Memoir of Roger Williams: The Founder of the State of Rhode-Island |
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Page vii
... concerning the future glory of their country . They boast , it is said , not of what the nation has been , nor of what it is , but of what it will be . The American faculty , it is affirmed , is anticipation , not memory . If the truth ...
... concerning the future glory of their country . They boast , it is said , not of what the nation has been , nor of what it is , but of what it will be . The American faculty , it is affirmed , is anticipation , not memory . If the truth ...
Page xi
... concerning him , stated differ- ently . I was obliged to gather hints from disconnected documents , and to reconcile contradictory assertions ; and . in fine , my labor often resembled that of the miner , who sifts large masses of sand ...
... concerning him , stated differ- ently . I was obliged to gather hints from disconnected documents , and to reconcile contradictory assertions ; and . in fine , my labor often resembled that of the miner , who sifts large masses of sand ...
Page xii
... concerning the history of Rhode - Island , which could not , otherwise , be ascertained . While all the other New- England States , and indeed most of the States of the Union , have histories , it is hoped that Rhode - Island will not ...
... concerning the history of Rhode - Island , which could not , otherwise , be ascertained . While all the other New- England States , and indeed most of the States of the Union , have histories , it is hoped that Rhode - Island will not ...
Page xix
... 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 . Controversy with the Quakers ...
... 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 . Controversy with the Quakers ...
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... concerning him . His opponents were more disposed to obliterate his name , than to record his life . His contemporary friends were sharers in his sufferings , and were not at leisure to relate his story or their own . Even the records ...
... concerning him . His opponents were more disposed to obliterate his name , than to record his life . His contemporary friends were sharers in his sufferings , and were not at leisure to relate his story or their own . Even the records ...
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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...