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... passed the channel into England . In the island it was received with enthusiasm . The government , from personal motives , extended to it the hand of fellowship ; the people adopted it , be- cause they felt the inadequacy of Romanism to ...
... passed the channel into England . In the island it was received with enthusiasm . The government , from personal motives , extended to it the hand of fellowship ; the people adopted it , be- cause they felt the inadequacy of Romanism to ...
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... passed in 1593 , " says Hoyt , " for punishing all who refused to attend the Established Church , or frequented conventicles or unauthorized assemblies . The penalty was , imprisonment until the convicted person made declaration of his ...
... passed in 1593 , " says Hoyt , " for punishing all who refused to attend the Established Church , or frequented conventicles or unauthorized assemblies . The penalty was , imprisonment until the convicted person made declaration of his ...
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... passed . How comfortless ! The deep roar of the sullen breakers smote heavily upon their ears ; and while the chill winds swept over them , the ceaseless pulsing of the sea and the hollow moaning of the waves at midnight , for the sea ...
... passed . How comfortless ! The deep roar of the sullen breakers smote heavily upon their ears ; and while the chill winds swept over them , the ceaseless pulsing of the sea and the hollow moaning of the waves at midnight , for the sea ...
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... passing from gracht to gracht , all recollection of the points of the compass vanished from the minds of the bewildered Englishmen , so that they received the impression that they were wandering in a laby- rinth from which it was ...
... passing from gracht to gracht , all recollection of the points of the compass vanished from the minds of the bewildered Englishmen , so that they received the impression that they were wandering in a laby- rinth from which it was ...
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... passed in the street . They afterwards found that these looking - glasses were universal in Holland , and were the solace of the ladies while following their domestic avocations . But the exiles were too grateful for toleration to be ...
... passed in the street . They afterwards found that these looking - glasses were universal in Holland , and were the solace of the ladies while following their domestic avocations . But the exiles were too grateful for toleration to be ...
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Amsterdam Anne Hutchinson antea Antinomian Bancroft Banvard Boston Brewster called Canonicus captain charter Christian church civil coast colonists colony Connecticut Corbitant corn Cotton Mather death Dutch Elliot emigrants Endicott England English exiles eyes faith fish forest friends gave God's godly governor Habbamak hand heart Hist Hubbard hundred Hutchinson Ibid Indians John Endicott Journal labor land letter Leyden liberty live Lord Lyford magistrates Massachusetts Bay Massasoit Mather's Magnalia Mayflower ment Merchant-adventurers Morton's Memorial Narragansetts once outh pale-face Palfrey peace Pequod Pilgrim Fathers plantation planted Plym Plymouth Plymouth Plantation Prince Puritans religion religious returned Robinson Roger Williams sachem sagamore sail Salem savages seemed sent settlement settlers shallop ship shore Sir Harry Vane soon spirit Squanto Standish stood Stoughton Thatcher theocracy things tion town trade tribes unto vessel voyage Weston wilderness Winslow in Young winter Winthrop Young's Chronicles
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Page 282 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Page 106 - HIGH on a throne of royal state, which far Outshone the wealth of Ormus and of Ind, Or where the gorgeous East with richest hand Showers on her kings barbaric pearl and gold...
Page 82 - IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. We whose names are underwritten, the loyal subjects of our dread sovereign lord King James, by the grace of God of Great Britain, France, and Ireland, king, defender of the faith, etc.
Page 189 - His eye-balls farther out than when he lived. Staring full ghastly like a strangled man : His hair uprear'd, his nostrils stretch'd with struggling ; His hands abroad display'd, as one that grasp'd And tugg'd for life, and was by strength subdued.
Page 82 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission...
Page 93 - For they got not the land in possession by their own sword, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because...
Page 82 - King, defender of the faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Page 37 - Weep ye not for the dead, neither bemoan him : but weep sore for him that goeth away : for he shall return no more, nor see his native country.
Page 334 - I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.
Page 70 - I charge you before God, and his blessed angels, that you follow me no farther than you have seen me follow the Lord Jesus Christ. If God reveal any thing to you by any other instrument of his, be as ready to receive it, as ever you were to receive any truth by my ministry ; for I am verily persuaded, I am very confident, the Lord has more truth yet to break forth out of his holy word.