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... took his M.A. degree at Trinity College , Dublin . Pastor of Second Church in Boston ; for six years ( 1685-1701 ) president of Harvard College . His publications number one hundred and sixty . I. FIRST COLONIAL PERIOD . ( 1607-1689 ...
... took his M.A. degree at Trinity College , Dublin . Pastor of Second Church in Boston ; for six years ( 1685-1701 ) president of Harvard College . His publications number one hundred and sixty . I. FIRST COLONIAL PERIOD . ( 1607-1689 ...
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... took the work of colonization , the Anglo - Saxon vigor as- serted its superiority , and took possession of the fairest part of the American continent . From insignificant and unpromising beginnings , the English colonies rapidly de ...
... took the work of colonization , the Anglo - Saxon vigor as- serted its superiority , and took possession of the fairest part of the American continent . From insignificant and unpromising beginnings , the English colonies rapidly de ...
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... took place . Five hundred new colonists arrived , and refused to acknowledge his authority . They robbed the In- dians , and plotted the murder of Smith . While dangers were thus gathering , an accident changed the course of events . As ...
... took place . Five hundred new colonists arrived , and refused to acknowledge his authority . They robbed the In- dians , and plotted the murder of Smith . While dangers were thus gathering , an accident changed the course of events . As ...
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... took an interest in foreign missions , and proposed to send Bibles and Psalters among the nations . - The darkest feature in the life of Cotton Mather a fea- ture which avenging critics have by no means lost sight of - is his connection ...
... took an interest in foreign missions , and proposed to send Bibles and Psalters among the nations . - The darkest feature in the life of Cotton Mather a fea- ture which avenging critics have by no means lost sight of - is his connection ...
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... took care not only to be in reality industrious and frugal , but to avoid the appearances to the contrary . I dressed plain , and was seen at no places of idle diversion . I never went out a fishing or shoot- ing ; a book , indeed ...
... took care not only to be in reality industrious and frugal , but to avoid the appearances to the contrary . I dressed plain , and was seen at no places of idle diversion . I never went out a fishing or shoot- ing ; a book , indeed ...
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