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... authorities , both original and secondary ; and it makes frequent mention of libraries in which the books are to be found . It is invaluable to the student of sources , for it searches out and discriminates between editions , it ...
... authorities , both original and secondary ; and it makes frequent mention of libraries in which the books are to be found . It is invaluable to the student of sources , for it searches out and discriminates between editions , it ...
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... ( g ) the God that made heaven and earth . though shee was not will- ing to mention the word God . her answers were in a very wicked spitfull manner . reflecting and retorting against the authority with base 42 [ 1692 New England.
... ( g ) the God that made heaven and earth . though shee was not will- ing to mention the word God . her answers were in a very wicked spitfull manner . reflecting and retorting against the authority with base 42 [ 1692 New England.
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Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis. manner . reflecting and retorting against the authority with base and abussive words and many lies shee was taken in it was here said that her husband had said that he was afraid that she either ...
Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis. manner . reflecting and retorting against the authority with base and abussive words and many lies shee was taken in it was here said that her husband had said that he was afraid that she either ...
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... Authority , would pardon that sin and all other his sins ; personal and Relative : And according to his infinite Benignity , and Sovereignty , Not Visit the sin of him , or of any other , upon himself or any of his , nor upon the Land ...
... Authority , would pardon that sin and all other his sins ; personal and Relative : And according to his infinite Benignity , and Sovereignty , Not Visit the sin of him , or of any other , upon himself or any of his , nor upon the Land ...
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... authority . Your Lordships are further pleased to require copies of the tryall of George Cutler and Robert Munday , with all proceedings from first to last , relating to the same ; and of all other persons and things in the like case ...
... authority . Your Lordships are further pleased to require copies of the tryall of George Cutler and Robert Munday , with all proceedings from first to last , relating to the same ; and of all other persons and things in the like case ...
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Page 263 - Happy the man*, whose wish and care A few paternal acres bound, Content to breathe his native air In his own ground. Whose herds with milk, whose fields with bread, Whose flocks supply him with attire, Whose trees in summer yield him shade, In winter, fire.
Page 625 - I consider it an indispensable duty to close this last act of my official life by commending the interests of our dearest country to the protection of Almighty God and those who have the superintendence of them to His holy keeping.
Page 232 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 155 - Fines or Forfeitures due unto Us, fit Objects of Our Mercy, to pardon all such Offenders...
Page 401 - That all supplies to the Crown being free gifts of the people, it is unreasonable and inconsistent with the principles and spirit of the British Constitution, for the people of Great Britain to grant to His Majesty the property of the colonists.
Page 465 - The winds ceased to murmur; the thunders expired; Perfumes as of Eden flowed sweetly along, And a voice as of angels, enchantingly sung: " Columbia, Columbia, to glory arise, The queen of the world, and the child of the skies.
Page 116 - Then Samuel took a stone, and set it between Mizpeh and Shen, and called the name of it Eben-ezer, or the stone of Help *, saying, Hitherto hath the LORD helped us.
Page 156 - New-York for our approbation or disallowance of the same as also duplicates thereof by the next conveyance and in case any or all of the said laws...
Page 401 - That it is inseparably essential to the freedom of a people, and the undoubted right of Englishmen, that no taxes be imposed on them but with their own consent, given personally or by their representatives.
Page 489 - ... should not have been, the greatest part of the war, inferior to the enemy, indebted for our safety to their inactivity, enduring frequently the mortification of seeing inviting opportunities to ruin them pass unimproved for want of a force which the country was completely able to afford, and of seeing the country ravaged, our towns burnt, the inhabitants plundered, abused, murdered, with impunity from the same cause.