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... death ,. 133 Swift , Rev. J. , epitaph , · · · · • . .. 536 · 361 29 17 , 499 367 542 99 332 386 130 137 24 339 201 547 59 512 621 223 199 43 • 254 255 • 263 363 73 616 · 328 624 · 604 600 430 404 485 359 326 512 308 113 • 257 • 448 ...
... death ,. 133 Swift , Rev. J. , epitaph , · · · · • . .. 536 · 361 29 17 , 499 367 542 99 332 386 130 137 24 339 201 547 59 512 621 223 199 43 • 254 255 • 263 363 73 616 · 328 624 · 604 600 430 404 485 359 326 512 308 113 • 257 • 448 ...
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... death was greatly lamented , as he was a man of great piety , humility , and benevolence . He possessed a considerable estate , the greater part of which he expended for the good of the colony . Soon after his death , Mr. William ...
... death was greatly lamented , as he was a man of great piety , humility , and benevolence . He possessed a considerable estate , the greater part of which he expended for the good of the colony . Soon after his death , Mr. William ...
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John Warner Barber. · sachem Massasoit was sick and apparently near death , and that a Dutch ship was driven ashore near his house , the governor sent Edward Winslow and John Hambden to visit him , and speak with the Dutch . Having ...
John Warner Barber. · sachem Massasoit was sick and apparently near death , and that a Dutch ship was driven ashore near his house , the governor sent Edward Winslow and John Hambden to visit him , and speak with the Dutch . Having ...
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... death of the Rev. Mr. Robinson . He died at Leyden , in March , 1625 , in the fiftieth year of his age . He was truly a great and good man , and highly esteemed . After his death , his wife , children , and most of his congregation ...
... death of the Rev. Mr. Robinson . He died at Leyden , in March , 1625 , in the fiftieth year of his age . He was truly a great and good man , and highly esteemed . After his death , his wife , children , and most of his congregation ...
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... death . Serjeant Perkins ordered to carry forty turfs to the fort for being drunk . Edward Palmer , for his extortion in taking two pounds thirteen shillings and four- pence for the wood - work of Boston stocks , is fined five pounds ...
... death . Serjeant Perkins ordered to carry forty turfs to the fort for being drunk . Edward Palmer , for his extortion in taking two pounds thirteen shillings and four- pence for the wood - work of Boston stocks , is fined five pounds ...
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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...