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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الصفحة vi
... thing impressive . He was acquainted with those who were ac- tive in our publick concerns , and has been favoured with written accounts , that are strengthened by the opinion and conversation of those who are still alive . Whenever he ...
... thing impressive . He was acquainted with those who were ac- tive in our publick concerns , and has been favoured with written accounts , that are strengthened by the opinion and conversation of those who are still alive . Whenever he ...
الصفحة vii
... things of their brethren than they deserve ; upon no occasion is friendship or flattery more indelicate- ly manifested . The reputation of the deceased depends in some measure upon the orator . If his performance be admired , strangers ...
... things of their brethren than they deserve ; upon no occasion is friendship or flattery more indelicate- ly manifested . The reputation of the deceased depends in some measure upon the orator . If his performance be admired , strangers ...
الصفحة 2
... thing that would make him odious . They after this manner insulted this pious minister , who had not patience to bear it , and was often inveloped in gloom , or ready to sink into despondency . This might , in some measure , be owing to ...
... thing that would make him odious . They after this manner insulted this pious minister , who had not patience to bear it , and was often inveloped in gloom , or ready to sink into despondency . This might , in some measure , be owing to ...
الصفحة 3
... thing of a religious nature was visible in the inhabitants of Durham during the latter part of Mr. Adams's pastoral rela- tion ; and they grew weary of maintaining a minis- ter , in addition to the demands of money , to carry on the war ...
... thing of a religious nature was visible in the inhabitants of Durham during the latter part of Mr. Adams's pastoral rela- tion ; and they grew weary of maintaining a minis- ter , in addition to the demands of money , to carry on the war ...
الصفحة 5
... thing which gives birth to family pride . His ed- ucation was liberal , having commenced his studies at the South Grammar School , under the care of Mr. Lovell . He entered Harvard College A. D. 1736. The honours of that seminary he ...
... thing which gives birth to family pride . His ed- ucation was liberal , having commenced his studies at the South Grammar School , under the care of Mr. Lovell . He entered Harvard College A. D. 1736. The honours of that seminary he ...
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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.