The Scotch-Irish Settlers in the Valley of Virginia: Alumni Address at Washington College, Lexington, VaMacfarlane & Fergusson, 1860 - Всего страниц: 38 |
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Address ALPHONSO SMITH Alumni amidst ancestor Andrew Lewis appear army Augusta county battle beautiful bloody BOLIVAR CHRISTIAN BOWYER Braddock's brave Breckenridge British Capt chieftain Church Colonel Colony command Cornstalk court court-house covenanters Creek Crown deeds descendants doctrine Dunmore Ellinipsico executed by reason extant faith fatal fathers Feb'y feet three inches forest warriors forever fought freedom freeholders frontier Gabriel Jones gallon Gent George Governor heart highlands hills homes honor illustrate invader James John Buchanan John Harvie Jones King land levy liberty lives Lord Dunmore massacre memory mountain murder Nov'r numbers oaths patriot peace Point Pleasant Pontiac Port Republic posterity Presbyterian Preston prophane psalm quart religious rifle riflemen Rockbridge Rockbridge county Sabbath sacred SAMPSON MATTHEWS Scotch SCOTCH-IRISH SETTLERS Scotland sentiments Sh'ff Shawnese sheriff SKILLERN spirit Staunton tell Thomas Madison thou Timber-ridge tradition tribe troops Ulster Valley of Virginia Vestry vestrymen WASHINGTON COLLEGE waters William
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Стр. 11 - One touch to her hand, and one word in her ear, When they reached the hall door and the charger stood near; So light to the croupe the fair lady he swung, So light to the saddle before her he sprung! — "She is won! we are gone, over bank, bush, and scaur; They'll have fleet steeds that follow,
Стр. 8 - Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads ; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place.
Стр. 13 - But as they lived in great familiarity with their people, and used to pray and to talk oft with them in private, so it can hardly be imagined to what a degree they were loved and reverenced by them.
Стр. 30 - House for several successive reigns have been the guardians of the civil and religious rights and liberties of British subjects, as settled at the glorious Revolution ; that we are willing to risk our lives in the service of his Majesty for the support of the Protestant religion and the rights and liberties of his subjects, as they have been established by compact, law and ancient charters. We are heartily grieved at the differences which now subsist between the parent state and the Colonies, and...
Стр. 32 - And so we are determined to maintain unimpaired that liberty which is the gift of heaven to the subjects of Britain's empire, and will most cordially join our countrymen in such measures as may be deemed wise and necessary to secure and perpetuate the ancient, just, and legal rights of this colony and all British America.
Стр. 32 - Great Britain rests on no other foundation than the liberty, and whose glory is inseparable from the happiness, of all his subjects. We have also respect for the parent State, which respect is founded on religion, on law, and on the genuine principles of the constitution. On these principles do we earnestly desire to see harmony and a good understanding restored between Great Britain and America.
Стр. 31 - Parliament, or the will of a greedy ministry. We by no means desire to shake off our duty or allegiance to our lawful Sovereign, but on the contrary shall ever glory in being the...
Стр. 12 - They required me to go before them in the work, which I did cheerfully, though it cost me one-third of my estate. The people readily followed, and my congregation in less than two months was well fortified.