A Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the First Settlers, and Other Eminent Characters Among the Magistrates, Ministers, Literary and Worthy Men, in New-England |
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The works of their theologians , some of whom were great and excellent men ,
displayed the stores of learning without the skill and graces of composition . The
quaint style and manner , which then prevailed in England , was imitated by our ...
The works of their theologians , some of whom were great and excellent men ,
displayed the stores of learning without the skill and graces of composition . The
quaint style and manner , which then prevailed in England , was imitated by our ...
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Philological inquiries grew fashionable , and very excellent productions
appeared from the hands of gentlemen in civil lise , as well as from the clergy . It
is true that these were days of tranquillity , and such times are not favourable to
great ...
Philological inquiries grew fashionable , and very excellent productions
appeared from the hands of gentlemen in civil lise , as well as from the clergy . It
is true that these were days of tranquillity , and such times are not favourable to
great ...
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That , although an excellent and very amiable character , he was too much a
Fabius in the field . He had , however , fought the battle of Brandywine with an
army inferiour to the enemy ; and made an attack upon Germantown which only ...
That , although an excellent and very amiable character , he was too much a
Fabius in the field . He had , however , fought the battle of Brandywine with an
army inferiour to the enemy ; and made an attack upon Germantown which only ...
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His compositions at this early period were excellent and original . They
discovered not only a rich and glowing fancy , but correct taste and judgment
beyond what could be expected from a youth . During the revolutionary war he
was engaged ...
His compositions at this early period were excellent and original . They
discovered not only a rich and glowing fancy , but correct taste and judgment
beyond what could be expected from a youth . During the revolutionary war he
was engaged ...
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John Barnard of Andover , and respected as one of the most profound , liberal ,
and excellent men of his profession . He was graduated at Harvard College ,
1732 , ordained at first over a church in Newbury , Jan. 31 , 1738 , but was
disturbed ...
John Barnard of Andover , and respected as one of the most profound , liberal ,
and excellent men of his profession . He was graduated at Harvard College ,
1732 , ordained at first over a church in Newbury , Jan. 31 , 1738 , but was
disturbed ...
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133. oldal - Yet now be strong, O Zerubbabel, saith the Lord; and be strong, O Joshua, son of Josedech, the high priest; and be strong, all ye people of the land, saith the Lord, and work : for I am with you, saith the Lord of Hosts...
154. oldal - Let men of God in courts and churches watch O'er such as do a toleration hatch ; Lest that ill egg bring forth a cockatrice, To poison all with heresy and vice.
250. oldal - We will not say, as the Separatists were wont to say at their leaving of England, Farewell Babylon — Farewell Rome ; but we will say, Farewell, dear England — Farewell the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there...
319. oldal - Having been initiated, in youth, in the doctrines of civil liberty, as they were taught by such men as Plato, Demosthenes, Cicero and other renowned persons among the ancients; and such as Sidney and Milton, Locke and Hoadley, among the moderns, I liked them; they seemed rational.
205. oldal - The Body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And stripped 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.
431. oldal - Baptist, his harbinger, or, if he was ever there, had forgot his first lessons, to offer violence to no man, and to part with the cloak rather than needlessly contend for the coat, though taken away without order. A little chimney is soon fired ; so was the Plymouth Captain, a man of very little stature, yet of a very hot and angry temper.
250. oldal - England, Farewell, Babylon! Farewell, Rome ! but we will say, Farewell, dear England ! Farewell the Church of God in England, and all the Christian friends there ! We do not go to New England as Separatists from the Church of England; though we cannot but separate from the corruptions in it. But we go to practise the positive part of Church reformation, and propagate the Gospel in America!
ii. oldal - Eliot, John. A Biographical Dictionary, containing a brief account of the First Settlers and other eminent characters among the Magistrates, Ministers, Literary, and worthy men in New England.
ii. oldal - IDE, of the said District, hath deposited in this office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the words following, to wit : " Inductive Grammar, designed for beginners. By an Instructer." In conformity to the act of the Congress of the United States...
331. oldal - All the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
Bibliográfiai információk
| Cím | A Biographical Dictionary: Containing a Brief Account of the First Settlers, and Other Eminent Characters Among the Magistrates, Ministers, Literary and Worthy Men, in New-England |
| Szerző | John Eliot |
| Kiadó | by Cushing and Appleton, Salem, and Edward Oliver, no. 70, State street, 1809 |
| Eredeti forrása | a New York-i Közkönyvtár |
| Digitalizálva: | 2007. jún. 30. |
| Terjedelem | 511 oldal |
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