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-Englandby Cushing and Appleton, Salem, and Edward Oliver, no. 70, State street, 1809 - 511 oldal |
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... respectable politician , though too much influenced by local prejudices . He never ap- peared to so much advantage in Congress as in Fan- ieul Hall . He never liked the habits of the people in the southern states . In the latter part of ...
... respectable politician , though too much influenced by local prejudices . He never ap- peared to so much advantage in Congress as in Fan- ieul Hall . He never liked the habits of the people in the southern states . In the latter part of ...
17. oldal
... respectable for his abilities . His sermons were sensible and plain , and he deliv- ered them with animation . He also discovered acuteness in managing a controversy upon a ques- tion that was agitated in 1774 : " Whether a nega- tive ...
... respectable for his abilities . His sermons were sensible and plain , and he deliv- ered them with animation . He also discovered acuteness in managing a controversy upon a ques- tion that was agitated in 1774 : " Whether a nega- tive ...
19. oldal
... respectable for integrity , wisdom and industry . Judge Dudley , who was then attorney general , and who married one of his daughters , took the seals till Mr. Woodward the next secretary was ap- pointed . ALDEN JOHN , one of the ...
... respectable for integrity , wisdom and industry . Judge Dudley , who was then attorney general , and who married one of his daughters , took the seals till Mr. Woodward the next secretary was ap- pointed . ALDEN JOHN , one of the ...
22. oldal
... respectable in Massachu- setts . His eldest son James received a liberal edu- cation , and Jeremiah his second son , was treasurer of the province . They both filled several offices , with ability and reputation . Calamy's Account of ...
... respectable in Massachu- setts . His eldest son James received a liberal edu- cation , and Jeremiah his second son , was treasurer of the province . They both filled several offices , with ability and reputation . Calamy's Account of ...
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... respectable society had reason to be satisfied with the choice they made . As long as he lived , he was esteemed and beloved by the wisest and best part of the community . His manner of preaching was grave , slow and distinct . He had ...
... respectable society had reason to be satisfied with the choice they made . As long as he lived , he was esteemed and beloved by the wisest and best part of the community . His manner of preaching was grave , slow and distinct . He had ...
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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.