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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If we except the disturbances , which were caused by Indian wars , we can hardly conceive of a more happy state of society , than New England exhibited for the first half of the 18th century , The people were submissive to the laws .
If we except the disturbances , which were caused by Indian wars , we can hardly conceive of a more happy state of society , than New England exhibited for the first half of the 18th century , The people were submissive to the laws .
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To stop the incursions of the Indians , who had burnt several of the eastern settlements , he marched a thousand men into their country in the depth of winter ; by which he shewed more prowess than judgment .
To stop the incursions of the Indians , who had burnt several of the eastern settlements , he marched a thousand men into their country in the depth of winter ; by which he shewed more prowess than judgment .
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It is said that he had a great hand in settling the corporation for pro . pagating the gospel among the Indians in New En . gland , and the parts adjacent . ” The father and son were both favourable to the dissenters ; yet the latter ...
It is said that he had a great hand in settling the corporation for pro . pagating the gospel among the Indians in New En . gland , and the parts adjacent . ” The father and son were both favourable to the dissenters ; yet the latter ...
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Elder Brewster was as bold in defending the plantation against the Indians , as he was meek and humble when diffusing the light of truth , or describing the offices of love . He lived to be 84 years old , and his usefulness increased ...
Elder Brewster was as bold in defending the plantation against the Indians , as he was meek and humble when diffusing the light of truth , or describing the offices of love . He lived to be 84 years old , and his usefulness increased ...
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His administration was very acceptable to the people , till an opposition arose from the merchants of the city , on account of an act passed against the sale of goods to the French , which were proper for the Indian trade .
His administration was very acceptable to the people , till an opposition arose from the merchants of the city , on account of an act passed against the sale of goods to the French , which were proper for the Indian trade .
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الصفحة 133 - 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 154 - 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 250 - 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 319 - Having been initiated, in youth, in the doctrines of civil liberty, as they were taught by such men as Plato, Demosthenes, Cicero and other renowned persons among the ancients; and such as Sidney and Milton, Locke and Hoadley, among the moderns, I liked them; they seemed rational.
الصفحة 205 - The Body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And stripped 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 431 - 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 250 - 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 ! 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 practise the positive part of Church reformation, and propagate the Gospel in America!
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 ii - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
الصفحة 331 - All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.