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... History , that in which he took the deepest interest , and for which he had made a collec- tion believed to be unrivalled . His annotations of fresh editions of " Hubbard's Narrative , " of " Mather's Philip's War , " of " Mather's ...
... History , that in which he took the deepest interest , and for which he had made a collec- tion believed to be unrivalled . His annotations of fresh editions of " Hubbard's Narrative , " of " Mather's Philip's War , " of " Mather's ...
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... History " to 1822 , the year in which Boston became a city . The volume would have embraced fifty years crowded with History , - the periods of the Revolution and the War of 1812. It was a task which any man in the meridian of life ...
... History " to 1822 , the year in which Boston became a city . The volume would have embraced fifty years crowded with History , - the periods of the Revolution and the War of 1812. It was a task which any man in the meridian of life ...
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... History , general or local , and in Genealogy , the col- lection is believed to be unmatched . Besides more than five hundred bound volumes , there are eight thousand tracts under the heads of Local History and Genealogy ; and about two ...
... History , general or local , and in Genealogy , the col- lection is believed to be unmatched . Besides more than five hundred bound volumes , there are eight thousand tracts under the heads of Local History and Genealogy ; and about two ...
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... History is represented in legitimate suc- cession from Stow , Speed and Rapin , to Macaulay and Froude . Sammes , Ogilby , Camden , Raleigh , are represented by superb folios ; as are Fuller , Baxter , Fox , Bishop Burnet , etc. In ...
... History is represented in legitimate suc- cession from Stow , Speed and Rapin , to Macaulay and Froude . Sammes , Ogilby , Camden , Raleigh , are represented by superb folios ; as are Fuller , Baxter , Fox , Bishop Burnet , etc. In ...
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... History of Wenham [ Mass . ] , from its Boston : 1860. 12 ° . Settlement in 1639 to 1860 . 159 ALLEN , PAUL . Original Poems , Serious and Entertaining . Salem : 1801. 12 ° . P. 141. [ Scarce . ] 160 - History of the American Revolution ...
... History of Wenham [ Mass . ] , from its Boston : 1860. 12 ° . Settlement in 1639 to 1860 . 159 ALLEN , PAUL . Original Poems , Serious and Entertaining . Salem : 1801. 12 ° . P. 141. [ Scarce . ] 160 - History of the American Revolution ...
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Page iii - That place, that does Contain my books, the best companions, is To me a glorious court, where hourly I Converse with the old sages and philosophers ; And sometimes for variety I confer With kings and emperors, and weigh their counsels ; Calling their victories, if unjustly got, Unto a strict account ; and in my fancy, Deface their ill-placed statues.
Page 163 - SHAKSPEARE AND HIS TIMES ; including the Biography of the Poet ; Criticisms on his Genius and Writings ; a...
Page 279 - History of New York, from the beginning of the World to the End of the Dutch Dynasty.
Page 161 - SIR FRANCIS DRAKE REVIVED. Who is or may be a Pattern to stirre up all Heroicke and active Spirits of these Times, to benefit their Countrey and eternize their Names by like Noble Attempts. Being a Summary and true Relation of foure severall Voyages made by the said Sir Francis Drake to the WestIndies, viz.
Page 98 - Counter-Revolution in England for the Re-establishment of Popery under Charles II. and James II., by Armand Carrel ; with Fox's History of James II. and Lord Lonsdale's Memoir of James II.
Page 65 - An Appeal to the World; or a Vindication of the Town of Boston, from Many false and malicious Aspersions...
Page 110 - Divi Britannici, being a remark upon the lives of all the kings of this isle, from the year of the world 2855, unto the year of grace 1660.
Page 191 - PASTON LETTERS. ORIGINAL LETTERS, written during the Reigns of Henry VI., Edward IV., and Richard III., by various Persons of Rank or Consequence.
Page 77 - The lives of the Puritans : containing a biographical account of those divines who distinguished themselves in the cause of religious liberty, from the reformation under Queen Elizabeth, to the act of uniformity, in 1662 . . . London, 1813.
Page 257 - Hooker, Thomas. A Survey of the Summe of Church-Discipline Wherein the Way of the Churches of New England is Warranted Out of the Word, and All Exceptions of Weight, Which Are Made Against It, Answered . . . London, 1648.