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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... town , of which he was a native , April 30 , 1812 , aged 80. He had been a merchant in Boston . His dona- tion for establishing the seminary Aug. 31 , 1807 was 20,000 dollars ; he also be- queathed to it more than one hundred thousand ...
... town , of which he was a native , April 30 , 1812 , aged 80. He had been a merchant in Boston . His dona- tion for establishing the seminary Aug. 31 , 1807 was 20,000 dollars ; he also be- queathed to it more than one hundred thousand ...
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... town Meeting in 1769 an objection hav- ing been made to a motion , because it im- plied an independency of parliament , Mr. Adams , then a representative , concluded his speech with these words : " Independ- ent we are , and independent ...
... town Meeting in 1769 an objection hav- ing been made to a motion , because it im- plied an independency of parliament , Mr. Adams , then a representative , concluded his speech with these words : " Independ- ent we are , and independent ...
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... town with its fragrance . " Yet zealous was a solemn duty . The original charter rebel merchants were every day importing of the colony exempted it from taxes for teas , subject to the same duty . The act a definite period , implying ...
... town with its fragrance . " Yet zealous was a solemn duty . The original charter rebel merchants were every day importing of the colony exempted it from taxes for teas , subject to the same duty . The act a definite period , implying ...
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... town , Massachusetts , was born at Nor- Windsor in 1732. - Trumbell gives the wich in England in 1608 , and was educa- name Allen ; but Mather wrote Allyn . ted at Cambridge . He was afterwards ALLEN , John , secretary of the colo ...
... town , Massachusetts , was born at Nor- Windsor in 1732. - Trumbell gives the wich in England in 1608 , and was educa- name Allen ; but Mather wrote Allyn . ted at Cambridge . He was afterwards ALLEN , John , secretary of the colo ...
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... town , in which a garrison had been kept ing himself into the river and swimming during the French war . The Indian name to an adjacent point ; but he was drown- of the place was Pontoosuc . At the time ed in the attempt on the evening ...
... town , in which a garrison had been kept ing himself into the river and swimming during the French war . The Indian name to an adjacent point ; but he was drown- of the place was Pontoosuc . At the time ed in the attempt on the evening ...
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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.