A Compendious History of New England: From the Discovery by Europeans to the First General Congress of the Anglo-American Colonies, Volume 1 |
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... occasion to show faith and loyalty ; but they kept their wont , and sold their master , as Judas did his to the Jews , to the race of New England , the Independent sal- vages . " ⚫ These words of the Tory bishop Hacket present , with ...
... occasion to show faith and loyalty ; but they kept their wont , and sold their master , as Judas did his to the Jews , to the race of New England , the Independent sal- vages . " ⚫ These words of the Tory bishop Hacket present , with ...
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... expel intruders , to coin money , to impose taxes and duties for their own occasions for twenty - one years , and for seven years to import 1606 . April 10 goods from other parts of the British dominions , free 6 EARLY EXPLORATIONS .
... expel intruders , to coin money , to impose taxes and duties for their own occasions for twenty - one years , and for seven years to import 1606 . April 10 goods from other parts of the British dominions , free 6 EARLY EXPLORATIONS .
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... occasion for an exchange of commodities . Before the ar- rival of European planters in New England , some of the natives had advanced so far as to use a cir- culating medium for trade . This currency , called wampum , or wampumpeag ...
... occasion for an exchange of commodities . Before the ar- rival of European planters in New England , some of the natives had advanced so far as to use a cir- culating medium for trade . This currency , called wampum , or wampumpeag ...
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... occasion for the use and culture of those faculties which the phrenologists call perceptive . He readily detected changes in the appearance of surrounding objects , and discerned their bearing on the business of the hour . He tracked ...
... occasion for the use and culture of those faculties which the phrenologists call perceptive . He readily detected changes in the appearance of surrounding objects , and discerned their bearing on the business of the hour . He tracked ...
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... Occasions enough occurred for him to make creditable exhibitions in this field . But the gift of impressive speech was not his . With a mental constitution such as has been described , it is not easy to imagine that he had accomplished ...
... Occasions enough occurred for him to make creditable exhibitions in this field . But the gift of impressive speech was not his . With a mental constitution such as has been described , it is not easy to imagine that he had accomplished ...
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Page 111 - The Humble Request of His Majesty's Loyall Subjects, the Governor and the Company late gone for New England; to the rest of their Brethren in and of the Church of England...
Page 259 - WHEREAS we all came into these parts of America with one and the same end and aim, namely, to advance the kingdom of our Lord Jesus Christ, and to enjoy the liberties- of the gospel in purity with peace...
Page 166 - We whose names are hereunder, desirous to inhabit in the town of Providence, do promise to subject ourselves in active or passive obedience to all such orders or agreements as shall be made for public good of the body, in an orderly way, by the major assent of the present inhabitants, masters of families, incorporated together into a town fellowship, and such others whom they shall admit unto them, only in civil things.
Page 280 - No man's life shall be taken away; no man's honor or good name shall be stained ; no man's person shall be arrested, restrained, banished, dismembered, nor any...
Page 61 - Covenant and Combine ourselves together into a Civil Body Politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid ; and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Page 111 - ... fountains of tears for your everlasting welfare when we shall be in our poor cottages in the wilderness, overshadowed with the spirit of supplication, through the manifold necessities and tribulations which may not altogether unexpectedly, nor, we hope, unprofitably, befall us.
Page 61 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Page 263 - ... the United Colonies of New England. 2. The said United Colonies for themselves and their posterities do jointly and severally hereby enter into a firm and perpetual league of friendship and amity for offence and defence, mutual advice and succor upon all just occasions both for preserving and propagating the truth and liberties of the Gospel and for their own mutual safety and welfare.
Page 112 - For the work we have in hand, it is by mutual consent, through a special overruling providence and a more than an ordinary approbation of the churches of Christ, to seek out a place of cohabitation and consortship, under a due form of government both civil and ecclesiastical.
Page 121 - To the end the body of the commons may be preserved of honest and good men, it was ordered and agreed, that, for the time to come, no man shall be admitted to the freedom of this body politic, but such as are members of some of the churches within the limits of the same.