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... strong repressive hand of the Vatican was not able to stop the mouth of unwearied complaint . Think- ers were convinced that Rome had paganized Chris- tianity . Christ was banished from all active influ- ence . He could only be reached ...
... strong repressive hand of the Vatican was not able to stop the mouth of unwearied complaint . Think- ers were convinced that Rome had paganized Chris- tianity . Christ was banished from all active influ- ence . He could only be reached ...
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... strong bond of union ; a passion for liberty was another . But there were not lacking strong points of dissimilar- ity . The Pilgrims were orderly and staid ; yet they never could reconcile themselves to that spirit of system , or ...
... strong bond of union ; a passion for liberty was another . But there were not lacking strong points of dissimilar- ity . The Pilgrims were orderly and staid ; yet they never could reconcile themselves to that spirit of system , or ...
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... strong tim- ber threatened to break . Then , among the lumber which they had brought , a large ' iron screw was found , and the ship was saved . ' Their faces were turned westward , but who can wonder that a lin- gering look was cast ...
... strong tim- ber threatened to break . Then , among the lumber which they had brought , a large ' iron screw was found , and the ship was saved . ' Their faces were turned westward , but who can wonder that a lin- gering look was cast ...
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... strong kind of flax or hemp . Here is sand , gravel , an excellent clay , no better in the world , exceeding good for pots , and it will wash like soap ; we have the best water that ever we drank , and the brooks will soon be full of ...
... strong kind of flax or hemp . Here is sand , gravel , an excellent clay , no better in the world , exceeding good for pots , and it will wash like soap ; we have the best water that ever we drank , and the brooks will soon be full of ...
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... strong , and in great claps , followed by rain very sadly till midnight . " + Thus far they had seen no Indians since land- ing at Plymouth . Traces of them abounded . Pale wreaths of smoke , which curled above the forest- trees , gave ...
... strong , and in great claps , followed by rain very sadly till midnight . " + Thus far they had seen no Indians since land- ing at Plymouth . Traces of them abounded . Pale wreaths of smoke , which curled above the forest- trees , gave ...
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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.