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... enterprise . As the proposed commemoration embraced subjects fitly coming within the range and purposes of this institution , they deemed it a duty to take the initiatory steps ; and at their suggestion the Presi- dent of the Society ...
... enterprise . As the proposed commemoration embraced subjects fitly coming within the range and purposes of this institution , they deemed it a duty to take the initiatory steps ; and at their suggestion the Presi- dent of the Society ...
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... enterprise laid the foundation of the great metropolis of the New World . Captain John Smith , — the daring soldier and navigator ; whose efforts in acts of government in Virginia , and of naval skill in exploring and defining the bound ...
... enterprise laid the foundation of the great metropolis of the New World . Captain John Smith , — the daring soldier and navigator ; whose efforts in acts of government in Virginia , and of naval skill in exploring and defining the bound ...
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... enterprise , delighted to recall the distant past , to compare it with the changes to the present , and to dwell on other topics suited to the time , the 1 1 See the statements of Strachey , Hubbard , and Prince . Purchase added to the ...
... enterprise , delighted to recall the distant past , to compare it with the changes to the present , and to dwell on other topics suited to the time , the 1 1 See the statements of Strachey , Hubbard , and Prince . Purchase added to the ...
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... enterprises . In 1524 , twenty - seven years after Cabot's discovery , Ver- razani , under the French , ranged the whole coast from Florida to Newfoundland . In 1534 , James Cartier , with a commission from Francis I. , coasted along ...
... enterprises . In 1524 , twenty - seven years after Cabot's discovery , Ver- razani , under the French , ranged the whole coast from Florida to Newfoundland . In 1534 , James Cartier , with a commission from Francis I. , coasted along ...
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... enterprise failed ; death and the stars seemed against it , and there were " no more speeches , " by the Northern company , says Gorges , " of settling any other plantation in those parts for a long time after . " They were in search of ...
... enterprise failed ; death and the stars seemed against it , and there were " no more speeches , " by the Northern company , says Gorges , " of settling any other plantation in those parts for a long time after . " They were in search of ...
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Acadia adventurers America August Boston British called Cape Capt Captain Casco Bay celebration Champlain charter Chief Church civilization claim coast colonists commemoration continent Council discovery early EDWARD BALLARD England English Colony enterprise expedition explored Father fifty-fifth anniversary fishing Fort Popham France French George Popham Governor Grand Master grant harbor Heires Hist honor hundred and fifty-fifth Indians interest invitation Island Kennebec Kennebec River King James land latitude laws letter Lord Maine Historical Society Massachusetts Memorial Stone Merrymeeting Bay miles Monhegan Monts mouth natives New-England occasion Pemaquid peninsula Penobscot persons plantation planted Plymouth Popham Colony Port Royal Portland possession present President Province race Raleigh Gilbert Richard Seymour river Sabino Sagadahoc sailed savages says Secretary settlement ship shores Sir Ferdinando Gorges Sir John Popham Strachey Successors tion unto vessels Virginia voyage Weymouth
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Page 86 - So Moses the servant of the LORD died there in the land of Moab, according to the word of the LORD. And he buried him in a valley in the land of Moab, over against Beth-peor: but no man knoweth of his sepulchre unto this day.
Page 35 - Be ye sure that the Lord he is God : it is he that hath made us, and not we ourselves; we are his people, and the sheep of his pasture.
Page 31 - Scripture moveth us in sundry places to acknowledge and confess our manifold sins and wickedness, and that we should not dissemble nor cloak them before the face of Almighty God our heavenly Father; but confess them with an humble, lowly, penitent, and obedient heart ; to the end that we may obtain forgiveness of the same, by his infinite goodness and mercy.
Page 58 - How many of my father's hired men have food to spare, and here I am starving to death! I will set out and go back to my father and say to him: Father, I have sinned against heaven and against you. I am no longer worthy to be called your son; make me like one of your hired men.
Page 111 - Name of the Council Established at Plymouth in the County of Devon, for the Planting, Ruling, Ordering and Governing of New England in America...
Page 347 - Holy Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an article of faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 31 - ALMIGHTY GOD, the Father of our Lord JESUS CHRIST, who desireth not the death of a sinner, but rather that he may turn from his wickedness and live...
Page 33 - The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Page 111 - Warwick and others, to the number of forty noblemen, knights and gentlemen, by the name 'of the Council established at Plymouth in the county of Devon, for the planting, ruling and governing of New England in America...
Page 33 - Before the Lord: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge the earth: he shall judge the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.