 The deputies having conceived great danger to our state, in regard that our magistrates, for want of positive laws, in many cases, might proceed according to their discretions, it was agreed, that some men should be appointed to frame a body of grounds...  Collections of the Massachusetts Historical Society - Page 204by Massachusetts Historical Society - 1838Full view - About this book
 | Abiel Holmes - America - 1805 - 516 pages
...agreed, that some men ^ hws" should be appointed " to frame a body of grounds of laws, in resemblance of a Magna Charta, which, being allowed by some of the ministers and the general court,should be received for fundamental laws. " 3 • When the English parliament began to inquire... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - America - 1813 - 432 pages
...was agreed, that some men should be appointed " to frame a body of grounds of laws, in resemblance of a Magna Charta, which, being allowed by some of the...general court, should be received for fundamental laws 5." When the English parliament began to inquire into the frievances of the nation, the patent by which... | |
 | John Winthrop - 1825 - 456 pages
...||pains|| about it, and to write into England to have the judgments of the most wise and godly there.1 The deputies having conceived great danger to our...general court, should be received for fundamental laws. At this general court, some of the chief of Ipswich desired leave to remove to Quascacunquen, to begin... | |
 | John Winthrop - Massachusetts - 1825 - 456 pages
...||pains|| about it, and to write into England to have the judgments of the most wise and godly there.1 The deputies having conceived great danger to our...general court, should be received for fundamental laws. At this general court, some of the chief of Ipswich desired leave to remove to Quascacunquen, to begin... | |
 | Caleb Hopkins Snow - Boston (Mass.) - 1828 - 512 pages
...and clipping off the ears were very common things. But now ' the deputies having conceived greater danger to our state, in regard that our magistrates,...General Court, should be received for fundamental laws.' Messrs. Cotton and Bellingham were members of the commission for this important purpose, and had the... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - America - 1829 - 614 pages
...was agreed, that some men should be appointed " to frame a body of grounds of laws, in resemblance of a Magna Charta, which, being allowed by some of the...general court, should be received for fundamental laws."4 1 Rev. Mr. Hancock's Century Sermon, 1739. " Mount Wollaston," govWinthrop says, " was laid... | |
 | Abiel Holmes - America - 1829 - 616 pages
...was agreed, that some men should be appointed " to frame a body of grounds of laws, in resemblance of a Magna Charta, which, being allowed by some of the ministers and die general court, should be received for fundamental laws." 4 l Rev. Mr. Hancock's Century Sermon,... | |
 | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge - American fiction - 1843 - 550 pages
...was agreed in General Court, that persons should be appointed " to frame a body of grounds of laws, which, being allowed by some of the ministers and...General Court, should be received for fundamental laws." But nothing appears to have been done by the magistrates to whom the business was committed. In May,... | |
 | John Winthrop - Massachusetts - 1853 - 558 pages
...pains || about it, and to write into England, to have the judgments of the most wise and godly there.1 The deputies having conceived great danger to our...general court, should be received for fundamental laws. At this general court, some of the chief of Ipswich desired leave to remove to Quascacunquen, to begin... | |
 | 1853 - 566 pages
...their discretions, it was agreed that some men should be appointed to frame a body of grounds of law, in resemblance to a Magna Charta, which, being allowed by some of the ministers and by the General Court, should be received for fundamental laws." As fhe work thus contemplated was coextensive,... | |
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