American History Told by Contemporaries ...Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis Macmillan, 1924 - United States |
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Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis. lent Twitch of his Hand , as if it would have been torn off ; immediately thereupon appeared in the Sufferers hand , the Corner of a Sheet , a real cloth , visible to the Spectators , which ( as ...
Albert Bushnell Hart, John Gould Curtis. lent Twitch of his Hand , as if it would have been torn off ; immediately thereupon appeared in the Sufferers hand , the Corner of a Sheet , a real cloth , visible to the Spectators , which ( as ...
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... hands the 5th of April last , as like- wise the duplicate of the same , we received the same day ; wherein your Lordships do signify your observation of the long interval between the date of your letter , the 9th of February , 1698–9 ...
... hands the 5th of April last , as like- wise the duplicate of the same , we received the same day ; wherein your Lordships do signify your observation of the long interval between the date of your letter , the 9th of February , 1698–9 ...
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... hands the 24th instant ) , wherein his Majesty gives us to understand , that severall ships of force have been fitted out of Scotland , with an intent to settle in some parts of America , contrary to his Majesty's knowledge , forbidding ...
... hands the 24th instant ) , wherein his Majesty gives us to understand , that severall ships of force have been fitted out of Scotland , with an intent to settle in some parts of America , contrary to his Majesty's knowledge , forbidding ...
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... hands to the value of twelve hundred pounds , or thereabouts ; all which we shall secure till further orders from your Lordships , we having used all the dilligence we can for discovering what more may be distributed about the country ...
... hands to the value of twelve hundred pounds , or thereabouts ; all which we shall secure till further orders from your Lordships , we having used all the dilligence we can for discovering what more may be distributed about the country ...
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... Hands than in a Parliament of England . AND I must do the People of New - England so much Justice as to acquaint the World , that their Inclinations as well as Duty lead them to this ; they love the English Constitution , and would live ...
... Hands than in a Parliament of England . AND I must do the People of New - England so much Justice as to acquaint the World , that their Inclinations as well as Duty lead them to this ; they love the English Constitution , and would live ...
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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.