An American Biographical and Historical Dictionary: Containing an Account of the Lives, Characters, and Writings of the Most Eminent Persons in North America from Its First Settlement, and a Summary of the History of the Several Colonies and of the United StatesWilliam Hyde & Company, 1832 - 800 pages |
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... island , and making a dili- isters of the gospel and for other charita- gent record of his observations in letters ble objects . It was a maxim with him , to his family and friends . On his return " to praise no one in his presence and ...
... island , and making a dili- isters of the gospel and for other charita- gent record of his observations in letters ble objects . It was a maxim with him , to his family and friends . On his return " to praise no one in his presence and ...
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... Island , April 11,1728 , in opposition to the wishes of Mr. Clap , who was pastor . Mr. Clap's friends for- med a new society , and Mr. Adams was dismissed in about two years . He died at Cambridge in January , 1740 , at the age of 36 ...
... Island , April 11,1728 , in opposition to the wishes of Mr. Clap , who was pastor . Mr. Clap's friends for- med a new society , and Mr. Adams was dismissed in about two years . He died at Cambridge in January , 1740 , at the age of 36 ...
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... Island , Aug. 20 , 1815 , aged 56 years , business , and his profession led him to with a character of correct ... islands and thence to the In1791 the Echo was commenced at Hart - coast of Guiana and Venezuela , and re- ford , being a ...
... Island , Aug. 20 , 1815 , aged 56 years , business , and his profession led him to with a character of correct ... islands and thence to the In1791 the Echo was commenced at Hart - coast of Guiana and Venezuela , and re- ford , being a ...
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... islands . He passed the coasts of Africa , and entered the bay of All Saints in Brazil . Having provision for only 20 ... island of Ter- cera in 1514 aged about 63 years , or , agreeably to another account , at Seville , in 1512 . having ...
... islands . He passed the coasts of Africa , and entered the bay of All Saints in Brazil . Having provision for only 20 ... island of Ter- cera in 1514 aged about 63 years , or , agreeably to another account , at Seville , in 1512 . having ...
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... island and made a present to ket place and streets planted with tobac- the governor of a bag of seed rice , which co , and the people of the colony dispersed he had brought from the east . This in places , which they thought best adap ...
... island and made a present to ket place and streets planted with tobac- the governor of a bag of seed rice , which co , and the people of the colony dispersed he had brought from the east . This in places , which they thought best adap ...
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Page 394 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript 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.
Page 10 - The die is now cast; I have passed the Rubicon ; swim or sink — live or die — survive or perish, with my country, is my unalterable determination.
Page 100 - I thank God, there are no free schools nor printing, and I hope we shall not have these hundred years; for learning has brought disobedience, and heresy, and sects into the world, and printing has divulged them, and libels against the best government. God keep us from both!
Page 144 - When I behold the heavens as in their prime, And then the earth, though old, still clad in green, The stones and trees insensible of time, Nor age nor wrinkle on their front are seen; If winter come, and greenness then do fade, A spring returns, and they more youthful made. But man grows old, lies down, remains where once he's laid.
Page 395 - England, some doubts as to his divinity; though it is a question I do not dogmatize upon, having never studied it, and think it needless to busy myself with it now, when I expect soon an opportunity of knowing the truth with less trouble.
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Page 474 - When the Son of man shall come in his glory, and all the holy angels with him, then shall he sit upon the throne of his glory. And before him shall be gathered all nations ; and he shall separate them one from another, as a shepherd divideth the sheep from the goats ; and he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.
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Page 488 - HERE WAS BURIED THOMAS JEFFERSON AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION OF AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE, OF THE STATUTE OF VIRGINIA FOR RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, AND FATHER OF THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA: because by these, as testimonials that I have lived, I wish most to be remembered.