The Life and Recollections of John Howland: Late President of the Rhode Island Historical SocietyG.H. Whitney, 1857 - 348 էջ |
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Էջ 20 - Ye know how that it is an unlawful thing for a man that is a Jew to keep company, or come unto one of another nation; but God hath shewed me that I should not call any man common or unclean. 29 Therefore came I unto you without gainsaying, as soon as I was sent for: I ask therefore for what intent ye have sent for me?
Էջ 81 - To see men without clothes to cover their nakedness, without blankets to lie on, without shoes (for the want of which their marches might be traced by the blood from their feet), and almost as often without provisions as with them...
Էջ 341 - God y* he caught hould of ye top-saile halliards, which hunge over board, & rane out at length; yet he held his hould (though he was sundrie fadomes under water) till he was hald up by ye same rope to ye...
Էջ 305 - Let not this weak unknowing hand Presume Thy bolts to throw, And deal damnation round the land On each I judge Thy foe.
Էջ 303 - Being forty days tempted of the devil. And in those days he did eat nothing: and when they were ended, he afterward hungered.
Էջ 319 - The saints on earth, and all the dead But one communion make ; All join in Christ, their living head, And of his grace partake.
Էջ 342 - And though he was something ill with it, yet he lived many years after and became a profitable member both in church and commonwealth.
Էջ 139 - So when we had talked the matter over pretty thoroughly among ourselves, we began to agitate. As I was something of a talker, and had practised writing more than most of my associates, a good deal of this work fell to my lot. And I was very willing to do it, because I felt and saw its importance. So I wrote a number of pieces for the newspaper, and tried to induce others to do the same.
Էջ 339 - Letalone, to him, his heirs and assigns forever. Item: I give and bequeath unto my son...
Էջ 329 - ... extend beyond the limits of their own families, while numbers in every part of the State are deprived of a privilege which it is the common right of every child to enjoy : " That when to that respect, which, as individuals we feel ourselves...