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... character of these men and women , the story of the town contains the record of many events not merely of local interest , but such as connect it with the history of the country and with the progress of civilization during the last two ...
... character of these men and women , the story of the town contains the record of many events not merely of local interest , but such as connect it with the history of the country and with the progress of civilization during the last two ...
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... characters from the neighboring city , and to be swiftly hurried by if nightfall caught us near it . The whole region round my father's house was , indeed , so thinly settled that it preserved its original rural character . It was rich ...
... characters from the neighboring city , and to be swiftly hurried by if nightfall caught us near it . The whole region round my father's house was , indeed , so thinly settled that it preserved its original rural character . It was rich ...
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... character given to it by its lofty wooden columns , so that the ghosts of its former occupants , should they pass ... characters as to know for what their names stand . It is for something very good at its time , but which , at least in ...
... character given to it by its lofty wooden columns , so that the ghosts of its former occupants , should they pass ... characters as to know for what their names stand . It is for something very good at its time , but which , at least in ...
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... character , ” and he had the aspect of one - he stood erect , a fine , commanding figure of six feet of vigorous manhood . He possessed the bearing which we attribute to the gentlemen of distinction of the early days of the Republic , a ...
... character , ” and he had the aspect of one - he stood erect , a fine , commanding figure of six feet of vigorous manhood . He possessed the bearing which we attribute to the gentlemen of distinction of the early days of the Republic , a ...
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... character and his distinguished career and personal bearing naturally inspired , together with a certain affectionate pride as the worthy head and representative of the famous institution in whose honor they themselves had share . More ...
... character and his distinguished career and personal bearing naturally inspired , together with a certain affectionate pride as the worthy head and representative of the famous institution in whose honor they themselves had share . More ...
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ALBERT BUSHNELL HART ALEXANDER MCKENZIE ALLEN Annual Meeting ARCHIBALD ARTHUR GILMAN associations Auburn streets Bartlett Club Boston BRANDON Brattle Street bridge By-Laws CAMBRIDGE HISTORICAL SOCIETY Cambridge Latin School CAROLINE CAROLINE K CHAIRMAN character CHARLES ELIOT NORTON Church in Cambridge City of Cambridge COGSWELL Committee Commonwealth corner Brattle corporation Council Dunster DUTY elected England FRANK GAYLORD COOK FREESE GEORGE GRACE Hall Harvard Square HENRY HERBERT HENRY HERBERT EDES history of Cambridge HOLLIS RUSSELL BAILEY honorary HOUSE hundred Inman interest James Russell Lowell John Bartlett JOHN T. G. NICHOLS Kirkland Street LEGH RICHMOND literary lived Longfellow LOUISA MARY ISABELLA GOZZALDI memory N. W. corner nominated occupied Old Cambridge OSCAR F persons pleasant present and voting President Professor Puritan REGULAR MEMBERSHIP RESIGNATION OF MEMBERSHIP RICHARD HENRY DANA Secretary SHARPLES SUSANNA WILLARD THAYER THOMAS WENTWORTH HIGGINSON tion to-day to-night town WILLIAM words
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Page 73 - So the struck eagle, stretched upon the plain, No more through rolling clouds to soar again, Viewed his own feather on the fatal dart, And winged the shaft that quivered in his heart ; Keen were his pangs, but keener far to feel He nursed the pinion which impelled the steel ; While the same plumage that had warmed his nest Drank the last life-drop of his bleeding breast.
Page 38 - After God had carried us safe to New England, and we had builded our houses, provided necessaries for our livelihood, reared convenient places for God's worship, and settled the civil government, one of the next things we longed for and looked after was to advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity; dreading to leave an illiterate ministry to the churches, when our present ministers shall lie in the dust.
Page 87 - We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind : In the primal sympathy . Which having been, must ever be : In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering : In the faith that looks through death : In years that bring the philosophic mind.
Page 73 - That eagle's fate and mine are one, Which, on the shaft that made him die, Espied a feather of his own, Wherewith he wont to soar so high.
Page 97 - ... and have complied with the provisions of the statutes of this commonwealth in such case made and provided, as appears from the certificate of the president, treasurer and directors of said corporation, duly approved by the commissioner of corporations and recorded in this office: now, therefore...
Page 36 - Holy presence,) promise and bind ourselves to walk in all our ways according to the rule of the Gospel, and in all sincere conformity to His Holy ordinances, and in mutual love and respect to each other, so near as God shall give us grace.
Page 7 - Secretaries shall keep the records and conduct the correspondence of the Society and of the Executive Council and shall perform such other duties as the Council may assign to them.
Page 100 - The members of said board shall hold office for the term of one year and until their successors are elected and qualified.
Page 87 - Of splendour in the grass, of glory in the flower; We will grieve not, rather find Strength in what remains behind; In the primal sympathy Which having been must ever be; In the soothing thoughts that spring Out of human suffering; In the faith that looks through death, In the years that bring the philosophic mind.
Page 98 - Association, with the powers, rights, and privileges, and subject to the limitations, duties, and restrictions, which by law appertain thereto. Witness my official signature hereunto subscribed, and the seal of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts hereunto affixed this tenth day of December in the year of Our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-nine.