The Magazine of American History with Notes and Queries, Volume 7John Austin Stevens, Benjamin Franklin DeCosta, Henry Phelps Johnston, Martha Joanna Lamb, Nathan Gillett Pond A. S. Barnes., 1882 - United States |
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... soon joined by another of the same sect from Massachusetts . Prominent among them were the Allens , the Fays , and Warners , who headed the successful resistance to New York , and finally achieved the in- dependence of Vermont . Most of ...
... soon joined by another of the same sect from Massachusetts . Prominent among them were the Allens , the Fays , and Warners , who headed the successful resistance to New York , and finally achieved the in- dependence of Vermont . Most of ...
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... soon followed , they would have suc- ceeded in carrying over to Vermont most of the towns outside the Mason Grant , and then , by sheer weight of numbers , have brought the seat of gov- ernment to the banks of the Connecticut , and ...
... soon followed , they would have suc- ceeded in carrying over to Vermont most of the towns outside the Mason Grant , and then , by sheer weight of numbers , have brought the seat of gov- ernment to the banks of the Connecticut , and ...
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... soon abandoned its cultivation , and , like other Virginians , raised the great staple of the colony . Having taken the country of the Indian , they cultivated his peculiar plant . Tobacco will always be associated with the Indian ...
... soon abandoned its cultivation , and , like other Virginians , raised the great staple of the colony . Having taken the country of the Indian , they cultivated his peculiar plant . Tobacco will always be associated with the Indian ...
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... soon made to retreat to a clear Field Southwest of that about 200 Paces where they lodged themselves be- hind a Fence covered with Bushes . Our People attacked them in Force & a rein- forcement with 2 Field Pieces being or- dered in ...
... soon made to retreat to a clear Field Southwest of that about 200 Paces where they lodged themselves be- hind a Fence covered with Bushes . Our People attacked them in Force & a rein- forcement with 2 Field Pieces being or- dered in ...
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... soon after commanded to join the army in its farther retreat to Haerlem Heights . On mounting my horse , and retiring across the fields in the immediate vicinity of this spot , with a slow step and an anxious state of mind , I ...
... soon after commanded to join the army in its farther retreat to Haerlem Heights . On mounting my horse , and retiring across the fields in the immediate vicinity of this spot , with a slow step and an anxious state of mind , I ...
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Page 853 - ... 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 and obedience.
Page 483 - LAERTES' head. And these few precepts in thy memory See thou character. Give thy thoughts no tongue, Nor any unproportion'd thought his act. Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hoops of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatch'd, unfledg'd comrade.
Page 853 - 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 511 - Yea, the stork in the heaven knoweth her appointed times; and the turtle and the crane and the swallow observe the time of their coming; but my people know not the judgment of the Lord.
Page 853 - 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 of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Page 245 - Democracy, I do not conceive that ever God did ordain as a fit government either for church or commonwealth. If the people be governors, who shall be governed?
Page 853 - Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia...
Page 607 - And also, to make, ordain, and establish all manner of orders, laws, directions, instructions, forms, and ceremonies of government and magistracy, fit and necessary for and concerning the government of the said colony and plantation...
Page 448 - I could not possibly give you one of the " arguments " you cruelly hint at, on which any doctrine of mine stands. For I do not know what arguments mean in reference to any expression of a thought.
Page 483 - Nor any unproportioned thought his act. » Be thou familiar, but by no means vulgar. The friends thou hast, and their adoption tried, Grapple them to thy soul with hooks of steel; But do not dull thy palm with entertainment Of each new-hatched, unfledged, comrade.