The Historical Magazine and Notes and Queries Concerning the Antiquities, History and Biography of AmericaJohn Ward Dean, George Folsom, John Gilmary Shea, Henry Reed Stiles, Henry Barton Dawson Henry B. Dawson, 1867 - United States |
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... William Phipps , a native of Maine , whom he had made a Knight , for his success in recov- ering a large treasure from a Spanish wreck near Hispaniola , was allowed to ask what he pleased ; and Phipps asked " that New England might ...
... William Phipps , a native of Maine , whom he had made a Knight , for his success in recov- ering a large treasure from a Spanish wreck near Hispaniola , was allowed to ask what he pleased ; and Phipps asked " that New England might ...
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... William now thought it prudent to communicate his own in- structions to those Governors . Accordingly , on the twelfth of January , 1689 , under the counter- signature of William Jephson , his private Secre- tary , the Prince wrote an ...
... William now thought it prudent to communicate his own in- structions to those Governors . Accordingly , on the twelfth of January , 1689 , under the counter- signature of William Jephson , his private Secre- tary , the Prince wrote an ...
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... William that Massachusetts , Plymouth , Rhode Island and Connecticut might be " restored to " their ancient privileges . " But they said nothing about New York and New Jersey in which they had no interest . William referred this ...
... William that Massachusetts , Plymouth , Rhode Island and Connecticut might be " restored to " their ancient privileges . " But they said nothing about New York and New Jersey in which they had no interest . William referred this ...
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... William's Whig Counsellors , in the third month of his reign , advised him to carry out some of the most decided colonial measures of his predecessor , because those measures were now selfishly considered to benefit England . Two ...
... William's Whig Counsellors , in the third month of his reign , advised him to carry out some of the most decided colonial measures of his predecessor , because those measures were now selfishly considered to benefit England . Two ...
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... William and Mary , according to the Privy Council's orders to Andros of nine- " gland . " This was precisely the doctrine of teenth February , which he would doubtless have cheerfully obeyed , if they had been dispatched to him as ...
... William and Mary , according to the Privy Council's orders to Andros of nine- " gland . " This was precisely the doctrine of teenth February , which he would doubtless have cheerfully obeyed , if they had been dispatched to him as ...
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Page 269 - What sought they thus afar? Bright jewels of the mine? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war? — They sought a faith's pure shrine. Ay, call it holy ground, — The soil where first they trod! They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God ! Felicia Hemans.
Page 269 - The breaking waves dashed high On a stern and rock-bound coast, And the woods against a stormy sky Their giant branches tossed; And the heavy night hung dark The hills and waters o'er, When a band of exiles moored their bark On the wild New England shore.
Page 269 - They shook the depths of the desert gloom With their hymns of lofty cheer. Amidst the storm they sang, And the stars heard, and the sea, And the sounding aisles of the dim woods rang To the anthem of the free. The ocean eagle soared From his nest by the white waves' foam, And the rocking pines of the forest roared — This was their welcome home.
Page 270 - And truly, if they had been mindful of that country from whence they came out, they might have had opportunity to have returned ; but now they desire a better country, that is, an heavenly. Wherefore God is not ashamed to be called their God ; for he hath prepared for them a city.
Page 62 - Himself, as conscious of his awful charge, And anxious mainly that the flock he feeds May feel it too ; affectionate in look And tender in address, as well becomes A messenger of grace to guilty men.
Page 297 - As our American brethren are now totally disentangled both from the state and from the English hierarchy, we dare not entangle them again either with the one or the other. They are now at full liberty simply to follow the Scriptures and the primitive church. And we judge it best that they should stand fast in that liberty wherewith God has so strangely made them free.
Page 15 - God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise, and the weak things of the world to confound the things which are mighty...
Page 114 - Resolved, as the sense of the Senate of Massachusetts, that in a war like the present, waged without justifiable cause, and prosecuted in a manner which indicates that conquest and ambition are its real motives, it is not becoming a moral and religious people to express any approbation of military or naval exploits which are not immediately connected with the defence of our sea-coast and soil.
Page 278 - And David's anger was greatly kindled against the man; and he said to Nathan, As the Lord liveth, the man that hath done this thing shall surely die: And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
Page 90 - ... laws, directions, instructions, forms and ceremonies of Government and Magistracy fit and necessary for and concerning the Government of the...