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 σελίδες |
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... political skill , and all that energy of character necessary for raising provinces into an empire . During the course of the war , the officers of the American army showed courage and magnanimity . They were brave , active , with a ...
... political skill , and all that energy of character necessary for raising provinces into an empire . During the course of the war , the officers of the American army showed courage and magnanimity . They were brave , active , with a ...
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... political influence , during the contests of the American revo- lution . He was born September , 1722 , in Boston . His ancestors were respectable , among the early planters of New - England , but not sufficiently dis- tinguished to be ...
... political influence , during the contests of the American revo- lution . He was born September , 1722 , in Boston . His ancestors were respectable , among the early planters of New - England , but not sufficiently dis- tinguished to be ...
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... political cast of mind then appeared , which influen- ced his conduct afterwards . If he spake of men and manners it was freely to canvass them ; his conver- sation was in praise of old times , his manners were austere , his remarks ...
... political cast of mind then appeared , which influen- ced his conduct afterwards . If he spake of men and manners it was freely to canvass them ; his conver- sation was in praise of old times , his manners were austere , his remarks ...
Σελίδα 7
... politicians of a later period , whose views must necessarily be more comprehen- sive , and whose object was to restrain rather than give a loose to popular feelings . It was their opin- ion , however , that he did worthily in those ...
... politicians of a later period , whose views must necessarily be more comprehen- sive , and whose object was to restrain rather than give a loose to popular feelings . It was their opin- ion , however , that he did worthily in those ...
Σελίδα 8
... political sen- timents , and united in their opposition to the claims of the British ministry . Mr. Adams had frequent- ly delivered his sentiments in the publick pa- pers ; and being a ready penman was often employ- ed on committees to ...
... political sen- timents , and united in their opposition to the claims of the British ministry . Mr. Adams had frequent- ly delivered his sentiments in the publick pa- pers ; and being a ready penman was often employ- ed on committees to ...
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Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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!
Σελίδα 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.
Σελίδα 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...
Σελίδα 331 - All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.