Collections, Historical & Miscellaneous, and Monthly Literary Journal, Volume 2John Farmer J.B. Moore, 1823 - Local history |
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... Spain , in 1787 , the number of females in that country confined in cloisters for life , amounted to 32,000 . In the single city of Seville , there were , in 1805 , no less than twenty - nine nunneries . The new constitution and laws of ...
... Spain , in 1787 , the number of females in that country confined in cloisters for life , amounted to 32,000 . In the single city of Seville , there were , in 1805 , no less than twenty - nine nunneries . The new constitution and laws of ...
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... hear that France has joined Spain in a war against Eng- " nate . “ We [ * April 13 , 1676 , says an original record in the secretary's office . - Ed iters . ] 66 " land ; and that , as the Indians 162 Biographical Sketches .
... hear that France has joined Spain in a war against Eng- " nate . “ We [ * April 13 , 1676 , says an original record in the secretary's office . - Ed iters . ] 66 " land ; and that , as the Indians 162 Biographical Sketches .
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... Spain , where he remained several years . He was ap- pointed counsellor in 1734 , and was governor from 1741 to 1767 , when he was superseded by his nephew , John Went- worth . He died Oct. 14 , 1770 , in his 75th year . JOHN WENTWORTH ...
... Spain , where he remained several years . He was ap- pointed counsellor in 1734 , and was governor from 1741 to 1767 , when he was superseded by his nephew , John Went- worth . He died Oct. 14 , 1770 , in his 75th year . JOHN WENTWORTH ...
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... Spain know they cannot embark in your quarrel , without the great- est danger of Great - Britain turning suddenly against and taking possession of their colonies , with so great a force al- ready collected and in America ; besides their ...
... Spain know they cannot embark in your quarrel , without the great- est danger of Great - Britain turning suddenly against and taking possession of their colonies , with so great a force al- ready collected and in America ; besides their ...
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... Spain , dictat ed by him to the Duke d'Abrantes . Caleb Cushing , Esq . of Newburyport , is preparing for publication , Memoirs of the late Hon . Judge Lowell , with notices of other patriots who were instrumental in effect- ing our ...
... Spain , dictat ed by him to the Duke d'Abrantes . Caleb Cushing , Esq . of Newburyport , is preparing for publication , Memoirs of the late Hon . Judge Lowell , with notices of other patriots who were instrumental in effect- ing our ...
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Page 243 - Wherefore also we pray always for you, that our God would count you worthy of this calling, and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness, and the work of faith with power: that the name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you, and ye in him , according to the grace of our God and the Lord Jesus Christ.
Page 294 - For wherein shall it be known here that I and thy people have found grace in thy sight? is it not in that thou goest with us? so shall we be separated, I and thy people, from all the people that are upon the face of the earth.
Page 315 - In all very numerous assemblies, of whatever characters composed, passion never fails to wrest the sceptre from reason. Had every Athenian citizen been a Socrates, every Athenian assembly would still have been a mob.
Page 119 - The hills melted like wax at the presence of the Lord, at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth.
Page 58 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to the house of feasting ; for that is the end of all men, and the living will lay it to his heart.
Page 139 - I know of no line that can be drawn between the supreme authority of Parliament and the total independence of the colonies...
Page 135 - This study renders men acute, inquisitive, dexterous, prompt in attack, ready in defence, full of resources. In other countries, the people, more simple and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance. Here they anticipate the evil, and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle. They augur misgovernment at a distance ; and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.
Page 98 - The Three Perils of Man; or War, Women and Witchcraft: A Border Romance...
Page 295 - Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.
Page 62 - No Quaker or Dissenter from the established worship of this Dominion shall be allowed to give a vote for the election of magistrates, or any officer. No food or lodging shall be afforded to a Quaker, Adamite or other heretic.