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... common tradition , that he perished at sea , having been engaged in an ex- pedition of which no tidings were ever heard . Such a report might easily be spread respecting a great naviga- tor who had disappeared from the public view ; and ...
... common tradition , that he perished at sea , having been engaged in an ex- pedition of which no tidings were ever heard . Such a report might easily be spread respecting a great naviga- tor who had disappeared from the public view ; and ...
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... common law . Not only murder , manslaughter , and adultery , but danger- ous tumults and seditions were punishable by death ; so that the security of life depended on the discretion of the magistrate , restricted only by the necessity ...
... common law . Not only murder , manslaughter , and adultery , but danger- ous tumults and seditions were punishable by death ; so that the security of life depended on the discretion of the magistrate , restricted only by the necessity ...
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... common- wealth . It was not the will of God that the new state should be formed of these materials ; that such men should be the fathers of a progeny , born on the American soil , who were one day to assert American liberty by their ...
... common- wealth . It was not the will of God that the new state should be formed of these materials ; that such men should be the fathers of a progeny , born on the American soil , who were one day to assert American liberty by their ...
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... common- wealth , subjected to military rule ; and , though con- formity was not strictly enforced , yet courts - martial had authority to punish indifference with stripes , and infidelity with death . The introduction of this arbi ...
... common- wealth , subjected to military rule ; and , though con- formity was not strictly enforced , yet courts - martial had authority to punish indifference with stripes , and infidelity with death . The introduction of this arbi ...
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... common law of the country : that the despotism of the new deputy , who was both self - willed and avaricious , might be complete , he was further invested with the place of admiral of the coun- try and the adjoining seas . 3 1 Stith ...
... common law of the country : that the despotism of the new deputy , who was both self - willed and avaricious , might be complete , he was further invested with the place of admiral of the coun- try and the adjoining seas . 3 1 Stith ...
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Page 306 - Then I proclaimed a fast there, at the river of Ahava, that we might afflict ourselves before our God, to seek of him a right way for us, and for our little ones, and for all our substance.
Page 307 - I beseech you remember, it is an article 'of your church covenant, that you be ready to receive whatever truth shall be made known to you from the written word of God.
Page 360 - To the end the body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was ordered and agreed, that, for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body politic, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same.
Page 256 - ... —such was the sublime tenor of a part of the statute—" hath frequently fallen out to be of dangerous consequence in those commonwealths where it has been practised, and for the more quiet and peaceable government of this province, and the better to preserve mutual love and amity among the inhabitants, no person within this province, professing to believe in Jesus Christ, shall be any ways troubled, molested, or discountenanced, for his or her religion, or in the free exercise thereof.
Page 307 - I cannot sufficiently bewail the condition of the reformed Churches, who are come to a period in religion, and will go at present no further than the instruments of their reformation.
Page 412 - Hampden, that he had a head to contrive, a tongue to persuade, and a hand to execute, any mischief.
Page 256 - The tawny lion, pawing to get free His hinder parts ; then springs, as broke from bonds, And rampant shakes his brinded mane...
Page 73 - Europe, having first hanged his prisoners upon the trees, and placed over them the inscription : "I do not this as unto Spaniards or mariners, but as unto traitors, robbers, and murderers.
Page 385 - God blesseth any branch of any noble or generous family with a spirit and gifts fit for government, it would be a taking of God's name in vain to put such a talent under a bushel, and a sin against the honor of magistracy to neglect such in our public elections.
Page 458 - It is therefore ordered, That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read...