Memoir of Roger Williams: The Founder of the State of Rhode-Island |
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Page vii
... charge were admitted , it might be replied , that the ' proper motion ' of the youthful imagina- tion - in states as well as in individuals - is towards the future . It springs forward , with buoyant wing , forgetting the past , and ...
... charge were admitted , it might be replied , that the ' proper motion ' of the youthful imagina- tion - in states as well as in individuals - is towards the future . It springs forward , with buoyant wing , forgetting the past , and ...
Page xvii
... charges against him - sentence - birth of his second child - leaves Salem for Narraganset Bay - review of the causes of his banishment , CHAPTER VI . Numbers , condition , language , rights , & c . of the Indians in New England , 33 45 ...
... charges against him - sentence - birth of his second child - leaves Salem for Narraganset Bay - review of the causes of his banishment , CHAPTER VI . Numbers , condition , language , rights , & c . of the Indians in New England , 33 45 ...
Page xix
... charges against Rhode- Island , concerning Catholics and Quakers , CHAPTER XXIV . 300 315 Mr. Williams ' public services - religious habits - efforts as a minister - Indians - private affairs - letter to John Whipple , 326 CHAPTER XXV ...
... charges against Rhode- Island , concerning Catholics and Quakers , CHAPTER XXIV . 300 315 Mr. Williams ' public services - religious habits - efforts as a minister - Indians - private affairs - letter to John Whipple , 326 CHAPTER XXV ...
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... of Cambridge , and would probably prefer to place Williams there . Inquiries have been sent to Eng- land , for information on this point , but they have not been success- ful . land , the charge of a parish ; that his 24 MEMOIR OF.
... of Cambridge , and would probably prefer to place Williams there . Inquiries have been sent to Eng- land , for information on this point , but they have not been success- ful . land , the charge of a parish ; that his 24 MEMOIR OF.
Page 25
... charge of a parish ; that his preaching was highly esteemed , and his private character revered . * We have thus recited the traditions which have been current in Rhode Island . There is undoubtedly some truth in them , though the story ...
... charge of a parish ; that his preaching was highly esteemed , and his private character revered . * We have thus recited the traditions which have been current in Rhode Island . There is undoubtedly some truth in them , though the story ...
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Page 424 - ... attempt or enterprise the destruction, invasion, detriment, or annoyance of this commonwealth ; and to use and exercise, over the army and navy, and over the militia in actual service, the law-martial, in time of war or invasion, and also in time of rebellion, declared by the legislature to exist, as occasion shall necessarily require ; and to take and surprise, by all ways and means whatsoever, all and ever...