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Page 83
... petition from the survivors of Lovewell's command was favorably received by the General Court , and soon afterward Suncook , or Lovewell's township , was granted . Only two of the company are known to have settled in the town - Francis ...
... petition from the survivors of Lovewell's command was favorably received by the General Court , and soon afterward Suncook , or Lovewell's township , was granted . Only two of the company are known to have settled in the town - Francis ...
Page 91
... petitions were presented to the Plymouth Court ; one from Rehoboth , signed by thirty - five persons ; one from Taunton ; one from all the clergymen in the colony but two , and one from the government of Mas- sachusetts . How will the ...
... petitions were presented to the Plymouth Court ; one from Rehoboth , signed by thirty - five persons ; one from Taunton ; one from all the clergymen in the colony but two , and one from the government of Mas- sachusetts . How will the ...
Page 101
... petition the selectmen that his “ yeerly salarie be paid to him , as the counstables were much behind wth him , " the whole matter becomes pathetic . Mr. Cheever also asked that the schoolhouse , which was much out of order , be ...
... petition the selectmen that his “ yeerly salarie be paid to him , as the counstables were much behind wth him , " the whole matter becomes pathetic . Mr. Cheever also asked that the schoolhouse , which was much out of order , be ...
Page 102
... petition Cross the house below , and to make three rows of benches for the boyes on each Side of the room , to find all Tim- ber , boards , Clapboards shingles nayles hinges . In consideration whereof the sd Mr John Barnerd is to be ...
... petition Cross the house below , and to make three rows of benches for the boyes on each Side of the room , to find all Tim- ber , boards , Clapboards shingles nayles hinges . In consideration whereof the sd Mr John Barnerd is to be ...
Page 118
... petitions of sundry of the inhabitants of Rumney Marsh about the building of a meeting - house . Action was postponed , from year to COFFERSS The Reverend Thomas Cheever , son of the fa- mous schoolmaster , was chosen pastor October 17 ...
... petitions of sundry of the inhabitants of Rumney Marsh about the building of a meeting - house . Action was postponed , from year to COFFERSS The Reverend Thomas Cheever , son of the fa- mous schoolmaster , was chosen pastor October 17 ...
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Page 264 - ... 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 5 - Why had they come to wither there, Away from their childhood's land? There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth.
Page 264 - 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 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 84 - Of peace on earth, good-will to men ! And in despair I bowed my head ; " There is no peace on earth," I said ; " For hate is strong, And mocks the song Of peace on earth, good-will to men...
Page 130 - After God had carried us safe to New England, and we had builded our houses, provided necessaries for our livelihood, reared convenient places for God's worship, and settled the civil government, one of the next things we longed for and looked after was to advance learning and perpetuate it to posterity; dreading to leave an illiterate ministry to the churches, when our present ministers shall lie in the dust.
Page 109 - THAT, AND A' THAT. Is there, for honest Poverty, That hangs his head, and a' that ; The coward slave — we pass him by ! We dare be poor for a
Page 4 - Like the vase, in which roses have once been distilled — You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will. But the scent of the roses will hang round it still.
Page 310 - ... childhood's stream, Or pleasant memory of a dream The loved and cherished Past upon the new life stealing. Serene and mild the untried light May have its dawning ; And, as in summer's northern night The evening and the dawn unite, The sunset hues of Time blend with the soul's new morning. I sit alone ; in foam and spray Wave after wave Breaks on the rocks which, stern and gray, Shoulder the broken tide away, Or murmurs hoarse and strong through mossy cleft and cave.
Page 15 - For, happy, thrice happy, shall they be pronounced hereafter, who have contributed anything, who have performed the meanest office, in erecting this stupendous fabric of freedom and empire on the broad basis of independency ; who have assisted in protecting the rights of human nature, and establishing an asylum for the poor and oppressed of all nations and religions.
Page 217 - When on the falling tide the freighted vessels departed, Bearing a nation, with all its household gods, into exile, Exile without an end, and without an example in story.