The North Carolina Booklet: Great Events in North Carolina History, Nide 6Martha Helen Haywood, Mrs. Hubert Haywood, Mary Hilliard Hinton North Carolina Society of the Daughters of the Revolution, 1906 |
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Abner Nash Admiral Albemarle Albemarle Sound Assembly Bath battle Bern Biographical borough British Brunswick called Cape Fear Cape Fear River Captain Frankland CAROLINA SOCIETY DAUGHTERS Caswell Chowan Colonel Colonial Congress copy Cornelius Harnett Cornwallis Creek D. H. HILL Duplin E. E. MOFFITT Eastern North Carolina Edenton elected England English Francis Nash Governor Burke Halifax Hall of History Hillsboro History of North honor Indian Island James Jesse Franklin John King land Lawson letter Lords Proprietors married MARY HILLIARD HINTON Midway Plantation Militia MISS MARY HILLIARD North Caro North Carolina North Carolina Booklet North Carolina History NORTH CAROLINA SOCIETY patriotic province Raleigh Revolution Revolutionary River Roanoke sent ship Sir Charles Sir Thomas Frankland sketch South story subscribers Thirkleby tion Tories town Tryon Tuscarora War Tuscaroras Virginia Virginia Dare W. J. PEELE warriors William Wilmington
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Sivu 4 - Ye whose hearts are fresh and simple, Who have faith in God and Nature, Who believe, that in all ages Every human heart is human, That in even savage bosoms There are longings, yearnings, strivings For the good they comprehend not, That the feeble hands and helpless, Groping blindly in the darkness, Touch God's right hand in that darkness And are lifted up and strengthened...
Sivu 13 - Tobacco, divine, rare, superexcellent tobacco, which goes far beyond all the panaceas, potable gold, and philosopher's stones, a sovereign remedy to all diseases. A good vomit, I confess, a virtuous herb, if it be well qualified, opportunely taken, and medicinally used ; but as it is commonly abused by most men, which take it as tinkers do ale, 'tis a plague, a mischief, a violent purger of goods, lands, health; hellish, devilish and damned tobacco, the ruin and overthrow of body and soul.
Sivu 29 - Edward, Earl of Clarendon ; George, Duke of Albemarle ; William, Lord Craven ; John, Lord Berkeley ; Anthony, Lord Ashley; Sir George Carteret; Sir William Berkeley; and Sir John Colleton...
Sivu 9 - When daisies pied and violets blue And lady-smocks all silver-white And cuckoo-buds of yellow hue Do paint the meadows with delight, The cuckoo then, on every tree, Mocks married men ; for thus sings he, Cuckoo ; Cuckoo, cuckoo...
Sivu 157 - Carolina, Carolina. Heaven's blessings attend her; While we live we will cherish, protect, and defend her.
Sivu 220 - ... Resolved, That the delegates for this Colony in the Continental Congress be impowered to concur with the delegates of the other Colonies in declaring Independency, and forming foreign alliances, reserving to this Colony the sole and exclusive right of forming a Constitution and laws for this Colony, and of appointing delegates from time to time (under the direction of a general representation thereof), to meet the delegates of the other Colonies for such purposes as shall be hereafter pointed...
Sivu 24 - Indian drum, that is, a large gourd with a skin braced taut over the mouth of it. The dancers all sang to this music, keeping exact time with their feet, while their heads and arms were screwed into a thousand menacing postures. Upon this occasion the ladies had arrayed themselves in all their finery. They were...
Sivu 174 - He shall have the control and direction of the work and operations of the department, he shall preserve its collections, care for the official archives that may come into its custody, collect as far as possible all materials bearing upon the history of the State, and of the territory included therein, from the earliest times, prepare the biennial register hereinafter provided, diffuse knowledge in reference to the history and resources of the State; and he is charged with the particular duty of gathering...
Sivu 176 - LISTEN, my children, and you shall hear Of the midnight ride of Paul Revere, On the eighteenth of April, in Seventyfive ; Hardly a man is now alive Who remembers that famous day and year. He said to his friend, " If the British march By land or sea from the town to-night, Hang a lantern aloft in the belfry arch Of the North Church tower as a signal light, One, if by land, and...