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Page iii
... of degradation he may be placed , stands on an equality with the mightiest potentate of earth , and to his fate is attached a mysterious and inconceivable importance . To the various gentlemen , throughout the commonwealth , who.
... of degradation he may be placed , stands on an equality with the mightiest potentate of earth , and to his fate is attached a mysterious and inconceivable importance . To the various gentlemen , throughout the commonwealth , who.
Page iv
... stand on the place from whence the drawing was made . In giving notices of distinguished individuals , a limited number only could be inserted . In some instances the information respecting some towns may have been defective . The ...
... stand on the place from whence the drawing was made . In giving notices of distinguished individuals , a limited number only could be inserted . In some instances the information respecting some towns may have been defective . The ...
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... stand so for the space of half an hour . Great numbers of the like kind might be added . - Hutchinson's Hist . of Mass . , vol . i . p . 436 . About this period , the custom of wearing long hair , " after the manner of Russians and ...
... stand so for the space of half an hour . Great numbers of the like kind might be added . - Hutchinson's Hist . of Mass . , vol . i . p . 436 . About this period , the custom of wearing long hair , " after the manner of Russians and ...
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... stand recorded on the pages of American history ; and the mouldering bones of her sons , whitening the battle - fields of the Revolution show her devotion to the cause of civil liberty . BARNSTABLE COUNTY . THIS County is the ...
... stand recorded on the pages of American history ; and the mouldering bones of her sons , whitening the battle - fields of the Revolution show her devotion to the cause of civil liberty . BARNSTABLE COUNTY . THIS County is the ...
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... stands on the site formerly occupied as a garrison house . This town is situated on a narrow part of the peninsula of Cape Cod , and the soil , for the most part , is but a barren waste of sand . In an account given of the town in 1802 ...
... stands on the site formerly occupied as a garrison house . This town is situated on a narrow part of the peninsula of Cape Cod , and the soil , for the most part , is but a barren waste of sand . In an account given of the town in 1802 ...
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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...