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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... labors of their predecessors , and employ the materials , previously collected to their hands . But in the ... labor however of searching for information has frequently been less , than that of comparing different statements ...
... labors of their predecessors , and employ the materials , previously collected to their hands . But in the ... labor however of searching for information has frequently been less , than that of comparing different statements ...
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... labors were interrupted by sickness . He passed the winter of 1827-1828 in and near Charleston , South Carolina , for the recovery of his health . Early in Feb. 1828 he embarked for Cuba , where he continued three months , exploring ...
... labors were interrupted by sickness . He passed the winter of 1827-1828 in and near Charleston , South Carolina , for the recovery of his health . Early in Feb. 1828 he embarked for Cuba , where he continued three months , exploring ...
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... labors as a preacher of the gospel with unabating vigor till his death . He was fervent in devotion , and his discourses , always ani- mated by a lively and expressive action , were remarkably calculated to warm the heart . He was ...
... labors as a preacher of the gospel with unabating vigor till his death . He was fervent in devotion , and his discourses , always ani- mated by a lively and expressive action , were remarkably calculated to warm the heart . He was ...
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... labors on the sabbath , he frequently function , appeared among the foremost in delivered lectures and in the course of his the day of battle , and on all occasions | life preached six or seven hundred fun- sought the post of danger as ...
... labors on the sabbath , he frequently function , appeared among the foremost in delivered lectures and in the course of his the day of battle , and on all occasions | life preached six or seven hundred fun- sought the post of danger as ...
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... labors in the ministry , he disclaimed attracted his attention in London , he all merit for what he had done , though he went to see the king , as he passed from expressed his belief , that he had plainly St. James ' to the parliament ...
... labors in the ministry , he disclaimed attracted his attention in London , he all merit for what he had done , though he went to see the king , as he passed from expressed his belief , that he had plainly St. James ' to the parliament ...
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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.