Sketches of Virginia: Historical and Biographical, Τόμος 1William S. Martien, 1850 |
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... settlement of the province , was sustained by the legislature with paramount , and almost uncontrolled , influence , for nearly a century and a half . Some reference has been made in history to classes of people that , at different ...
... settlement of the province , was sustained by the legislature with paramount , and almost uncontrolled , influence , for nearly a century and a half . Some reference has been made in history to classes of people that , at different ...
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... settlement had been made above the falls where the river Powhatan , " falleth from the rockes farre west . " The neighbourhood of some navigable water being esteemed essential to the success- ful operations of planters , the most ...
... settlement had been made above the falls where the river Powhatan , " falleth from the rockes farre west . " The neighbourhood of some navigable water being esteemed essential to the success- ful operations of planters , the most ...
Σελίδα 7
... settlement of the colony , at Jamestown , tobacco was the principle article of export . The demand increased with the consumption , and the cultivation with the demand . The making of tar , pitch , and turpentine , and the hunting of ...
... settlement of the colony , at Jamestown , tobacco was the principle article of export . The demand increased with the consumption , and the cultivation with the demand . The making of tar , pitch , and turpentine , and the hunting of ...
Σελίδα 9
... settled on the principle , the more merchants the more traffic , and the better business . The The inhabitants of the colony were all planters . Scattered over the country as suited their interest or convenience , they lived ...
... settled on the principle , the more merchants the more traffic , and the better business . The The inhabitants of the colony were all planters . Scattered over the country as suited their interest or convenience , they lived ...
Σελίδα 10
... settle and seat in bettering their condition in a growing country . Yearly , we suppose , there comes , of servants , about fifteen hundred , of which most are English , few Scotch , and fewer Irish , and not above two or three ships of ...
... settle and seat in bettering their condition in a growing country . Yearly , we suppose , there comes , of servants , about fifteen hundred , of which most are English , few Scotch , and fewer Irish , and not above two or three ships of ...
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Academy Act of Toleration agreeable appeared appointed Assembly attend Bishop of London Blair blessed called Christ Christian Church of England clergy College colony congregation conversation Court Davies dissenters divine doctrines established church father favour Francis Makemie friends gave gentleman gospel Governor Graham Hampden Sidney Hanover Hanover county hear heard heart Hoge honour hope Indians James James River John labours Lacy land Legislature Legrand letter Liberty Hall license live Log College Lord Lord Cornbury lordship Makemie meeting meeting-house ment Messrs miles minister ministry Northern Neck parish pastor persons petition Philadelphia pious prayer preacher preaching Presbyterian Church Presbytery present President Prince Edward received religion religious revival Sabbath Samuel Samuel Davies Samuel Stanhope Smith says sent sermon Smith solemn spirit sundry Synod Synod of Virginia Tennent things thought tion tobacco Trustees Virginia Waddell William worship young
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Σελίδα 216 - Thou believest that there is one God ; thou doest well: the devils also believe, and tremble.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 50 - Protestant Subjects dissenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws...
Σελίδα 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!
Σελίδα 347 - THAT NO MAN SHALL BE COMPELLED to frequent or support any religious worship, place or ministry whatsoever...
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 284 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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?