Some Colonial Homesteads and Their StoriesG. P. Putnam's sons, 1897 - 511 páginas |
Dentro del libro
Resultados 1-5 de 75
Página 2
... daughters and nieces , until the names and styles of the Randolphs of Tuckahoe and Presque Isle , the Byrds of Westover , the Har- risons of Berkeley and Brandon , the Carters of Shirley , came to have the significance of baronial ...
... daughters and nieces , until the names and styles of the Randolphs of Tuckahoe and Presque Isle , the Byrds of Westover , the Har- risons of Berkeley and Brandon , the Carters of Shirley , came to have the significance of baronial ...
Página 16
... daughter was the first wife of Colonel William Evelyn Byrd of Westover , and the an- cestress of a long line of prominent Virginians , whose employment of the patronymic “ Parke as a Christian name , indicates their descent . " " The ...
... daughter was the first wife of Colonel William Evelyn Byrd of Westover , and the an- cestress of a long line of prominent Virginians , whose employment of the patronymic “ Parke as a Christian name , indicates their descent . " " The ...
Página 23
... daughter of the Pro- tector . Her sitting attitude is languidly grace- ful ; her head is supported by a slim hand , her arm on a table . Her gown is of a dim blue , with flowing sleeves , and modestly decolleté . Upon Jeanie Deans's ...
... daughter of the Pro- tector . Her sitting attitude is languidly grace- ful ; her head is supported by a slim hand , her arm on a table . Her gown is of a dim blue , with flowing sleeves , and modestly decolleté . Upon Jeanie Deans's ...
Página 24
Marion Harland. ing next to his daughter , " The Fair Evelyn , " whose dramatic story has place in the chronicles of Westover . Upon the owl - like eyes , long locks and be- nign expression of Benjamin Franklin , benig- nity so ...
Marion Harland. ing next to his daughter , " The Fair Evelyn , " whose dramatic story has place in the chronicles of Westover . Upon the owl - like eyes , long locks and be- nign expression of Benjamin Franklin , benig- nity so ...
Página 25
... daughter of the venerated châtelaine who shines with chastened lustre , the very pearl of gracious womanhood , in the antique setting of Brandon . The Westover MS . is a large folio bound in parchment , copied in a clear , clerkly hand ...
... daughter of the venerated châtelaine who shines with chastened lustre , the very pearl of gracious womanhood , in the antique setting of Brandon . The Westover MS . is a large folio bound in parchment , copied in a clear , clerkly hand ...
Otras ediciones - Ver todas
Términos y frases comunes
Aaron Burr acres Albany America Arent beautiful born Brandon brother brought built Burr Captain captivity Carter Chew Chief-Justice church Cliveden COAT-OF-ARMS Colonel Byrd Colonial Cortlandt daughter death Deerfield descendant died door drawing-room Dutch dwelling England English Eunice Evelyn Byrd eyes father feet French George Germantown Governor guests hall hand Harrison heart homestead honor hundred husband Indian Jamestown John John Cotton Smith JOHN EAGER HOWARD John Rolfe King Lady land lived LIVINGSTON MANOR Lord Madame Jumel Manor mansion marriage married Marshall Mary Cary master never Oak Hill passed PHILIPSE MANOR-HOUSE Pierre Van Cortlandt plantation Pocahontas Pompton PORTRAIT Powhatan President Richmond river Robert Livingston Roger Morris royal Samuel Pierce Schuyler Shirley side Smith story tion town UNIL Virginia walls Washington wedding Werowocomoco Westover wife William William Byrd woman York young
Pasajes populares
Página 407 - Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works to the children of men! Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
Página 391 - I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave : I am deprived of the residue of my years. I said, I shall not see the LORD, Even the LORD, in the land of the living : I shall behold man no more With the inhabitants of the world.
Página 434 - Powhatan; then as many as could laid hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs to beat out his brains, Pocahontas, the King's dearest daughter, when no entreaty could prevail, got his head in her arms, and laid her own upon his to save him from death, whereat the Emperor was contented he should live to make him hatchets, and her bells, beads, and copper, for they thought him as well9 of all occupations as themselves.
Página 379 - And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them : remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Página 434 - ... after their best barbarous manner they could, a long consultation was held, but the conclusion was, two great stones were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could laid hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs to beat out his brains, Pocahontas, the King's dearest daughter, when no entreaty could prevail, got his head in her arms and laid her own upon his to save him from death...
Página 433 - Powhatan and his train had put themselves in their greatest braveries. Before a fire upon a seat like a bedstead, he sat covered with a great robe, made of raccoon skins, and all the tails hanging by.
Página 380 - And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession ; and I will be their God.
Página 445 - ... weapons, when we were at supper. Therefore, if we would live, she wished us presently to be gone. Such things as she delighted in he would...
Página 433 - Having feasted him after their best barbarous manner they could, a long consultation was held, but the conclusion was, two great stones were brought before Powhatan : then as many as could...
Página 397 - ... of which were very awful; and yet such was the hardheartedness of the adversary, that my tears were reckoned to me as a reproach. My loss, and the loss of my children, was great; our hearts were so filled with sorrow, that nothing but the comfortable hopes of her being taken away in mercy to herself, from the evils we were to see, feel, and suffer under, (and joined to the assembly of the spirits of just men made perfect, to rest in peace, and joy unspeakable, and full of glory...