A Chronological History of New-England: In the Form of Annals, Being a Summary and Exact Account of the Most Material Transactions and Occurrences Relating to this Country, in the Order of Time Wherein They Happened, from the Discovery of Capt. Gosnold, in 1602, to the Arrival of Governor Belcher, in 1730 : with an Introduction Containing a Brief Epitome of the Most Considerable Transactions and Events Abroad, from the Creation ... |
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Page xiii
... give a summary and regular view of the rise and progress of our affairs , be a certain guide to future historians , make their performance easier to them , or assist Mr. Neal in correcting his second edition ; and which I supposed would ...
... give a summary and regular view of the rise and progress of our affairs , be a certain guide to future historians , make their performance easier to them , or assist Mr. Neal in correcting his second edition ; and which I supposed would ...
Page xv
... give it ex- actly through the period . In the fifth and sixth periods from thence to the monarchs of England , I make use of Tacitus , Sue- tonius , Dio , Herodian , Eusebius , Evagrius , Socrates , Scholasticus , Calvisius , Helvicus ...
... give it ex- actly through the period . In the fifth and sixth periods from thence to the monarchs of England , I make use of Tacitus , Sue- tonius , Dio , Herodian , Eusebius , Evagrius , Socrates , Scholasticus , Calvisius , Helvicus ...
Page xvi
... give the public an abridgement of them . For I considered that as several ancient records of towns and churches have been unhappily burnt , and some lost otherwise ; if I did not now in this way preserve the substance of these histori ...
... give the public an abridgement of them . For I considered that as several ancient records of towns and churches have been unhappily burnt , and some lost otherwise ; if I did not now in this way preserve the substance of these histori ...
Page xx
... gives the inquisi- tive reader greater satisfaction . But those who have no regard to those authorities , may in the reading omit them ; unless where they think the passage of too great moment . And here I must observe , that Mr ...
... gives the inquisi- tive reader greater satisfaction . But those who have no regard to those authorities , may in the reading omit them ; unless where they think the passage of too great moment . And here I must observe , that Mr ...
Page xxi
... give the public ; some of those mistakes may be owing to the transcriber only , and some that learned and ingenious author fell into for want of Governor Bradford's History , and some other materials which I happen to be favored with ...
... give the public ; some of those mistakes may be owing to the transcriber only , and some that learned and ingenious author fell into for want of Governor Bradford's History , and some other materials which I happen to be favored with ...
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