| Andrews Norton - 1839 - 844 էջ
...principal merchant in Boston. He ms grieved at the proceedings of the Court, against Mr. Wheelwright 16 and others ; and came to befriend and assist them,...Massachusetts, and a little too much of the past for Rhode-Island, as she then was. He died Governor of RhodeIsland, and a member of the Friends' Society.... | |
| 1848 - 1390 էջ
...zealous John Clarke, the good Samaritan of Aquidneck; of William Coddington, staid and worthy, who " had in him a little too much of the future for Massachusetts,...and a little too much of the past for Rhode Island ;" and of Samuel Gorton, as profound as mystical, the clouds round aboutfwhom became, in certain aspects,... | |
| 1848 - 722 էջ
...zealous John Clarke, the good Samaritan of Aquidneck ; of Wiiïiam Coddington, staid and worthy, who " had in him a little too much of the future for Massachusetts,...and a little too much of the past for Rhode Island ;" and of Samuel Gorton, as profound as mystical, the clouds round about whom became, in certain aspects,... | |
| Samuel Greene Arnold - 1859 - 606 էջ
...in the words of one who thoroughly appreciated the principles and the men of early Rhode Island. " He had in him a little too much of the future for...much of the past for Rhode Island, as she then was." ' After the revocation of his power he led a retired life for many years. During this interval, he... | |
| 1859 - 534 էջ
...both parts, Coddington's and Hutchinson's. Of Coddington it has been said (by Judge Durfee), that " he had in him a little too much of the future for...much of the past for Rhode Island, as she then was." The story of Coddington's subsequent usurpation of the government of the southern part of the " Providence... | |
| Massachusetts Historical Society - 1911 - 854 էջ
...Massachuse1s, etc. survey took in the whole world and was not limited like the ideals of Puritan enthusiasts. "He had in him a little too much of the future for...much of the past for Rhode Island, as she then was." This better renders the curious inconsistency of the then times, which only derive importance from... | |
| Samuel Greene Arnold - 1859 - 602 էջ
...in the words of one who thoroughly appreciated the principles and the men of early Rhode Island. '' He had in him a little too much of the future for...much of the past for Rhode Island, as she then was." 1 After the revocation of his power he led a retired life for many years. During this interval, he... | |
| SAMUEL GREENE ARNOLD - 1859 - 594 էջ
...in the words of one who thoroughly appreciated the principles and the men of early Ehode Island. " He had in him a little too much of the future for...Massachusetts, and a little too much of the past for Ehode Island,, as she then was." * After the revocation of his power he led a retired life for many... | |
| William Babcock Weeden - 1910 - 430 էջ
...Rhode Island never could have been developed. But in the significant words of a judicial descendant, " he had in him a little too much of the future for...much of the past for Rhode Island, as she then was." 72 This tendency resulted in the vagary of " Usurpation." He became a Friend and in his latter years... | |
| Newport Historical Society - 1918 - 194 էջ
...little commonwealth which he had in a manner founded." And Judge Durfee hands down as his opinion that "he had in him a little too much of the future for...and a little too much of the past for Rhode Island," — which opinion emphasizes, perhaps, the defects of Massachusetts and the merits of Rhode Island,... | |
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