History of New England, Volume 1Little, Brown, 1876 - New England |
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Page v
... took great pains to find an impression of that seal , but without success ; which surprised me , the patents issued by the Council having been so numerous . An impression of the seal in wax is attached to the patent of Plymouth Colony ...
... took great pains to find an impression of that seal , but without success ; which surprised me , the patents issued by the Council having been so numerous . An impression of the seal in wax is attached to the patent of Plymouth Colony ...
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... took place at an early day ; but they were soon discontinued ; and it was not till the last quarter of the eighteenth century , that those swarms began to depart , which have since occupied so large a portion of the territory of the ...
... took place at an early day ; but they were soon discontinued ; and it was not till the last quarter of the eighteenth century , that those swarms began to depart , which have since occupied so large a portion of the territory of the ...
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... took no root . revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 , about a hundred and fifty families of French Huguenots came to Massachusetts , where , though their names have mostly died out , a considerable number of their posterity are yet ...
... took no root . revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 , about a hundred and fifty families of French Huguenots came to Massachusetts , where , though their names have mostly died out , a considerable number of their posterity are yet ...
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... took the engagement of some Indians to keep the ten commandments of the Decalogue . When they came to the fourth commandment , the proposal - and the reply were as follows : " Not to do any unnecessary work on the Sabbath - day ...
... took the engagement of some Indians to keep the ten commandments of the Decalogue . When they came to the fourth commandment , the proposal - and the reply were as follows : " Not to do any unnecessary work on the Sabbath - day ...
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... took for sacrifices , and especially human sacri- fices , are quite as likely to have been acts of an entirely different import ; and when he comes to specifications , he lays the scene among the Narragansetts , of whom personally he ...
... took for sacrifices , and especially human sacri- fices , are quite as likely to have been acts of an entirely different import ; and when he comes to specifications , he lays the scene among the Narragansetts , of whom personally he ...
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Page 45 - Lo, the poor Indian, whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, and hears Him in the wind...
Page 165 - Having undertaken for the Glory of God. and Advancement of the Christian Faith, and the Honour of our King and Country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern Parts of Virginia; do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually in the Presence of God and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid...
Page 165 - 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. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the llth of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini 1620.
Page 270 - The King willeth that right be done according to the laws and customs of the realm ; and that the statutes be put in due execution, that his subjects may have no cause to complain of any wrong or oppressions, contrary to their just rights and liberties, to the preservation whereof he holds himself as well obliged as of his prerogative.
Page 412 - ... retraction, it is therefore ordered, that the said Mr. Williams shall depart out of this jurisdiction within six weeks now next ensuing ; which if he neglect to perform, it shall be lawful for the governor and two of the magistrates to send him to some place out of this jurisdiction, not to return any more without license from the court.
Page 623 - WHEREAS we all came into these parts of America with one and the same end and aim, namely, to advance the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to enjoy the liberties- of the gospel in purity with peace...
Page 423 - We whose names are hereunder, desirous to inhabit in the town of Providence, do promise to subject ourselves in active or passive obedience to all such orders or agreements as shall be made for public good of the body, in an orderly way, by the major assent of the present inhabitants, masters of families, incorporated together into a town fellowship, and such others whom they shall admit unto them, only in civil things.
Page 138 - Being thus apprehended, they were hurried from one place to another, and from one justice to another, until, in the end, they knew not what to do with them.
Page 2 - Indian race, from the mouth of the St. Lawrence to the mouth of the Mississippi, had become estranged from the English and friendly to the French.
Page 408 - Mr. Williams (then of Salem) had sent to them, and which he had formerly written to the governor and council of Plymouth, wherein, among other things, he disputes their right to the lands they possessed here, and concluded that, claiming by the king's grant, they could have no title, nor otherwise, except they compounded with the natives.