Connecticut: A Study of a Commonwealth-democracyHoughton, Mifflin, 1887 - 409 Seiten Series note also at head of t.-p. |
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Seite 173 - Bay, where the said River falleth into the Sea, and on the North by the Line of the Massachusetts Plantation ; and on the South by the sea ; and in Longitude as the Line of the Massachusetts Colany, running from East to West, that is to say, from the said Narragansett Bay on the East, to the South sea on the West Part, with 'the Islands thereunto adjoining.
Seite 307 - Nathan Palmer, a lieutenant in your King's service, was taken in my camp as a Spy — he was tried as a Spy — he was condemned as a Spy — and you may rest assured, Sir, he shall be hanged as a Spy." " I have the honour to be, &c. "ISRAEL PUTNAM. rt His Excellency Governor TRYON.
Seite 72 - Take you wise men, and understanding, and known among your tribes, and I will make them rulers over you.
Seite 389 - FORASMUCH as it hath pleased the Almighty God by the wise disposition of his divine providence so to order and dispose of things that we the inhabitants and residents of Windsor...
Seite 304 - That the ancient Form of Civil Government, contained in the Charter from Charles the Second, King of England, and adopted by the People of this State, Shall be and remain the Civil Constitution of this State, under the Sole authority of the People thereof, independent of any King or Prince whatever. And that this Republic is, and shall forever be and remain, a free, Sovereign and independent State, by the Name of the State of Connecticut.
Seite 390 - Oath recorded for that purpose shall have power to administer justice according to the Lawes here established, and for want thereof according to the rule of the word of God...
Seite vi - They love their land, because it is their own, And scorn to give aught other reason why; Would shake hands with a king upon his throne, And think it kindness to his majesty ; A stubborn race, fearing and nattering none.
Seite 392 - Gournor and the gretest prte of the Magestrats see cause vppon any spetiall occation to call a generall Courte, they may giue order to the secretary soe to doe...
Seite 387 - These fanatics brought to civil and military affairs a coolness of judgment, and an immutability of purpose, which some writers have thought inconsistent with their religious zeal, but which were in fact the necessary effects of it. The intensity of their feelings on one subject made them tranquil on every other.
Seite 63 - The first constitution of Connecticut — the first written constitution, in the modern sense of the term, as a permanent limitation on governmental power, known in history, and certainly the first American constitution of government to embody the democratic idea...