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... laid before the meeting for public service as opportunity to use them offer'd by such as might be capable and willing to undertake the business . In 1728 the said Papers coming under the consideration of the Yearly Meeting , and many ...
... laid before the meeting for public service as opportunity to use them offer'd by such as might be capable and willing to undertake the business . In 1728 the said Papers coming under the consideration of the Yearly Meeting , and many ...
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... LAY IT BEFORE HIM - THEIR REPLY - EVANS'S SPEECH TO THE SUCCEEDING ASSEMBLY , THEIR ANSWER - EVANS SENDS A PAPER TO THE HOUSE BY TWO OF HIS COUNCIL THEIR RESOLVES UPON IT . CHAPTER XI . GOVERNOR EVANS CALLS THE ASSEMBLY STRENUOUSLY ...
... LAY IT BEFORE HIM - THEIR REPLY - EVANS'S SPEECH TO THE SUCCEEDING ASSEMBLY , THEIR ANSWER - EVANS SENDS A PAPER TO THE HOUSE BY TWO OF HIS COUNCIL THEIR RESOLVES UPON IT . CHAPTER XI . GOVERNOR EVANS CALLS THE ASSEMBLY STRENUOUSLY ...
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... laid before the privy council , then the lords , committee for trade and plantations ; and after several meetings upon the occasion , in which the objections from the duke of York , by his agent Sir John Werden , as proprietor of that ...
... laid before the privy council , then the lords , committee for trade and plantations ; and after several meetings upon the occasion , in which the objections from the duke of York , by his agent Sir John Werden , as proprietor of that ...
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... laid waste by the French , and thousands of people were bereft of their possessions and reduced to poverty . " Many of the passengers in the ships above , brought ser- vants , they were generally persons of reputation , and they had ...
... laid waste by the French , and thousands of people were bereft of their possessions and reduced to poverty . " Many of the passengers in the ships above , brought ser- vants , they were generally persons of reputation , and they had ...
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... laid out , some probably without path . or road to direct them ; of these there were scarce any to be found , two miles from the water side , or sign of any European's having been there , as to the Indians , they seldom travel'd so ...
... laid out , some probably without path . or road to direct them ; of these there were scarce any to be found , two miles from the water side , or sign of any European's having been there , as to the Indians , they seldom travel'd so ...
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Page 172 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool : neither by Jerusalem ; for it is the city of the great King...
Page 184 - ... as unknown, and yet well known ; as dying, and behold, we live ; as chastened, and not killed ; as sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich ; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things.
Page 173 - Lord thine oaths; but I say unto you, Swear not at all; neither by heaven, for it is God's throne; nor by the earth, for it is his footstool; neither by Jerusalem, for it is the city of the great King. Neither shalt thou swear by thy head, because thou canst not make one hair white or black. But let your communication be, Yea, yea; Nay, nay; for whatsoever is more than these cometh of evil.
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Page 184 - By honor and dishonor, by evil report and good report: as deceivers, and yet true; As unknown, and yet well known; as dying, and, behold, we live; as chastened, and not killed; As sorrowful, yet always rejoicing; as poor, yet making many rich; as having nothing, and yet possessing all things