Lives of Sir William Phips, Israel Putnam, Lucretia Maria Davidson, and David RittenhouseHilliard, Gray, 1837 - 398 pages |
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Page 114 - Journals of Major Robert Rogers : containing An Account of the several Excursions he made under the Generals who commanded upon the Continent of North America, during the late War.
Page 214 - DEAR SIR,— Your favor of the 2oth of May I received with much pleasure ; for I can assure you, that, among the many worthy and meritorious officers with whom I have had the happiness to be connected in service through the course of this war, and from whose cheerful assistance and advice I have received much support and confidence, in the various and trying vicissitudes of a complicated contest, the name of a Putnam is not forgotten...
Page 85 - ... no aid, tax, tallage, assessment, custom, loan, benevolence, or imposition whatsoever, shall be laid, assessed, imposed, or levied on any of their majesties' subjects, or their estates, on any color or pretence whatsoever, but by the act and consent of the governor, council, and representatives of the people assembled in general court.
Page 292 - In these poems" (Amir Khan, &c.) " there is enough of originality, enough of aspiration, enough of conscious energy, enough of growing power to warrant any expectations, however sanguine, which the patrons and the friends, and parents of the deceased could have formed.
Page 292 - Her poetical writings, which have been collected, amount in all to two hundred and seventyeight pieces, of various lengths. When it is considered that there are among these at least five regular poems of several cantos each, some esti* She died on the 27th of August, 1825, just a month before her seventeenth birth-day. mate may be formed of her poetical labors. Besides these were twenty-four school exercises, three unfinished romances, a complete tragedy, written at thirteen years of age, and about...
Page 252 - Notes borne by angels' purest wing, And wafted by their breath away. When, sleeping in my grass-grown bed, Shouldst thou still linger here above, Wilt thou not kneel beside my head, And, sister, sing the song I love?
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Page 249 - We were astonished at the exertions she made, and the fatigue she endured ; for, with nerves so weak, a constitution so delicate, and a sensibility so exquisite, we trembled lest she should sink with anxiety and fatigue. Until it ceased to be necessary, she performed not only the duty of a nurse, but acted as superintendent of the household.
Page 150 - ... bruises. Colonel Schuyler, irritated beyond all sufferance at such a sight, could scarcely restrain his speech within limits, consistent with the prudence of a prisoner and the meekness of a Christian.
Page 36 - God was pleased to smile upon my outward concerns. The various providences, both merciful and afflictive, which attended me in my travels, were sanctified unto me, to make me acknowledge God in all my ways. I have divers times been in danger of my life, and I have been brought to see that I owe my life to him that has given a life so often to me...