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... authorities of that state and our own , when a Dutch colony . These records throw much light on our affairs at that period , and the Society acknowledge with pleasure , their obligations to the zeal by which they were procured . Dr ...
... authorities of that state and our own , when a Dutch colony . These records throw much light on our affairs at that period , and the Society acknowledge with pleasure , their obligations to the zeal by which they were procured . Dr ...
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... authority . That form of government which God himself had es- tablished ; that code of laws which God himself had pro- mulgated ; those institutions which infinite wisdom had provided , in special relation to the climate , soil , and si ...
... authority . That form of government which God himself had es- tablished ; that code of laws which God himself had pro- mulgated ; those institutions which infinite wisdom had provided , in special relation to the climate , soil , and si ...
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... authority for their own emolument , they betray their trust . They take bribes . They sell statutes and decrees . They sell honour and office . They sell their conscience . They sell their country . By this vile traffic they become ...
... authority for their own emolument , they betray their trust . They take bribes . They sell statutes and decrees . They sell honour and office . They sell their conscience . They sell their country . By this vile traffic they become ...
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... authority as regards strict historical accuracy . From them it has passed without contradiction into many our recent biographical compilations . " of This charge bears such strong marks of improbability upon the very face of it , and is ...
... authority as regards strict historical accuracy . From them it has passed without contradiction into many our recent biographical compilations . " of This charge bears such strong marks of improbability upon the very face of it , and is ...
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... authority , in support of his accu- sation . Whenever the historical inquirer can thus efface the stains which time or malice has left upon the fame of the wise and good , he effects many of the grandest objects of history . He strips ...
... authority , in support of his accu- sation . Whenever the historical inquirer can thus efface the stains which time or malice has left upon the fame of the wise and good , he effects many of the grandest objects of history . He strips ...
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American ANTHONY BLEECKER appears authority Boston British called Captain Carolina Casas character Charlevoix civil colony Council court Delaware divine Dutch enemy England Europe Franklin GOUVERNEUR MORRIS Governor Heckewelder Hist honour HOSACK HUGH WILLIAMSON human Indians inhabitants Iroquois Island JOHN PINTARD JOHN TRUMBULL justice king labours land language late law of nations learned Lenapé letters liberty Lord mankind manner Massachusetts Matonabbee ment mind moral natives nature Netherlands NEW-YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY North North Carolina Note observed opinion ordinance Oysterbay passed peace Penn person Philadelphia Philosophical political present President Province Province of Maryland Queen's County racter religion religious remarkable respecting river Roman sacrifice Samuel SAMUEL JONES says sion Smith spirit supposed tà ne ye thing Thou ti ya tion United virtue William Williamson worship writers
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Seite 71 - 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"!
Seite 338 - Justice, and of an Act passed in the Parliament of Ireland in the Sixth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, intituled An Act for the Amendment of the Law and the better advancement of Justice...
Seite 53 - Far from me and from my friends be such frigid philosophy, as may conduct us indifferent and unmoved over any ground which has been dignified by wisdom, bravery, or virtue. That man is little to be envied, whose patriotism would not gain force upon the plain of Marathon, or whose piety would not grow warmer among the ruins of lona.
Seite 101 - That our garners may be full and plenteous with all manner of store : that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands in our streets. 14 That our oxen may be strong to labour, that there be no decay : no leading into captivity, and no complaining in our streets.
Seite 2 - Co. of the said district, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit : " Tadeuskund, the Last King of the Lenape.
Seite 57 - ... violent storm, then blowing; the stone at length by its rapid motion became so intensely hot, as to fire the mill, from whence the flames, being dispersed by the high winds, did set a whole town on fire. But I can tell my reader that...
Seite 63 - They were then met on the broad pathway of good faith and good will, so that no advantage was to be taken on either side, but all was to be openness, brotherhood, and love.
Seite 114 - Indian scholars and missionaries; where he most exorbitantly proposes a whole hundred pounds a year for himself, forty pounds for a fellow, and ten for a student. His heart will break if his deanery be not taken from him, and left to your Excellency's disposal.
Seite 31 - Nevertheless the people refused to obey the voice of Samuel ; and they said, Nay ; but we will have a king over us ; that we also may be like all the nations ; and that our king may judge us, and go out before us, and fight our battles.
Seite 258 - Quiyoughcosughes, when they are dead, goe beyond the mountaines towards the setting of the sunne, and ever remaine there in forme of their Oke, with their heads painted with oile and pocones, finely trimmed with feathers, and shall have beades, hatchets, copper, and tobacco, doing nothing but dance and sing, with all their predecessors,