Historical Collections: Being a General Collection of Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, &c., Relating to the History and Antiquities of Every Town in Massachusetts, with Geographical DescriptionsDorr Howland & Company, 1839 - 624 páginas |
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... Boston , 532 Fall River , 121 Lynn , Boxborough , 352 Falmouth , 44 Lynnfield , Boxford , 168 Fitchburg , 565 Boylston , 556 Foxborough , . 468 Malden , Bradford , 169 Framingham , 397 Manchester , Braintree , 451 Franklin , 469 ...
... Boston , 532 Fall River , 121 Lynn , Boxborough , 352 Falmouth , 44 Lynnfield , Boxford , 168 Fitchburg , 565 Boylston , 556 Foxborough , . 468 Malden , Bradford , 169 Framingham , 397 Manchester , Braintree , 451 Franklin , 469 ...
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... Boston harbor first visited , Boston in 1663 , . Boston massacre , 1770 , Boundary line between Connecticut and Massachusetts , Bours , Rev. Peter , epitaph , Bowditch , Hon . Nathaniel , notice of , Bradford , Hon . W. , epitaph ...
... Boston harbor first visited , Boston in 1663 , . Boston massacre , 1770 , Boundary line between Connecticut and Massachusetts , Bours , Rev. Peter , epitaph , Bowditch , Hon . Nathaniel , notice of , Bradford , Hon . W. , epitaph ...
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... Boston , view of , . 373 Spurzheim , monument of , 174 Stamp Act , . Mallefuild , J. , epitaph , Mann Bazaleel , and Dr. , epitaph , Page . 115 298 Saddle Mountain , view of , Salt , manner of making , Marine Hospital , Chelsea , 549 ...
... Boston , view of , . 373 Spurzheim , monument of , 174 Stamp Act , . Mallefuild , J. , epitaph , Mann Bazaleel , and Dr. , epitaph , Page . 115 298 Saddle Mountain , view of , Salt , manner of making , Marine Hospital , Chelsea , 549 ...
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... Boston , by the freemen of the corporation at large . At this court it was agreed that , in future , the freemen ... Boston . Mr. Cotton settled at Boston , the other two at Cambridge . Mr. Hooker , with one hundred others , re- moved in ...
... Boston , by the freemen of the corporation at large . At this court it was agreed that , in future , the freemen ... Boston . Mr. Cotton settled at Boston , the other two at Cambridge . Mr. Hooker , with one hundred others , re- moved in ...
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... Boston , from whence he sailed for Quebec about the last of July . At the same time , General Nicholson repaired to Albany , to take the command of the forces that were to proceed by land . When the fleet had advanced ten leagues up the ...
... Boston , from whence he sailed for Quebec about the last of July . At the same time , General Nicholson repaired to Albany , to take the command of the forces that were to proceed by land . When the fleet had advanced ten leagues up the ...
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Página 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.
Página 11 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof 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...
Página 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...
Página 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.
Página 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.
Página 163 - William and Mary, by the Grace of God, of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, King and Queen, defenders of the faith...
Página 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.
Página 328 - This is the desert, this the solitude: How populous, how vital is the grave ! This is creation's melancholy vault, The vale funereal, the sad cypress gloom ; The land of apparitions, empty shades ! All, all on earth is shadow, all beyond Is substance ; the reverse is Folly's creed.
Página 419 - Then said he unto me, Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God; Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
Página 324 - Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday ; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab ; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler : for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.