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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... returned at night without having found any person or habitation . On the 15th of November , Miles Standish , and sixteen armed men , in searching for a place for set- tlement , saw five or six Indians , whom they followed for several ...
... returned at night without having found any person or habitation . On the 15th of November , Miles Standish , and sixteen armed men , in searching for a place for set- tlement , saw five or six Indians , whom they followed for several ...
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... returned with the welcome intelligence to the ship . This day has since been considered as the day on which the Pilgrim Fathers landed on the Rock of Plymouth . The day which has been annually cele- brated in commemoration of this ...
... returned with the welcome intelligence to the ship . This day has since been considered as the day on which the Pilgrim Fathers landed on the Rock of Plymouth . The day which has been annually cele- brated in commemoration of this ...
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... returned , and told us that he was not yet dead , though there was no hope we should find him living . Upon this we were much revived , and set forward with all speed , though it was late within night ere we got thither . About two of ...
... returned , and told us that he was not yet dead , though there was no hope we should find him living . Upon this we were much revived , and set forward with all speed , though it was late within night ere we got thither . About two of ...
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... returned , but finding his stomach come to him , he would not have the chickens killed , but kept them for breed . Neither durst we give him any physic , which was then sent , because his body was so much altered since our instructions ...
... returned , but finding his stomach come to him , he would not have the chickens killed , but kept them for breed . Neither durst we give him any physic , which was then sent , because his body was so much altered since our instructions ...
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... returned to England , than came from England to the colonies . Such , however , were the character and virtues of the emigrants , such the power over difficulties , which their reso- lute minds , and bodies hardened by labor , had ...
... returned to England , than came from England to the colonies . Such , however , were the character and virtues of the emigrants , such the power over difficulties , which their reso- lute minds , and bodies hardened by labor , had ...
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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...
Página 419 - 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 upon their feet, an exceeding great army.
Página 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.
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 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 146 - Mid the reign of mild Peace, May your nation increase, With the glory of Rome and the wisdom of Greece ; And ne'er shall the sons of Columbia be slaves, While the earth bears a plant, or the sea rolls its waves.
Página 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...
Página 259 - But sleep did not rest on the king : he rose in the midst of his arms, and slowly ascended the hill, to behold the flame of Sarno's tower. The flame was dim and distant ; the moon hid her red face in the east. A blast came from the mountain, on its wings was the spirit of Loda.
Página 220 - Hige;inson, with three or four more of the gravest members of the church, laid their hands on Mr. Skelton, using prayers therewith. This being done, then there was imposition of hands on Mr. Higginson.