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... winter sea ; recites in some detail , the incidents which accompanied the settlement at Plym- outh and the kindred colonies throughout New Eng- land ; and closes in the sunshine of that league between the New England colonies which was ...
... winter sea ; recites in some detail , the incidents which accompanied the settlement at Plym- outh and the kindred colonies throughout New Eng- land ; and closes in the sunshine of that league between the New England colonies which was ...
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... Winter- Renewed Search for a Landing Spot - First Encounter with the Indians- " Woath wach haha hach woach " -The Breakers -- First Christian Sabbath in the New World - PLYMOUTH ROCK --- 77 CHAPTER VI . The Pilgrims decide to settle at ...
... Winter- Renewed Search for a Landing Spot - First Encounter with the Indians- " Woath wach haha hach woach " -The Breakers -- First Christian Sabbath in the New World - PLYMOUTH ROCK --- 77 CHAPTER VI . The Pilgrims decide to settle at ...
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... Winter in the Wilderness - Faith as a Motor -- Anxiety --- The Indian and the Package - A Prisoner - The Riddle Solved --- The Mysterious Rattlesnake Skin - Defensive Measures - First " General Muster " in New England - The Expedition ...
... Winter in the Wilderness - Faith as a Motor -- Anxiety --- The Indian and the Package - A Prisoner - The Riddle Solved --- The Mysterious Rattlesnake Skin - Defensive Measures - First " General Muster " in New England - The Expedition ...
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... Winter of 1626-7 - Allerton's Embassy to Eng- land - His Success - The " Undertakers " -The New Organiza- tion - Plan of Division - Habbamak's Grant - First Coveted Luxury of the Emancipated Colony - Allerton's Second Mis- sion ...
... Winter of 1626-7 - Allerton's Embassy to Eng- land - His Success - The " Undertakers " -The New Organiza- tion - Plan of Division - Habbamak's Grant - First Coveted Luxury of the Emancipated Colony - Allerton's Second Mis- sion ...
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... Winter Woods - Animadversions - Months of Vicissitude - Settlement of Providence - Williams bases his Colony on Toleration and Democracy - Mather's Epigram - Williams makes a Distinc- tion between Toleration and License - Williams ...
... Winter Woods - Animadversions - Months of Vicissitude - Settlement of Providence - Williams bases his Colony on Toleration and Democracy - Mather's Epigram - Williams makes a Distinc- tion between Toleration and License - Williams ...
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Page 244 - 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 76 - 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 51 - 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 51 - 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 17 - Nothing is here for tears, nothing to wail Or knock the breast, no weakness, no contempt. Dispraise or blame, nothing but well and fair. And what may quiet us in a death so noble.
Page 61 - 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 52 - Short of stature he was, but strongly built and athletic, Broad in the shoulders, deep-chested, with muscles and sinews of iron ; Brown as a nut was his face, but his russet beard was already Flaked with patches of snow, as hedges sometimes in November.
Page 51 - 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 300 - In the unwavering assertion of his views he never changed his position; the sanctity of conscience was the great tenet, which, with all its consequences, he defended, as he first trod the shores of New England; and in his extreme old age it was the last pulsation of his heart.
Page 46 - We are knit together as a body in a most strict and sacred bond and covenant of the Lord, of the violation whereof we make great conscience, and by virtue whereof we do hold ourselves straitly tied to all care of each other's good, and of the whole by every one, and so mutually. " 5. Lastly, it is not with us as with other men whom small things can discourage, or small discontentments cause to wish themselves at home again.