The Story of a Pilgrim Family: From the Mayflower to the Present Time; with Autobiography, Recollections, Letters, Incidents, and Genealogy of the Author, Rev. John Alden, in His 83d YearJ. H. Earle, 1889 - 429 страници |
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... gave me a little whip attached to a handle . One day I came running into the house , saying , “ Betsey ! Bet- sey ! I saw a snake in the yard . " " You don't know what a snake is , John . " " Yes , I do . " " How did it look ? " It was ...
... gave me a little whip attached to a handle . One day I came running into the house , saying , “ Betsey ! Bet- sey ! I saw a snake in the yard . " " You don't know what a snake is , John . " " Yes , I do . " " How did it look ? " It was ...
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... gave such evidences . I had little love for those pleasures in which youth delight . I used no profane language , and was in my element whenever there was a revival . I had one of the best of praying mothers , who used to take her ...
... gave such evidences . I had little love for those pleasures in which youth delight . I used no profane language , and was in my element whenever there was a revival . I had one of the best of praying mothers , who used to take her ...
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... gave my rule to one of the oldest scholars , and told him to punish the one next to him , calling him out upon the floor . The whole school were thus punished by each other . The punishment was , three strokes of the ruler , put on ...
... gave my rule to one of the oldest scholars , and told him to punish the one next to him , calling him out upon the floor . The whole school were thus punished by each other . The punishment was , three strokes of the ruler , put on ...
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... gave way . A friend said , " Jump instantly into the pond . " Had I not , I should have been thrown among the rocks and instantly killed . When a young man , I was knocked down by the falling of a tree , which left me for a time in an ...
... gave way . A friend said , " Jump instantly into the pond . " Had I not , I should have been thrown among the rocks and instantly killed . When a young man , I was knocked down by the falling of a tree , which left me for a time in an ...
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... gave me good advice , and said , " You will never find a more convenient time than now to attend to the interests of your soul . " I could not put the subject off any longer . I spent many hours in secret prayer . If ever I was ...
... gave me good advice , and said , " You will never find a more convenient time than now to attend to the interests of your soul . " I could not put the subject off any longer . I spent many hours in secret prayer . If ever I was ...
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Страница 349 - Acts, Constitutions and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience. In witness whereof we have hereunder subscribed our names at Cape Cod, the llth of November, in the year of the reign of our Sovereign Lord King James, of England, France and Ireland the eighteenth, and of Scotland the fifty-fourth. Anno Domini 1620.
Страница 348 - Having undertaken, for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia...
Страница 281 - Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold. Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written.
Страница 348 - God, and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation, and furtherance of the ends aforesaid, and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions, and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the colony, unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.
Страница 397 - Such a message as that, I am sure I should mangle and mar it; If you would have it well done, — I am only repeating your maxim, — You must do it yourself, you must not leave it to others!
Страница 348 - King, defender of the faith, etc., having undertaken, for the glory of God, and advancement of the Christian faith, and honor of our King and country, a voyage to plant the first colony in the northern parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God, and one of another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic, for our better ordering and preservation and furtherance of the ends aforesaid...
Страница 392 - The Body of Benjamin Franklin, Printer, (Like the cover of an old book, Its contents torn out, And stripped 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.
Страница 399 - But as he warmed and glowed, in his simple and eloquent language. Quite forgetful of self, and full of the praise of his rival, Archly the maiden smiled, and, with eyes overrunning with laughter, Said, in a tremulous voice, " Why don't you speak for yourself, John*
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Страница 399 - If the great Captain of Plymouth is so very eager to wed me, Why does he not come himself, and take the trouble to woo me? If I am not worth the wooing, I surely am not worth the winning!