A Brief Sketch of the Life of William Green, LL.D., Jurist and Scholar, with Some Personal Reminiscences of Him: Also, a Historical Tract by Judge Green, and Some Curious Letters Upon the Origin of the Proverb, "Vox Populi, Vox Dei."W.E. Jones, 1883 - 131 Seiten William Green was born 10 November 1806 in Fredricksburg, Virginia. His parents were John Williams Green (1781-1834) and Mary Brown. He was the eldest of eight children. He married Columbia E. Slaughter, daughter of Samuel Slaughter and Virginia Stanard. They had two children. He was a lawyer and a judge. He died 29 July 1880. |
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Seite 38 - In the midst of life we are in death ; of whom may we seek for succour, but of thee, O Lord, who for our sins art justly displeased...
Seite 100 - Assembly, the country was divided into eight shires — "which are to be governed as the shires in England. The names of the shires are, James City, Henrico, Charles City, Elizabeth City, Warwick River, Warrosquyoake, Charles River, Accawmack. And as in England, sheriffs shall be elected to have the same power as there; and Serjeants, and bailiffs where need requires.
Seite 105 - topographical description of the County of Prince George, in Virginia,
Seite 111 - ... sort of production. The Rev. Mr. Copeland, Chaplain on board of the Royal James, East Indiaman, on the return voyage from the East Indies, prevailed upon the officers and crew of that ship to contribute seventy pounds toward the establishment of a church and school in Virginia, and Charles City County was selected as the site of it, and it was to be called the East India School, and to be dependent upon the college at Henrico. The Virginia Company allotted one thousand acres of land for the maintenance...
Seite 94 - No, it cannot be the voice of God, for it was vox populi that cried out ' Crucify him! crucify him !' and I have seen it elsewhere ascribed to him. It appears, however, to have had a much earlier origin, and Wesley did but quote from Arthur Warwick, whose Spare Minutes, or Resolved Meditations and Premeditated Resolutions, had reached a sixth edition in 1637. I am unable to give you the exact...
Seite 95 - the voice of the common people is the voice of God," is the common voice of the people ; yet it is as full of falsehood, as commonness. For who sees not that those blackmouthed...
Seite 78 - twill return to refresh them at eve. In the woods of the North there are insects that prey On the brain of the elk till his very last sigh;* Oh, Genius ! thy patrons, more cruel than they, First feed on thy brains, and then leave thee to die...
Seite 87 - ... amendment. These articles were, by common consent of Parliament, sent to the King at Kenilworth Castle. A committee was appointed to wait upon him, but when the deputation appeared, and their full errand was made known, Edward swooned away, and would have fallen to the ground but for the support of the Earl of Lancaster and the Bishop of Winchester. However, coming to himself, he answered, with tears in his eyes, that he was very sorry he had so misbehaved himself towards his people, and asked...
Seite 90 - QU^ISITOR" asks (No. 21. p. 321.), — were the words chosen by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Simon Mepham, as his text for the sermon which he preached when Edward III. was called to the throne, from which the nation had pulled down his father, Edward II. This we learn from Walsingham, who says : " Archiepiscopus vero Cantuariic present! consensit election!, ut omnes pra-la'i et archiepiscopus quidem anumpto tilt-mate, Vax populi Vox Dei, serinonem fecit populo, exhorlans omnes ut apud regem rcgnm...