An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary: Containing an Account of the Lives, Characters, and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in North America from Its First Settlement, and a Summary of the History of the Several Colonies and of the United StatesWilliam Hyde & Company, 1832 - 800 páginas |
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... graduated at Harvard college in the year 1720 , and ordained Feb. 5 , 1724 , as col- league with Mr. Bradstreet . After con- tinuing fifty years in the ministry , he di- ed April 19 , 1774 , aged 80 years . He published the following ...
... graduated at Harvard college in the year 1720 , and ordained Feb. 5 , 1724 , as col- league with Mr. Bradstreet . After con- tinuing fifty years in the ministry , he di- ed April 19 , 1774 , aged 80 years . He published the following ...
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... graduated at Harvard college in 1694. He wife , in consequence lost her senses for was ordained Feb. 9 , 1709 , and died in two years ; but she afterwards married April 1753 , in the 77th year of his age . Mr. Brudenell , who ...
... graduated at Harvard college in 1694. He wife , in consequence lost her senses for was ordained Feb. 9 , 1709 , and died in two years ; but she afterwards married April 1753 , in the 77th year of his age . Mr. Brudenell , who ...
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... graduated at Harvard col- of the United States . He was graduated at Harvard college in 1759 , having made , while in that seminary , great proficiency in learning , and much improved the vig- orous powers of mind , with which he was ...
... graduated at Harvard col- of the United States . He was graduated at Harvard college in 1759 , having made , while in that seminary , great proficiency in learning , and much improved the vig- orous powers of mind , with which he was ...
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... graduated at Yale col- lege in 1730 , and was ordained in 1738 . ARNOLD , Peleg , chief justice of He died in 1780 , aged 67. He possessed Rhode Island , was a delegate to congress a strong and discerning mind and lively under the ...
... graduated at Yale col- lege in 1730 , and was ordained in 1738 . ARNOLD , Peleg , chief justice of He died in 1780 , aged 67. He possessed Rhode Island , was a delegate to congress a strong and discerning mind and lively under the ...
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... graduated at Burlington college in with tears . He left a community of 1816 , and after preparing for the minis- 1200 freemen . The vessel touched and try was elected a professor in the theologi - landed him at St. Bartholomews in very ...
... graduated at Burlington college in with tears . He left a community of 1816 , and after preparing for the minis- 1200 freemen . The vessel touched and try was elected a professor in the theologi - landed him at St. Bartholomews in very ...
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Página 394 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
Página 10 - The die is now cast; I have passed the Rubicon ; swim or sink — live or die — survive or perish, with my country, is my unalterable determination.
Página 100 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Página 144 - When I behold the heavens as in their prime, And then the earth, though old, still clad in green, The stones and trees insensible of time, Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are seen; If winter come, and greenness then do fade, A spring returns, and they more youthful made. But man grows old, lies down, remains where once he's laid.
Página 395 - England, some doubts as to his divinity; though it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble.
Página 358 - They say there is a young lady in New Haven who is beloved of that Great Being, who made and rules the world, and that there are certain seasons in which this Great Being, in some way or other invisible, comes to her and fills her mind with exceeding sweet delight...
Página 42 - Nothing but to request you will witness to the world that I die like a brave man.
Página 474 - When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory. And before him shall be gathered all nations ; and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth the sheep from the goats ; and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
Página 13 - I am apt to believe that it will be celebrated by succeeding generations as the great anniversary festival. It ought to be commemorated as the day of deliverance, by solemn acts of devotion to God Almighty. It ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shows, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations, from one end of the continent to the other, from this time forward forevermore.
Página 488 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.