Collections of the Massachusetts Historical SocietyThe Society, 1877 For the statement above quoted, also for full bibliographical information regarding this publication, and for the contents of the volumes [1st ser.] v. 1- 7th series, v. 5, cf. Griffin, Bibl. of Amer. hist. society. 2d edition, 1907, p. 346-360. |
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Massachusetts Historical Society. BOSTON , March 18 , 1791 . MR . THOMAS DOBSON , -I understand that Mr. Thomas , of Worcester , and Dr. Rush , of Philadelphia , have put into your hands subscription papers for my History of New ...
Massachusetts Historical Society. BOSTON , March 18 , 1791 . MR . THOMAS DOBSON , -I understand that Mr. Thomas , of Worcester , and Dr. Rush , of Philadelphia , have put into your hands subscription papers for my History of New ...
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... Dobson keeps them hard at work , and I cannot get them to say what they suppose such a plate will cost . Scott and Thackara and Vallance are our best hands , but they are retained by Dobson . The paper , I think , will please both you ...
... Dobson keeps them hard at work , and I cannot get them to say what they suppose such a plate will cost . Scott and Thackara and Vallance are our best hands , but they are retained by Dobson . The paper , I think , will please both you ...
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... Dobson's Encyclopædia are printed , and , upon inspec- tion , I approve his judgment . I must therefore ask this farther favour of you : to enquire whether that paper is made in your State , and , if it is , to engage 2 rheams of the ...
... Dobson's Encyclopædia are printed , and , upon inspec- tion , I approve his judgment . I must therefore ask this farther favour of you : to enquire whether that paper is made in your State , and , if it is , to engage 2 rheams of the ...
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... Dobson persuades me to go on . * He says he begun the Encyclopædia with 250 subscribers , and adds that works of that kind procure subscribers in their prog- ress . People wish to see what sort of works they are . Perhaps he may be ...
... Dobson persuades me to go on . * He says he begun the Encyclopædia with 250 subscribers , and adds that works of that kind procure subscribers in their prog- ress . People wish to see what sort of works they are . Perhaps he may be ...
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... Dobson's plates is made in this State , but comes high , and D. says is not fit for your purpose . Being too thick to fold in an 8vo , it will cut . He and I , upon reasoning on the case , judged it would be best to advise you to folio ...
... Dobson's plates is made in this State , but comes high , and D. says is not fit for your purpose . Being too thick to fold in an 8vo , it will cut . He and I , upon reasoning on the case , judged it would be best to advise you to folio ...
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Էջ 386 - All men are born free and equal, and have certain natural, essential, and unalienable rights; among which may be reckoned the right of enjoying and defending their lives and liberties; that of acquiring, possessing, and protecting property; in fine, that of seeking and obtaining their safety and happiness.
Էջ 220 - The migration or importation of such persons as any of the states now existing shall think proper to admit shall not be prohibited by Congress prior to the year one thousand eight hundred and eight; but a tax or duty may be imposed on such importation, not exceeding ten dollars for each person.
Էջ 245 - We intend to be an active, not a passive, literary body ; not to lie waiting, like a bed of oysters, for the tide of communication to flow in upon us, but to seek and find, to preserve and communicate, literary intelligence, especially in the historical way.
Էջ 23 - He certainly does not want understanding, and yet there is a mixture of self-sufficiency, all-sufficiency, and at the same time a degree of insufficiency about him, which is (to me) intolerable.
Էջ 10 - Don't be in a hurry; take time to consider, and don't take a leap in the dark. I say, Take things in time; gather fruit when it is ripe. There is a time to sow and a time to reap; we sowed our seed when we sent men to the federal convention; now is the harvest, now is the time to reap the fruit of our labor; and if we won't do it now, I am afraid we never shall have another opportunity.
Էջ 212 - Look with thine ears: see how yond justice rails upon yond simple thief. Hark, in thine ear: change places; and, handy-dandy, which is the justice, which is the thief? - Thou hast seen a farmer's dog bark at a beggar? GLOUCESTER Ay, sir. LEAR And the creature run from the cur? There thou mightst behold the great image of authority: a dog's obeyed in office.
Էջ 22 - To the Honorable the Senate and House of Representatives of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in General Court assembled.
Էջ 63 - Two bodies cannot occupy the same space at the same time...