Maine Pioneer Settlements ..., Volume 2W.B. Clarke Company, 1909 - Maine |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 29
Page 20
... father of Sir William Pepperrell was laying siege to Margery Bray's heart , and Winthrop was hatching his schemes for the aggrandizement of the first commonwealth , and throwing the addled Epis- copal eggs out of the nests of the New ...
... father of Sir William Pepperrell was laying siege to Margery Bray's heart , and Winthrop was hatching his schemes for the aggrandizement of the first commonwealth , and throwing the addled Epis- copal eggs out of the nests of the New ...
Page 35
... father , made the voyage of 1498 . The Cabots were Vene- tians . Zuan Caboto was the father , a man of reputation , an experienced navi- gator and cartographer . He came to England some- time before 1494 ; for , it was about that time ...
... father , made the voyage of 1498 . The Cabots were Vene- tians . Zuan Caboto was the father , a man of reputation , an experienced navi- gator and cartographer . He came to England some- time before 1494 ; for , it was about that time ...
Page 64
... Father of New England . As one follows the ruddy gleam of Boon Island Light farther and still farther to seaward , one goes over a wide trail of dancing waters to the days when this pleasant country was the roaming ground of the great ...
... Father of New England . As one follows the ruddy gleam of Boon Island Light farther and still farther to seaward , one goes over a wide trail of dancing waters to the days when this pleasant country was the roaming ground of the great ...
Page 107
... fathers . There was little sympathy or com- passion in those days for the unfortunate in stocks and pillory . Joane was glib of tongue , though she might have suffered from a limited vocabulary ; but she would have met the jibes and ...
... fathers . There was little sympathy or com- passion in those days for the unfortunate in stocks and pillory . Joane was glib of tongue , though she might have suffered from a limited vocabulary ; but she would have met the jibes and ...
Page 136
... Father Moody came in 1698 , May 10. Whether or not the barn - like structure of the time was ready for his occupancy , there is no relation that I have seen . Doubtless , the voters were duly warned , and when the day of the town ...
... Father Moody came in 1698 , May 10. Whether or not the barn - like structure of the time was ready for his occupancy , there is no relation that I have seen . Doubtless , the voters were duly warned , and when the day of the town ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
Agamenticus ancient Annethe Appledore Boon Island Boston Bray built Cabot Cape Cape Ann Capt Casco Bay Champernowne Chauncey's Creek church coast color Court Cove Cutt door doubt early England English father fish gable garrison house Gorgeana Gorges gray Harbor headlands hereabout Hill hither Hontvet Indian Island Light Isles of Shoals John John Bray John Cabot Kittery Point Lady Pepperrell land lived look M'Clary Maine Province manse Mary Massachusetts Bay meeting-house night old houses old Kittery old York once one's parish Pepperrell house person Piscataqua Piscataqua River Plymouth Portsmouth province of Maine quaint rocks romance roofs rude Saco sail sands savage says settlement settlers shadows Shapleigh ships shore skipper Smith Smutty Nose Sparhawk Spruce Creek Star Island stone story suggestive tavern things tide tion to-day town Trickey voyage wall Warehouse Point Wentworth wife William Pepperrell wind window witch woman woods York River
Popular passages
Page 222 - Here Lies the Body of Mr XEHEMIAH ROY CE Who Departed This Life Feb (?)— AD 1791 In the both Year of His Age Behold and see, as you pass by As you are now, so once was I. As I am now so you must be. Prepare for death and follow me.
Page 36 - ... to sail to all parts, countries, and seas of the east, of the west, and of the north...
Page 12 - And further, by these, my son, be admonished : of making many books there is no end ; and much study is a weariness of the flesh.
Page 37 - Cabot, and he is styled the great admiral. Vast honour is paid him; he dresses in silk, and these English run after him like mad people, so that he can enlist as many of them as he pleases, and a number of our own rogues besides.
Page 205 - They rested there, escaped awhile From cares that wear the life away, To eat the lotus of the Nile And drink the poppies of Cathay...
Page 278 - Cotton Mather came galloping down All the way to Newbury town, With his eyes agog and his ears set wide, And his marvellous inkhorn at his side ; Stirring the while in the shallow pool Of his brains for the lore he learned at school...
Page 299 - When the barley-harvest is ripe and shorn, And the dry husks fall from the standing corn; As long as Nature shall not grow old, Nor drop her work from her doting hold...
Page 395 - English Miles to the Southward of the southermost part of the said Bay called Massachusetts alias Mattachusetts alias Mattatusetts Bay ; and also all those Lands, and Hereditaments whatsoever, which lie, and be within the space of three English Miles to the Northward of the said River called Monomack, alias Merrimack or to the Northward of any, and every part thereof...
Page 164 - This court, considering how far Satan doth prevail upon several persons within this jurisdiction to make away themselves, judgeth that God calls them to bear testimony against such wicked and unnatural practices, that others may be deterred therefrom...
Page 170 - If any man or woman be a Witch, (that is) hath, or consulteth with a Familiar spirit, they shall be put to death.