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... respecting my Deceas'd Father ' and myself is a difficult Task and I know not when I shall be able to undertake it . For altho ' this be a little Governm yet it calls for much attention and attend- ance for the King's honour and for ...
... respecting my Deceas'd Father ' and myself is a difficult Task and I know not when I shall be able to undertake it . For altho ' this be a little Governm yet it calls for much attention and attend- ance for the King's honour and for ...
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... respects , to the jurisdiction of the colony . With this subordinate position some of the towns were not entirely satis- fied . The Rev. E. B. Huntington , in his History of Stamford , uses the fol- lowing language ( p . 73 ) : — “ From ...
... respects , to the jurisdiction of the colony . With this subordinate position some of the towns were not entirely satis- fied . The Rev. E. B. Huntington , in his History of Stamford , uses the fol- lowing language ( p . 73 ) : — “ From ...
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... respect of his fellow townsmen . He was a warm supporter of Christian institutions , and like many others of the time , strict in his the Grandest in N. America Arived at Charles Towne abt 58 [ January , Journal of Capt . Francis Goelet .
... respect of his fellow townsmen . He was a warm supporter of Christian institutions , and like many others of the time , strict in his the Grandest in N. America Arived at Charles Towne abt 58 [ January , Journal of Capt . Francis Goelet .
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... respecting Lafayette's imprisonment , in 1796 , express- ly says : " Lafayette is an adopted citizen of this country ; " though , at the same time , he admitted that his release could not be rightfully demanded on that account under the ...
... respecting Lafayette's imprisonment , in 1796 , express- ly says : " Lafayette is an adopted citizen of this country ; " though , at the same time , he admitted that his release could not be rightfully demanded on that account under the ...
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... respecting those by the name of Leach , an account may be read , ante , vol . xix . page 255 . H. H. E. Mrs. Lincoln was one of the numerous descendants of Tristram Coffin , and of the branch from which sprang Admiral Sir Isaac , whom ...
... respecting those by the name of Leach , an account may be read , ante , vol . xix . page 255 . H. H. E. Mrs. Lincoln was one of the numerous descendants of Tristram Coffin , and of the branch from which sprang Admiral Sir Isaac , whom ...
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Page 4 - Go to now, ye that say, To-day or to-morrow we will go into such a city and continue there a year, and buy and sell, and get gain : whereas ye know not what shall be on the morrow. For what is your life ? It is even a vapour, that appeareth for a little time, and then vanisheth away.
Page 413 - ... Salem (to which the order for this D.ay relates) he is, upon many accounts, more concerned than any that he knows of, Desires to take the Blame and shame of it, Asking pardon of men, And especially desiring prayers that God, who has an Unlimited Authority, would pardon that sin and all other his sins; personal and Relative: and according to his infinite Benignity, and Sovereignty, not Visit the sin of him, or of any other, upon himself or any of his, nor upon the Land: But that He would powerfully...
Page 140 - ... whilst gentlemen differ in the grounds of their arguments : those on one side considering the states as districts of people composing one political society, those on the other considering them as so many political societies. The fact is, that the states do exist as political societies, and a government is to be formed for them in their political capacity, as well as for the individuals composing them.
Page 272 - 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 272 - Lieutenant and you are your self to observe and follow such Orders and Instructions, as you shall from time to time receive from Me or...
Page 94 - I have three thousand dollars in hard money; I will pledge my plate for three thousand more; I have seventy hogsheads of Tobago rum, which shall be sold for the most it will bring. These are at the service of the State. If we succeed in defending our firesides and homes, I may be remunerated; if we do not, the property will be of no value to me.
Page 236 - God loves from Whole to Parts: but human soul Must rise from Individual to the Whole. Self-love but serves the virtuous mind to wake, As the small pebble stirs the peaceful lake; The centre mov'd, a circle straight succeeds, Another still, and still another spreads; Friend, parent, neighbour, first it will embrace; His country next; and next all human race; Wide and more wide, th...
Page 272 - Places so returned, and having before sitting, taken the Oaths appointed by Act of Parliament to be taken instead of the Oaths of Allegiance and Supremacy...
Page 144 - Be it enacted and declared by the Governor and Council, and House of Representatives, in General Court assembled...
Page 402 - ... some gentlemen ; they telling us, that we were witches, and they knew it, and we knew it, and they knew that we knew it, which made us think that it was so...