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... colony seal , Oldtown harbor , Ordination at Woburn , Ordination at Salem , Ossian , quotation from , Otis , James , notice of , " Page , " Old Governor , " Paine , Robert Treat , notice of , Paper - mill , first in N. E. , Parsons ...
... colony seal , Oldtown harbor , Ordination at Woburn , Ordination at Salem , Ossian , quotation from , Otis , James , notice of , " Page , " Old Governor , " Paine , Robert Treat , notice of , Paper - mill , first in N. E. , Parsons ...
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... colony there of their own , secretly hired the master of the ship to contrive delays in England , and then to conduct them to these northern coasts , and there , under the pretence of shoals and winter , to discourage them in venturing ...
... colony there of their own , secretly hired the master of the ship to contrive delays in England , and then to conduct them to these northern coasts , and there , under the pretence of shoals and winter , to discourage them in venturing ...
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... colony , unto which we promise all due subjection and obedience . In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names , at Cape Cod , the 11th day of November , in the year of the reign of our sovereign Lord King James of England ...
... colony , unto which we promise all due subjection and obedience . In witness whereof we have hereunto subscribed our names , at Cape Cod , the 11th day of November , in the year of the reign of our sovereign Lord King James of England ...
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... colony from famine . They made diligent inquiry for the owners of the corn , whom they found , and afterwards paid them to their entire satisfaction . Before the end of November , Peregrine White , the son of William and Susanna White ...
... colony from famine . They made diligent inquiry for the owners of the corn , whom they found , and afterwards paid them to their entire satisfaction . Before the end of November , Peregrine White , the son of William and Susanna White ...
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... colonists , on the 9th of January 1621 , proceeded to the erection of their town , which they built in two rows of houses for greater security . On the 14th , their common storehouse took ... colony was solemnized on May 14 OUTLINE HISTORY .
... colonists , on the 9th of January 1621 , proceeded to the erection of their town , which they built in two rows of houses for greater security . On the 14th , their common storehouse took ... colony was solemnized on May 14 OUTLINE HISTORY .
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Page iii - The Puritans were men whose minds had derived a peculiar character from the daily contemplation of superior beings and eternal interests. Not content with acknowledging, in general terms, an overruling Providence, they habitually ascribed every event to the will of the Great Being for whose power nothing was too vast, for whose inspection nothing was too minute.
Page 12 - ... to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page iii - On the rich and the eloquent, on nobles and priests, they looked down with contempt; for they esteemed themselves rich in a more precious treasure, and eloquent in a more sublime language, nobles by the right of an earlier creation, and priests by the imposition of a mightier hand.
Page 289 - How lov'd, how honour'd once, avails thee not, To whom related, or by whom begot ; A heap of dust alone remains of thee, 'Tis all thou art, and all the proud shall be ! Poets themselves must fall, like those they sung, Deaf the prais'd ear, and mute the tuneful tongue.
Page 263 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings leaned to virtue's side ; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watched and wept, he prayed and felt for all. And as a bird each fond endearment tries To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 221 - And the children of Israel did secretly those things that were not right against the LORD their God, and they built them high places in all their cities, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city.
Page 11 - Having undertaken, for the glory of God and advancement of the Christian faith and honor of our king and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia...
Page 259 - Son of night, retire: call thy winds, and fly! Why dost thou come to my presence with thy shadowy arms ? Do I fear thy gloomy form, spirit of dismal Lodaf Weak is thy shield of clouds; feeble is that meteor thy sword!
Page 419 - Thus saith the Lord GOD, Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live.
Page 192 - ... to take account from time to time of all parents and masters and of their children, concerning their calling and employment of their children, especially of their ability to read and understand the principles of religion and the capital laws of this country...