties of the enterprise to their view , as to induce them to relinquish the project . They afterwards conducted Smith through different towns under the dominion 38.
... firm foundation of his patriotism . He so magnified the difficulties of the enterprise to their view , as to induce them to relinquish the project . They afterwards conducted Smith through different towns under the dominion 38.
الصفحة 39
... conducted Smith through different towns under the dominion of Ope- chancanough , and at last brought him to the seat of the emperor Powhatan at Werowoco- moco . This place was situated on the north side of York river , within the ...
... conducted Smith through different towns under the dominion of Ope- chancanough , and at last brought him to the seat of the emperor Powhatan at Werowoco- moco . This place was situated on the north side of York river , within the ...
الصفحة 42
... conduct was not more cor- rect than that of his predecessor , became equal- ly unpopular . He was dismissed from office , and the vacancy filled by the appointment of Capt . John Smith as his successor . This active and enterprising man ...
... conduct was not more cor- rect than that of his predecessor , became equal- ly unpopular . He was dismissed from office , and the vacancy filled by the appointment of Capt . John Smith as his successor . This active and enterprising man ...
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