A History of the Valley of VirginiaSamuel H. Davis, 1833 - 486 頁 |
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... trees , and make silk , * This order strikes the author as one of a singular character . It certainly requires great judgment and experience of the planter to decide what num- ber of plants would make his 100 lbs . of tobacco ...
... trees , and make silk , * This order strikes the author as one of a singular character . It certainly requires great judgment and experience of the planter to decide what num- ber of plants would make his 100 lbs . of tobacco ...
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... trees whereon these rested at nights , of which the ffowlers shot abundance and eat ' em ; this sight put the old planters under the more portentous apprehen- sions , because the like was seen ( as they said ) in the year 1640 when th ...
... trees whereon these rested at nights , of which the ffowlers shot abundance and eat ' em ; this sight put the old planters under the more portentous apprehen- sions , because the like was seen ( as they said ) in the year 1640 when th ...
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... trees fastened 3. feet deep in the earth , their bodies from 5. to 8. inches diam- eter , watled 6. inches apart to shoot through with the tops twisted together , and also artificially wrought , as our men could make no breach to storm ...
... trees fastened 3. feet deep in the earth , their bodies from 5. to 8. inches diam- eter , watled 6. inches apart to shoot through with the tops twisted together , and also artificially wrought , as our men could make no breach to storm ...
第 63 頁
... tree , where none might make you afraid , and that you might prosper naturally and spiritually , you and your children ; and having a little eased my mind of that weight and con- cern ( in some measure ) that lay upon me , I at present ...
... tree , where none might make you afraid , and that you might prosper naturally and spiritually , you and your children ; and having a little eased my mind of that weight and con- cern ( in some measure ) that lay upon me , I at present ...
第 69 頁
... counties of Berkeley , Jefferson and Fred- erick , barren of timber . This barren land is now covered with the best of forest trees . also settled at an early period . The counties of 51 FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE VALLEY . 69.
... counties of Berkeley , Jefferson and Fred- erick , barren of timber . This barren land is now covered with the best of forest trees . also settled at an early period . The counties of 51 FIRST SETTLEMENT OF THE VALLEY . 69.
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第 125 頁 - He knew his lord : — he knew, and strove to meet (In vain he strove), to crawl, and kiss his feet; Yet (all he could) his tail, his ears, his eyes, Salute his master, and confess his joys.
第 125 頁 - Jove fixed it certain, that whatever day Makes man a slave, takes half his worth away.
第 156 頁 - Logan, not sparing even my women and children. There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it: I have killed many: I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country, I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not...
第 156 頁 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it : I have killed many : I have fully glutted my vengeance : for my country I rejoice at the beams of peace. But do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear. Logan never felt fear. He will not turn on his heel to save his life. Who is there to mourn for Logan ? — Not one...
第 341 頁 - The fort consisted of cabins, block-houses and stockades. A range of cabins commonly formed one side at least of the fort. Divisions, or partitions of log.?, separated the cabins from each other. The walls on the outside were ten or twelve feet high, the slope of the roof being turned wholly inward. A very few of these cabins had puncheon floors : the greater part were earthen.
第 346 頁 - I have often seen them get up early in the morning at this season, walk hastily out, and look anxiously to the woods and snuff the autumnal winds with the highest rapture, then return into the house and cast a quick and attentive look at the rifle, which was always suspended to a joist by a couple of buck horns, or little forks.
第 349 頁 - ... approach them without being discovered. If he succeeded in killing a deer, he skinned it and hung it up out of the reach of the wolves, and immediately resumed the chase till the close of the evening, when he bent his course...
第 xxiii 頁 - Indians Committed the last Massacre, but not after, untill that present Year 1675. The Third strange Appearance was Swarms of Flyes about an Inch long, and big as the Top of a Man's little finger, rising out of Spigot Holes in the Earth, which Eat the New Sprouted Leaves from the Tops of the Trees without other Harm, and in a Month left us.
第 341 頁 - In some forts, instead of blockhouses, the angles of the fort were furnished with bastions. A large folding gate, made of thick slabs, nearest the spring, closed the fort. The stockades, bastions, cabins, and blockhouse walls, were furnished with port-holes at proper heights and distances. The whole of the outside was made completely bullet-proof. " It may be truly said that necessity is the mother of invention...
第 xxix 頁 - There is joy in the presence of the angels over one sinner that repenteth.