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Page 267 - twill live in song and story, Though its folds are in the dust : For its fame on brightest pages, Penned by poets and by sages, Shall go sounding down the ages — Furl its folds though now we must. Furl that Banner, softly, slowly ! Treat it gently — it is holy — For it droops above the dead. Touch it not — unfold it never, Let it droop there, furled forever, For its people's hopes are dead...
Page 57 - So, then, here is a place, a nurse for soldiers, a practice for mariners, a trade for merchants, a reward for the good ; and that which is most of all, a business, most acceptable to God, to bring such poor infidels to the knowledge of God and his holy gospel.
Page 56 - There is but one entrance by sea into this country, and that is at the mouth of a very goodly bay, 18 or 20 myles broad. The cape on the south is called Cape Henry, in honour of our most noble prince. The land white hilly sands like unto the Downes, and all along the shores great plentie of pines and firres.
Page 56 - Heaven and earth never agreed better to frame a place for man's habitation. The mildness of the air, the fertility of the soil and the situation of the rivers are so propitious to the use of man that no place is more convenient for pleasure, profit and man's sustenance under any latitude or climate.
Page 68 - We shall build good ships here at a profit if we can at a loss if we must, but always good ships.
Page 112 - You being a Gentleman that have had the Advantage of a liberal Education, and being generally esteemed a Man of Letters, I believe it will be needless for me to explain to you the Nature of Repentance and Faith in Christ, they being so fully and so often mentioned in the Scriptures, that you cannot but know them.
Page 112 - I have already upon this occasion. Neither should I have done it, but that considering the course of your life and actions, I have just reason to fear that the principles of religion that had been instilled into you by your education have been at least corrupted, if not entirely defaced, by the Scepticism and Infidelity of this wicked age...
Page 56 - Downes, and all along the shores great plenty of Pines and Firres. "The north Cape is called Cape Charles in honour of the worthy Duke of York. The Isles before it, Smith's Isles, by the name of the discoverer. "Within is a country that may have the prerogative over the most pleasant places...
Page 125 - Charleston is perhaps the only city in America that has slammed its front door in Progress...
Page 244 - The time is here when command of the sea will be of no value to Great Britain without corresponding command of the air.