Annals of the Redwood Library and Athenaeum

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Redwood library, 1891 - 528 pages

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Page 326 - F'ORASMUCH as it hath pleased Almighty God, in his wise providence, to take out of this world the soul of our deceased brother, we therefore commit his body to the ground; earth to earth, ashes to ashes, dust to dust; looking for the general Resurrection in the last, day, and the life of the world to come...
Page 326 - Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be transmitted to the -family of the deceased, and that they be spread upon the records of this society.
Page 61 - To the influence of this distinguished man in the circle in which I was brought up, I may owe in part the indignation which I feel towards every invasion of human rights. In my earliest years, I regarded no human being with equal reverence.
Page 472 - ... in witness whereof the said parties to these presents have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and seals, the day and year first above written.
Page 13 - Honyman, jr., did form a society for the promotion of knowledge and virtue, by a free conversation according to several regulations by them agreed. We, the present members of the said society, finding it necessary on many accounts for the more effectual answering the end of our institution, do agree to enter into a...
Page 33 - ... have full power and authority, from, time to time, to make, constitute, and establish such and so many bylaws, rules, and orders as...
Page 5 - I should not read books, I would not be a king. I would rather be a poor man in a garret with plenty of books than a king who did not love reading.
Page 32 - Commonwealth; and that it shall and may be lawful to and for the said...
Page 346 - Her eyes seemed to reflect, as in a mirror, the meekness and purity of her mind and the goodness of her heart ; she received us with an open ingenuity which delighted me, and the use of the familiar word thou, which the rules of her sect prescribed, gave to our new acquaintance the appearance of an old friendship.
Page 71 - Be it therefore enacted by this General Assembly, and by the authority thereof, it is enacted, that an act entitled "An act for the more effectual securing to His Majesty the allegiance of his subjects, in this his colony and dominion of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations,

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