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Page 148 - And he said unto his daughters, And where is he? why is it that ye have left the man? call him, that he may eat bread.
Page 155 - God sifted a whole nation that he might send choice grain over into this wilderness...
Page 361 - Resolved, That the flag of the thirteen United States be thirteen stripes, alternate red and white ; that the union be thirteen stars, white in a blue field, representing a new constellation.
Page 196 - I tell you, (with the world it would obtain little credit,) that my movements to the chair of government will be accompanied by feelings not unlike those of a culprit, who is going to the place of his execution; so unwilling am I, in the evening of a life nearly consumed in public cares, to quit a peaceful abode for an ocean of difficulties, without that competency of political skill, abilities, and inclination, which are necessary to manage the helm.
Page 148 - And she said unto them, Call me not Naomi, call me Mara: for the Almighty hath dealt very bitterly with me. I went out full, and the Lord hath brought me home again empty...
Page 149 - Churche, wch being done, before they were fully admitted, they were called in order and by name, and so every man (none staggering at it) tooke the oathe of Supremacy, and then entred the Assembly.
Page 446 - An Accurate and Interesting Account of the Hardships and Sufferings of that Band of Heroes who traversed the Wilderness in the Campaign against Quebec in 1775.
Page 149 - But forasmuche as men's affaires doe little prosper where God's service is neglected, all the Burgesses tooke their places in the Quire till a prayer was said by Mr. Bucke, the Minister, that it would please God to guide and sanctifie all our proceedings to his owne glory and the good of this Plantation.
Page 42 - Indeed," wrote some of the survivors, " how could we penetrate it? Most of our grenadiers and light infantry, the moment of presenting themselves, lost three-fourths, and many, nine-tenths Of their men. Some had only eight or nine men in a company left, some only three, four, or five.
Page 127 - Some Materials to serve for a Brief Memoir of John- Daly Burk, Author of a History of Virginia. With a Sketch of the Life and Character of his Only Child, Judge John Junius Burk. Edited by Charles Campbell. Albany, NY : Joel Munsell. 1868. 8vo, pp. 123. BA. 10216 CAMPBELL. See "The Bland Papers,