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... CHEW COAT - OF - ARMS PORTRAIT OF CHIEF - JUSTICE BENJAMIN CHEW A From the original painting in the National Museum , Philadelphia . ( 6 PORTRAIT OF PEGGY " CHEW PAGE 85 89 · 99 • 105 109 . 117 Reproduced with permission of the Century ...
... CHEW COAT - OF - ARMS PORTRAIT OF CHIEF - JUSTICE BENJAMIN CHEW A From the original painting in the National Museum , Philadelphia . ( 6 PORTRAIT OF PEGGY " CHEW PAGE 85 89 · 99 • 105 109 . 117 Reproduced with permission of the Century ...
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Marion Harland. 89 NIL OF In action he was no less independent of others '. CHIEF - JUSTICE MARSHALL . CHEW COAT OF ARMS . MICH.
Marion Harland. 89 NIL OF In action he was no less independent of others '. CHIEF - JUSTICE MARSHALL . CHEW COAT OF ARMS . MICH.
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... equal measure , the prudent and the ambitious . John Chew , merchant , the younger son of a Somersetshire family of the same name , sailed from England with Sarah , his wife , in 2 the Seaflower in 1622 , and was received with 104 - ...
... equal measure , the prudent and the ambitious . John Chew , merchant , the younger son of a Somersetshire family of the same name , sailed from England with Sarah , his wife , in 2 the Seaflower in 1622 , and was received with 104 - ...
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... January 30 , 1649 , when the thriving merchant , against the will of Governor Berke- ley , removed to Maryland . The earliest date of. CHEW COAT OF ARMS . FROM THE ORIGINAL PAINTING IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM , PHILA. Cliveden 105.
... January 30 , 1649 , when the thriving merchant , against the will of Governor Berke- ley , removed to Maryland . The earliest date of. CHEW COAT OF ARMS . FROM THE ORIGINAL PAINTING IN THE NATIONAL MUSEUM , PHILA. Cliveden 105.
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... Chew was , therefore , one of the body that listened to the comfortable words conveyed in the king's letter , " Given at our Court of York the 5th of July , 1642. " In this instrument , drawn up by the king's secretary , on the eve of ...
... Chew was , therefore , one of the body that listened to the comfortable words conveyed in the king's letter , " Given at our Court of York the 5th of July , 1642. " In this instrument , drawn up by the king's secretary , on the eve of ...
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Page 407 - Oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodness and for his wonderful works to the children of men! Let them exalt him also in the congregation of the people, and praise him in the assembly of the elders.
Page 391 - I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave : I am deprived of the residue of my years. I said, I shall not see the LORD, Even the LORD, in the land of the living : I shall behold man no more With the inhabitants of the world.
Page 434 - Powhatan; then as many as could laid hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs to beat out his brains, Pocahontas, the King's dearest daughter, when no entreaty could prevail, got his head in her arms, and laid her own upon his to save him from death, whereat the Emperor was contented he should live to make him hatchets, and her bells, beads, and copper, for they thought him as well9 of all occupations as themselves.
Page 379 - And I looked, and rose up, and said unto the nobles, and to the rulers, and to the rest of the people, Be not ye afraid of them : remember the Lord, which is great and terrible, and fight for your brethren, your sons, and your daughters, your wives, and your houses.
Page 434 - ... after their best barbarous manner they could, a long consultation was held, but the conclusion was, two great stones were brought before Powhatan: then as many as could laid hands on him, dragged him to them, and thereon laid his head, and being ready with their clubs to beat out his brains, Pocahontas, the King's dearest daughter, when no entreaty could prevail, got his head in her arms and laid her own upon his to save him from death...
Page 433 - Powhatan and his train had put themselves in their greatest braveries. Before a fire upon a seat like a bedstead, he sat covered with a great robe, made of raccoon skins, and all the tails hanging by.
Page 380 - And I will give unto thee, and to thy seed after thee, the land wherein thou art a stranger, all the land of Canaan, for an everlasting possession ; and I will be their God.
Page 445 - ... weapons, when we were at supper. Therefore, if we would live, she wished us presently to be gone. Such things as she delighted in he would...
Page 433 - Having feasted him after their best barbarous manner they could, a long consultation was held, but the conclusion was, two great stones were brought before Powhatan : then as many as could...
Page 397 - ... of which were very awful; and yet such was the hardheartedness of the adversary, that my tears were reckoned to me as a reproach. My loss, and the loss of my children, was great; our hearts were so filled with sorrow, that nothing but the comfortable hopes of her being taken away in mercy to herself, from the evils we were to see, feel, and suffer under, (and joined to the assembly of the spirits of just men made perfect, to rest in peace, and joy unspeakable, and full of glory...