History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Containing Carefully Prepared Histories of Every City and Town in the County, Հատոր 1Estes and Lauriat, 1879 |
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... tion , however true in the main , must be taken with allowance . That it was not a concerted movement , like that of the Pilgrims , is sustained by estab- lished facts : still , there was a spontaneousness about it which , being taken ...
... tion , however true in the main , must be taken with allowance . That it was not a concerted movement , like that of the Pilgrims , is sustained by estab- lished facts : still , there was a spontaneousness about it which , being taken ...
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... tion of a Separatist congregation in 1592 , at Lon- don , he says , " But the bishops ' violent measures , instead of reconciling the Puritans to the Estab- lished Church , drove them farther off , and carried many into a total ...
... tion of a Separatist congregation in 1592 , at Lon- don , he says , " But the bishops ' violent measures , instead of reconciling the Puritans to the Estab- lished Church , drove them farther off , and carried many into a total ...
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... tion . In the light of his public declarations his secret statements are amazing for their hardihood , baseness , and hypocrisy . Few will be found to question the justice of his sentence , for a more ignoble personal history does not ...
... tion . In the light of his public declarations his secret statements are amazing for their hardihood , baseness , and hypocrisy . Few will be found to question the justice of his sentence , for a more ignoble personal history does not ...
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... tion. It is true that the same anxiety to repel the charge of separation , so often instanced , charac- terizes the letter written by the deputy - governor , Dudley , to the Countess of Lincoln , dated the 28th of March , 1631. In this ...
... tion. It is true that the same anxiety to repel the charge of separation , so often instanced , charac- terizes the letter written by the deputy - governor , Dudley , to the Countess of Lincoln , dated the 28th of March , 1631. In this ...
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... tion . mentions in his journal the presence of any in- habitants at Charlestown , though Maverick , the solitary settler on Noddle's Island , is mentioned . We think it hardly probable that such a circum- stance would have been ...
... tion . mentions in his journal the presence of any in- habitants at Charlestown , though Maverick , the solitary settler on Noddle's Island , is mentioned . We think it hardly probable that such a circum- stance would have been ...
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History of Middlesex County, Massachusetts: Containing Carefully ..., Հատոր 1 Samuel Adams Drake Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - 1879 |
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Էջ 176 - We wish that this column, rising towards heaven among the pointed spires of so many temples dedicated to God, may contribute also to produce in all minds a pious feeling of dependence and gratitude. We wish, finally, that the last object...
Էջ 176 - We come, as Americans, to mark a spot, which must forever be dear to us and our posterity. We wish that whosoever, in all coming time, shall turn his eye hither, may behold that the place is not undistinguished, where the first great battle of the revolution was fought. We wish that this structure may proclaim the magnitude and importance of that event, to every class and every age.
Էջ 176 - ... maternal lips and that weary and withered age may behold it and be solaced by the recollections which it suggests. We wish that labor may look up here and be proud in the midst of its toil. We wish that in those days of disaster which, as they come...
Էջ 280 - For which of you, intending to build a tower, sitteth not down first and counteth the cost, whether he have sufficient to finish it ? Lest haply after he hath laid the foundation, and is not able to finish...
Էջ 37 - Massachusetts; and desirous to unite ourselves into one Congregation or Church, under the Lord Jesus Christ, our head, in such sort as becometh all those whom he hath redeemed and sanctified...
Էջ 107 - The Charter Granted by Their Majesties King William and Queen Mary to the Inhabitants of the Massachusetts Bay in New England (Boston, MDCCXLII).
Էջ 322 - And, lo, thou art unto them as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, and can play well on an instrument: for they hear thy words, but they do them not.
Էջ 36 - ... we desire you would be pleased to take notice of the principals and body of our company, as those who esteem it our honor to call the Church of England, from whence we rise, our dear mother ; and cannot part from our native country, where she specially resideth, without much sadness of heart, and many tears in our eyes, ever acknowledging that such hope and part as we have obtained in the common salvation...
Էջ 176 - We wish that this structure may proclaim the magnitude and importance of that event to every class and every age. We wish that infancy may learn the purpose of its erection from maternal lips, and that weary and withered age may behold it, and be solaced by the recollections which it suggests. We wish that labor may look up here and be proud, in the midst, of its toil.
Էջ 346 - It is surprising how much work has been done. The lines are extended almost from Cambridge to Mystic River, so that very soon it will be morally impossible for the enemy to get between the works, except in one place, which is supposed to be left purposely unfortified, to entice the enemy out of their fortresses.