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... town , after briefly reviewing his services , says , " A charac- ter in all points so exemplary , so good , and so great , so exempt from any seeming blemish or defect , it is not easy to find among the early worthies of New England ...
... town , after briefly reviewing his services , says , " A charac- ter in all points so exemplary , so good , and so great , so exempt from any seeming blemish or defect , it is not easy to find among the early worthies of New England ...
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... Town House , may also be mentioned as an interesting addition to our manu- script Collections . Last in the order received , but first in importance and interest to the Society , are the various papers and manu- scripts of Dr. Belknap ...
... Town House , may also be mentioned as an interesting addition to our manu- script Collections . Last in the order received , but first in importance and interest to the Society , are the various papers and manu- scripts of Dr. Belknap ...
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... town histories ; seventh , Massachusetts histories , occupying one compartment each . In the next four compartments the fourteenth , fifteenth , sixteenth , and seventeenth- are arranged all histories of New England , and of other ...
... town histories ; seventh , Massachusetts histories , occupying one compartment each . In the next four compartments the fourteenth , fifteenth , sixteenth , and seventeenth- are arranged all histories of New England , and of other ...
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... town ; which General Howe , with his Council , determined upon , after an application to G [ eneral ] Washington for five days ' cessation of arms , at the end whereof G [ eneral ] Howe promised to leave the town . To which G [ eneral ] ...
... town ; which General Howe , with his Council , determined upon , after an application to G [ eneral ] Washington for five days ' cessation of arms , at the end whereof G [ eneral ] Howe promised to leave the town . To which G [ eneral ] ...
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... town , on Fort Hill and at Castle William , as I am told , — can afford them but little encouragement to retake a fortress , which they have so lately judged untenable against the force they may now suppose to be in possession , and ...
... town , on Fort Hill and at Castle William , as I am told , — can afford them but little encouragement to retake a fortress , which they have so lately judged untenable against the force they may now suppose to be in possession , and ...
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Page 255 - I, AB, do swear, That I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, That princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 169 - The busy day — the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
Page 364 - ... within the limits and under the jurisdiction of the United States...
Page 56 - Once, ah, once, within these walls, One whom memory oft recalls, The Father of his Country, dwelt. And yonder meadows broad and damp The fires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt.
Page 255 - I AB do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful, and bear true allegiance, to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God.
Page 255 - I do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me, as they are commonly understood by Protestants, without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever...
Page 412 - ... lessened his apprehension. He began in his pleasant voice ; got through two or three sentences pretty easily, but in the next hesitated ; and, after one or two attempts to go on, gave it up, with a graceful allusion to the tournament, and the troops of knights all armed and eager for the fray ; and ended with the toast, " Charles' Dickens, the guest of the nation.
Page 24 - ... to be applied to the relief of the widows, orphans, and aged parents of our beloved American fellow subjects, who, faithful to the character of Englishmen, preferring death to slavery, were for that reason only inhumanly murdered by the King's (meaning his said Majesty's) troops at or near Lexington and Concord...
Page 57 - But, lest some unlucky event should happen, unfavorable to my reputation, I beg it may be remembered by every gentleman in the room, that I, this day, declare with the utmost sincerity, I do not think 117 myself equal to the command I am honored with.
Page 344 - England, all such and so many of our loving subjects, or any other strangers that will become our loving subjects, and live under our allegiance, as shall willingly accompany them in the same voyages and plantation...