Cyclopaedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices of Authors, and Selections from Their Writings. From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; with Portraits, Autographs, and Other Illustrations, Volume 1C. Scribner, 1855 - American literature |
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... took an active part as civil magistrate . He was a mathematician , and published for many years an Almanac , well gar- nished with moral reflections . He was married twice , and was the father of twenty - six children . He died at the ...
... took an active part as civil magistrate . He was a mathematician , and published for many years an Almanac , well gar- nished with moral reflections . He was married twice , and was the father of twenty - six children . He died at the ...
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... took possession of , and made this response to the church , supplicating her deliverance ; so as now we may and must say , New England is not to be found in New England , nor Boston in Boston ; it is become a lost town ( as at first it ...
... took possession of , and made this response to the church , supplicating her deliverance ; so as now we may and must say , New England is not to be found in New England , nor Boston in Boston ; it is become a lost town ( as at first it ...
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... took and children very small , Great cruelty they have used to some , though not to all . The enemy that hath done this , are very foolish men , Yet God doth take of them a rod to punish us for sin . If we then truly turn to God , He ...
... took and children very small , Great cruelty they have used to some , though not to all . The enemy that hath done this , are very foolish men , Yet God doth take of them a rod to punish us for sin . If we then truly turn to God , He ...
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... took into his house , and who played him a variety of silly pranks , his relation of which is exceedingly quaint and amusing , all of them to be explained by the mischievous caprices of the sex , with so capital an object as himself to ...
... took into his house , and who played him a variety of silly pranks , his relation of which is exceedingly quaint and amusing , all of them to be explained by the mischievous caprices of the sex , with so capital an object as himself to ...
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... took orders in the Church of England , officiated about a year in New York and Boston , and travelled through the settlements as a missionary . He returned to England in 1706 , and passed the remainder of his life as rector of Edburton ...
... took orders in the Church of England , officiated about a year in New York and Boston , and travelled through the settlements as a missionary . He returned to England in 1706 , and passed the remainder of his life as rector of Edburton ...
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