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" I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government.... "
The Works of the Honourable James Wilson, L. L. D.: Late One of the ... - Page 235
by James Wilson - 1804
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The History of the Church of England in the Colonies and Foreign ..., Volume 2

James Stuart Murray Anderson - Blacks - 1848 - 796 pages
...we could boast of, since the persecution in Cromwell's tiranny drove divers worthy men hither. But, I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing;...divulged them, and libels against the best government 36.' The man, who could give utterance to such sentiments, it is plain, must ' — *— • have been...
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Massachusetts Quarterly Review, Volume 1

1848 - 544 pages
...the government of Sir William Berkeley, well known for his famous apostrophe — "I thank God we have no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall...against the best government. God keep us from both ! " This wish has not been in vain. The establishment of slavery secured its fulfilment. Virginia has...
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Southern Literary Messenger, Volume 23

Literature - 1856 - 604 pages
...tyranny drove divers worthy men thither. Vet, I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing; and 1 hope we shall not have these hundred years. For learning...the world, and printing has divulged them and libels ngainst the best government; God keep us from both! " WILLIAM BERKELEY. "VIRGINIA, 20 June, 1671."...
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The History of the United States of America, Volume 1

Richard Hildreth - United States - 1849 - 586 pages
...that we can boast of since the persecution, in Cromwell's tyranny, drove divers worthy men hither. But I thank God there are no free schools nor printing,...against the best government : God keep us from both !" 1672. No opposition appears to have been made in Virginia to the establishment of a crown custom-house...
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The History of the United States of America, Volume 1

Richard Hildreth - United States - 1849 - 584 pages
...that we can boast of since the persecution, in Cromwell's tyranny, drove divers worthy men hither. But I thank God there are no free schools nor printing,...against the best government : God keep us from both !" 1672. No opposition appears to have been made in Virginia to the establishment of a crown custom-house...
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Exercises in Rhetorical Reading: With a Series of Introductory Lessons ...

Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1849 - 466 pages
...extraordinary declaration of Sir William Berkeley, then Governor of Virginia, to the Lords Commissioners : — "I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing,...have these hundred years ; for learning has brought 30 disobedience and heresy and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them and libels against...
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Exercises in Rhetorical Reading: With a Series of Introductory Lessons ...

Richard Green Parker - Elocution - 1849 - 446 pages
...schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years ; for learning has brought 30 disobedience and heresy and sects into the world,...against the best government. God keep us from both." But how was it with the pilgrims ? From a soil of comparative barrenness, they gathered a rich harvest...
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A Second Visit to the United States of North America, Volume 1

Sir Charles Lyell - History - 1849 - 394 pages
...them these hundred years. For learning has * Bancroft, vol. ip 458. brought heresy and disobedience and sects into the world, and printing has divulged...against the best government. God keep us from both!"* Sir William Berkeley was simply expressing here, in plain terms, the chief motives which still continue...
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Addresses at the Inauguration of Jared Sparks, LL. D., as President of ...

Harvard University - Education, Higher - 1849 - 68 pages
...same mind as .the king's governor of Virginia, who said, in an official despatch, " I thank God, that there are no free schools nor printing ; and I hope we shall not have, these hundred years." The enlightened men, who crossed the seas to seek an asylum and a home in the wilderness of New England,...
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The Virginia Historical Register, and Literary Note Book, Volumes 3-4

William Maxwell - Virginia - 1850 - 506 pages
...we could boast of, since the persicution in Cromwell's tiranny drove divers worthy men hither. But, I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing,...against the best government. God keep us from both !* * Mr. Hening adds a note to his copy of this paper which we shall also append to ours as follows...
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