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... Virginia . The only professional men were the clergy , for the lawyers were few , and growing to importance only as the Revolution be- gan ; while the physicians were still fewer , and as a class of no importance at all . The clergy ...
... Virginia . The only professional men were the clergy , for the lawyers were few , and growing to importance only as the Revolution be- gan ; while the physicians were still fewer , and as a class of no importance at all . The clergy ...
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... Virginia in the House of Burgesses . To this work they paid strict attention , and , after the fashion of their race , did it very well and very efficiently . They were an extremely competent body whenever they made up their minds to do ...
... Virginia in the House of Burgesses . To this work they paid strict attention , and , after the fashion of their race , did it very well and very efficiently . They were an extremely competent body whenever they made up their minds to do ...
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... Virginia planters . The luxury was imperfect . The splendor was sometimes barbaric . There were holes in the brocades , and the fresh air of heaven would often blow through a broken window upon the glittering silver and the costly china ...
... Virginia planters . The luxury was imperfect . The splendor was sometimes barbaric . There were holes in the brocades , and the fresh air of heaven would often blow through a broken window upon the glittering silver and the costly china ...
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... Virginia . The life they led was strongly developed on the animal side , and was perhaps neither stimulating nor elevating . The living was the reverse of plain , and the thinking was neither extremely high nor notably laborious . Yet ...
... Virginia . The life they led was strongly developed on the animal side , and was perhaps neither stimulating nor elevating . The living was the reverse of plain , and the thinking was neither extremely high nor notably laborious . Yet ...
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... Virginia . They lived contentedly on the acres of their fathers , and except at rare and stated inter- vals they had no other interests than those fur- nished by their ancestral domain . At the court- house or the vestry , or at ...
... Virginia . They lived contentedly on the acres of their fathers , and except at rare and stated inter- vals they had no other interests than those fur- nished by their ancestral domain . At the court- house or the vestry , or at ...
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