Old Portraits and Modern SketchesTicknor, Read, and Fields, 1850 - 304 páginas Contains accounts of the lives of several early Quakers, such as James Nayler, Thomas Ellwood and John Roberts. |
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Página 149
... Abolitionism was every where spoken against , and the whole land was convulsed with mobs to suppress it , the venerable Emmons , burdened with the weight of ninety years , made a journey to New York , to attend a meeting of the Anti ...
... Abolitionism was every where spoken against , and the whole land was convulsed with mobs to suppress it , the venerable Emmons , burdened with the weight of ninety years , made a journey to New York , to attend a meeting of the Anti ...
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... into correspondence with the early Abolitionists of Europe , as well as his own country . He labored with his brethren in the ministry to bring them to his own view of the great wrong of holding men as SAMUEL HOPKINS . 155.
... into correspondence with the early Abolitionists of Europe , as well as his own country . He labored with his brethren in the ministry to bring them to his own view of the great wrong of holding men as SAMUEL HOPKINS . 155.
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... abolitionists , who had organized a national society , with the city of New York as its central point , followed each other in rapid succession . The houses of the leading men in the society were sacked and pil- laged ; meeting - houses ...
... abolitionists , who had organized a national society , with the city of New York as its central point , followed each other in rapid succession . The houses of the leading men in the society were sacked and pil- laged ; meeting - houses ...
Página 222
... abolitionism was to incur a liability to an indefinite degree of insult and indig- nity ; and the few and hunted ... abolitionist ; he had known nothing of the proscribed class , save through the cruel misrep resentations of their ...
... abolitionism was to incur a liability to an indefinite degree of insult and indig- nity ; and the few and hunted ... abolitionist ; he had known nothing of the proscribed class , save through the cruel misrep resentations of their ...
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... abolitionists to that body , explanatory of their principles , and the measures by which they had sought to disseminate them . Refer- ring to the determination expressed by the memorialists in the rejected document , not to recant or ...
... abolitionists to that body , explanatory of their principles , and the measures by which they had sought to disseminate them . Refer- ring to the determination expressed by the memorialists in the rejected document , not to recant or ...
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abolitionism abolitionists Anabaptists Andrew Marvell Antinomians Baxter beautiful Bishop called Christ Christian church Cirencester Cromwell dark death democracy democratic divine doctrines duty earnest earth Edition Edward Burrough England evil eyes faith father favor fear freedom George Fox glorious green hand hath heart Heaven Herald of Freedom hills holy honest honor Hopkins human jail James Nayler John John Milton Justice Kidderminster King labor liberty light lived look Lord matter Milton mind minister mountain nature neighbors never Parliament party Pilgrim's Progress POEMS political poor prayer preach price 75 cents priest prison Quakers religion religious Richard Baxter Roberts says Ellwood Scripture sect seems slave slavery solemn sorrow soul spirit suffering sweet temptation thee things THOMAS ELLWOOD thou thought tion told took truth volume William Leggett WILLIAM MOTHERWELL words young
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Página 100 - What wondrous life is this I lead! Ripe apples drop about my head; The luscious clusters of the vine Upon my mouth do crush their wine; The nectarine and curious peach Into my hands themselves do reach; Stumbling on melons, as I pass, Ensnared with flowers, I fall on grass.
Página 107 - Though Justice against Fate complain, And plead the ancient rights in vain, (But those do hold or break, As men are strong or weak), Nature, that hateth emptiness, Allows of penetration less, And therefore must make room Where greater spirits come.
Página 227 - A day, an hour, of virtuous liberty, Is worth a whole eternity in bondage.
Página 101 - twas beyond a mortal's share To wander solitary there : Two paradises 'twere in one, To live in paradise alone. How well the skilful gardener drew Of flowers and herbs this dial new; Where, from above, the milder sun Does through a fragrant zodiac run, And, as it works, the industrious bee Computes its time as well as we ! How could such sweet and wholesome hours Be reckoned but with herbs and flowers...
Página 106 - And if we would speak true, Much to the man is due, Who from his private gardens, where He lived reserved and austere, As if his highest plot To plant the bergamot, Could by industrious valour climb To ruin the great work of Time, And cast the kingdoms old Into another mould.
Página 25 - I am somewhat too fond of these great mercies, but also because I should have often brought to my mind the many hardships, miseries, and wants, that my poor family was like to meet with, should I be taken from them, especially my poor blind child, who lay nearer my heart than all beside. Oh ! the thoughts of the hardship I thought my poor blind one might go under, would break my heart to pieces.
Página 28 - This black den which rocks emboss, Overgrown with eldest moss: The rude portals that give light More to terror than delight; This my chamber of neglect, Walled about with disrespect. From all these, and this dull air, A fit object for despair, She hath taught me by her might To draw comfort and delight.
Página 26 - Leave thy fatherless children, I will preserve them alive; and let thy widows trust in me.
Página 211 - Glorious in beauty though it be, is scarred With tokens of old wars; thy massive limbs Are strong with struggling. Power at thee has launched His bolts, and with his lightnings smitten thee : They could not quench the life thou hast from heaven.
Página 108 - He nothing common did, or mean, Upon that memorable scene. But with his keener eye The axe's edge did try : Nor called the gods with vulgar spite To vindicate his helpless right ; But bowed his comely head Down, as upon a bed.