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
However , being still solicited , and no other attempting , at length in 1728 I
determined to draw up a short account of the most remarkable transactions and
events , in the form of a mere Chronology ; which I apprehended would give a
summary ...
However , being still solicited , and no other attempting , at length in 1728 I
determined to draw up a short account of the most remarkable transactions and
events , in the form of a mere Chronology ; which I apprehended would give a
summary ...
Page xv
In the fourth period , viz . from thence through the reigns of the Babylonian , ·
Persian , Grecian and Egyptian monarchs , to the Roman emperors ; I keep to
Ptolemy ' s famous Astronomical Canon , and give it exactly through the period .
In the fourth period , viz . from thence through the reigns of the Babylonian , ·
Persian , Grecian and Egyptian monarchs , to the Roman emperors ; I keep to
Ptolemy ' s famous Astronomical Canon , and give it exactly through the period .
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... more ready to yield to the solicitations of others , to enlarge my design and 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 ...
... more ready to yield to the solicitations of others , to enlarge my design and 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 ...
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to cite them , but also carries more authority , and gives the inquisitive 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
.
to cite them , but also carries more authority , and gives the inquisitive 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
.
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... the reader may consider , that as we have only a copy of that valuable work ,
the substance whereof I propose to give the public ; some of those mistakes may
be owing to the transcriber only , and some that learned and ingenious author fell
...
... the reader may consider , that as we have only a copy of that valuable work ,
the substance whereof I propose to give the public ; some of those mistakes may
be owing to the transcriber only , and some that learned and ingenious author fell
...
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| Title | 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 ... |
| Author | Thomas Prince |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Cummings, Hilliard, and Company, 1826 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 4 Jan 2008 |
| Length | 439 pages |
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