A Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the First Settlers, and Other Eminent Characters Among the Magistrates, Ministers, Literary and Worthy Men, in New-Englandby Cushing and Appleton, Salem, and Edward Oliver, no. 70, State street, 1809 - 511 من الصفحات |
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... Boston . In the life of Franklin it is said , that he kindled the zeal and encouraged the talents of that philosopher , who had free access to his books ; and Dr. Franklin speaks of him with respect and acknowledged his attentions . Mr ...
... Boston . In the life of Franklin it is said , that he kindled the zeal and encouraged the talents of that philosopher , who had free access to his books ; and Dr. Franklin speaks of him with respect and acknowledged his attentions . Mr ...
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... Boston , 1774 , when the Port Bill had an- nihilated their commerce . * Mr. Adams was obliged to leave Durham in the year 1778 , in consequence of other disturbances than religious . He had been thought the most pro- per minister to ...
... Boston , 1774 , when the Port Bill had an- nihilated their commerce . * Mr. Adams was obliged to leave Durham in the year 1778 , in consequence of other disturbances than religious . He had been thought the most pro- per minister to ...
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... Boston , where the board of commissioners was established . The peo- ple looked to Mr. Adams , as one of the champions of liberty , who must stand forth against every claim of Great Britain , and deny the right of the parent state to ...
... Boston , where the board of commissioners was established . The peo- ple looked to Mr. Adams , as one of the champions of liberty , who must stand forth against every claim of Great Britain , and deny the right of the parent state to ...
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... Boston , 1739. At this time a pointed opposition was made to the administration of gov . Belcher , and the town of Boston took the lead in it so as to change their representation . † Mr. Allen continued in opposition to the govern- ment ...
... Boston , 1739. At this time a pointed opposition was made to the administration of gov . Belcher , and the town of Boston took the lead in it so as to change their representation . † Mr. Allen continued in opposition to the govern- ment ...
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... Boston on the 29th day of De- cember . The first commission which was granted by James after he came to the throne was to Dudley , as president of a council of twenty eight ; of this Council Randolph was secretary . But this was of a Dr ...
... Boston on the 29th day of De- cember . The first commission which was granted by James after he came to the throne was to Dudley , as president of a council of twenty eight ; of this Council Randolph was secretary . But this was of a Dr ...
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الصفحة 207 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
الصفحة 135 - Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work : for I am with you, saith the Lord of Hosts...
الصفحة 252 - We will not say, as the Separatists were wont to say at their leaving of England, Farewell Babylon — Farewell Rome ; but we will say, Farewell, dear England — Farewell the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there...
الصفحة 429 - Baptist, his harbinger, or, if he was ever there* had forgot his first lessons, to offer violence to no man, and to part with the cloak rather than needlessly contend for the coat, though taken away without order. A little chimney is soon fired ; so was the Plymouth Captain, a man of very little stature, yet of a very hot and angry temper.
الصفحة 252 - Farewell, Babylon ! Farewell, Rome ! But we will say Farewell, dear England ! Farewell, the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there. We do not go to New England as Separatists from the Church of England, though we cannot but separate from the corruptions in it. But we go to practice the positive part of church reformation, and propagate the Gospel in America.
الصفحة 333 - All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
الصفحة 224 - America Painted to the Life. The true history of the Spaniards Proceedings in the Conquests of the Indians, and of their Civil Wars among themselves, from Columbus his first Discovery, to these later Times. As also, Of the Original Undertakings of the Advancement of Plantations into those parts; with a perfect Relation of our English Discoveries, shewing their Beginning, Progress and Continuance, from the Year 1628 to 1658...
الصفحة 157 - Let men of God in courts and churches watch O'er such as do a toleration hatch ; Lest that ill egg bring forth a cockatrice, To poison all with heresy and vice.
الصفحة ii - Eliot, John. A Biographical Dictionary, containing a brief account of the First Settlers and other eminent characters among the Magistrates, Ministers, Literary, and worthy men in New England.
الصفحة 142 - Ms. from 1779 until his death, and acting gov. in 1785. His signature being affixed to all public papers, as speaker of the house, caused him to be regarded in Great Britain as the leader of the Whigs in this country. Dr. Johnson, in his " Taxation no Tyranny," says, " One object of the Americans is said to be to adorn the brows of Mr.