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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... religious sen- Sermon ; Sketch in lett . fr . Cuba . timents are not particularly explained by ABEEL , John Nelson , D.D. an elo- his biographer , who says , that he belong - quent preacher , graduated at Princeton ed " to no sect but ...
... religious sen- Sermon ; Sketch in lett . fr . Cuba . timents are not particularly explained by ABEEL , John Nelson , D.D. an elo- his biographer , who says , that he belong - quent preacher , graduated at Princeton ed " to no sect but ...
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... religious opinions correspondence was published in 1800. of New England , and became attached to An oration , which Mr. Adams delivered speculations , hostile to those opinions . at the state house in Philadelphia Aug. 1 , Nor were his ...
... religious opinions correspondence was published in 1800. of New England , and became attached to An oration , which Mr. Adams delivered speculations , hostile to those opinions . at the state house in Philadelphia Aug. 1 , Nor were his ...
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... religious lib- in Philadelphia , was born in Ireland in erty . His benevolence led him to spare 1705. After an early classical education at no pains nor trouble in assisting the poor an academy he completed his studies at the and ...
... religious lib- in Philadelphia , was born in Ireland in erty . His benevolence led him to spare 1705. After an early classical education at no pains nor trouble in assisting the poor an academy he completed his studies at the and ...
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... religious institutions , he formed the derry March 5 , 1765 and graduated at purpose of devoting his life to the colo- Dartmouth college in 1791. In conse- nists of Liberia . He hoped to benefit quence of a religious education his mind ...
... religious institutions , he formed the derry March 5 , 1765 and graduated at purpose of devoting his life to the colo- Dartmouth college in 1791. In conse- nists of Liberia . He hoped to benefit quence of a religious education his mind ...
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... religious principles he was a Cal- vinist , as were all his predecessors in the el , Oakes , Gookin , and Brattle . But to- wards those of different principles he was candid and catholic . He preached with great plainness and with ...
... religious principles he was a Cal- vinist , as were all his predecessors in the el , Oakes , Gookin , and Brattle . But to- wards those of different principles he was candid and catholic . He preached with great plainness and with ...
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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.
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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.