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... Old South Meeting - house . It was voted that a watch be appointed , to 28 1859. ] 217 DIARY OF THOMAS NEWELL . "SIR,- In answer to the message we ...
... Old South Meeting - house . It was voted that a watch be appointed , to 28 1859. ] 217 DIARY OF THOMAS NEWELL . "SIR,- In answer to the message we ...
Page 218
... Old South Meeting - house precisely at two o'clock , at which time the bells will ring . ” The Sons of Freedom accordingly met at the Old South , and adjourned till Thursday , the 16th inst . ― Dec. 16. The Sons of Freedom mustered ...
... Old South Meeting - house precisely at two o'clock , at which time the bells will ring . ” The Sons of Freedom accordingly met at the Old South , and adjourned till Thursday , the 16th inst . ― Dec. 16. The Sons of Freedom mustered ...
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... old fortification ; the works well con- structed and well executed . The thickness of the merlons , or parapet ... south side of the Neck , at the distance of about forty or fifty rods from the old fortification . This work is but just ...
... old fortification ; the works well con- structed and well executed . The thickness of the merlons , or parapet ... south side of the Neck , at the distance of about forty or fifty rods from the old fortification . This work is but just ...
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... Old South Church : — BOSTON , July 12 , 1859 . To the Honorable President , the Officers and Members , of the Massachusetts Historical Society . GENTLEMEN , — In the year 1814 , certain votes were passed by the Old South Church and ...
... Old South Church : — BOSTON , July 12 , 1859 . To the Honorable President , the Officers and Members , of the Massachusetts Historical Society . GENTLEMEN , — In the year 1814 , certain votes were passed by the Old South Church and ...
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... Old South Church , in whose care the library has been placed , have deemed it their duty to ask respectfully for the return of the books and papers thus in- trusted to your care , agreeably to the terms of the vote by which you received ...
... Old South Church , in whose care the library has been placed , have deemed it their duty to ask respectfully for the return of the books and papers thus in- trusted to your care , agreeably to the terms of the vote by which you received ...
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Page 227 - I, AB, do sincerely promise and swear, That I will be faithful and bear true allegiance to their Majesties King William and Queen Mary: So help me God. I, AB, do swear, That I do from my heart, abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Koine, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever.
Page 163 - The busy day — the peaceful night, Unfelt, uncounted, glided by ; His frame was firm — his powers were bright, Though now his eightieth year was nigh. Then with no fiery throbbing pain, No cold gradations of decay, Death broke at once the vital chain, And freed his soul the nearest way.
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Page 56 - Once, ah, once, within these walls, One whom memory oft recalls, The Father of his Country, dwelt. And yonder meadows broad and damp The fires of the besieging camp Encircled with a burning belt.
Page 227 - I do solemnly and sincerely, in the presence of God, profess, testify, and declare, that I do make this declaration, and every part thereof, in the plain and ordinary sense of the words read unto me, as they are commonly understood by Protestants, without any evasion, equivocation, or mental reservation whatsoever...
Page 227 - I, AB, do swear, That I do from my heart, abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position, that Princes excommunicated or deprived by the Pope, or any authority of the See of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare, that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, pre-eminence, or authority ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this...
Page 229 - King William and Queen Mary, intituled, An Act declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject, and settling the succession of the Crown.
Page 197 - I DID but prompt the age to quit their clogs By the known rules of ancient liberty, When straight a barbarous noise environs me Of owls and cuckoos, asses, apes, and dogs...
Page 241 - I had not first made up my mind to write a history, and then cast about to take up a subject. My subject had taken me up, drawn me on, and absorbed me into itself. It was necessary for me, it seemed, to write the book I had been thinking much of, even if it were destined to fall dead from the press, and I had no inclination or interest to write any other.