Proceedings of the Massachusetts Historical Society, Volumen16

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Página 457 - The Life and Death of John of Barneveld, Advocate of Holland : with a View of the Primary Causes and Movements of " The Thirty Years
Página 207 - I see those aims, those actions, which have won you with me the esteem of a person sent hither by some good providence from a far country to be the occasion and incitement of great good to this island.
Página 191 - With blooming cheek and open brow, As young and gay, sweet rill, as thou. And when the days of boyhood came, And I had grown in love with fame, Duly I sought thy banks, and tried My first rude numbers by thy side.
Página 426 - A history as complete as industry and genius can make it now lies before us, of the first twenty years of the revolt of the United Provinces * * * All the essentials of a great writer Mr.
Página 43 - They were not of the Nature of private Letters between Friends: They were written by public Officers to Persons in public Stations, on public Affairs, and intended to procure public Measures; they were therefore handed to other public Persons who might be influenced by them to produce those Measures; Their Tendency was to incense the Mother Country against her Colonies, and, by the Steps recommended, to widen the Breach, which they effected.
Página 421 - 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.
Página 374 - Grenadiers, and had a small horse) — then, said he, take that man's horse. I dismounted, and the Sergeant mounted my horse, when they all rode towards Lexington meeting-house. I went across the bury ing-ground, and some pastures, and came to the Rev. Mr. Clark's house, where I found Messrs. Hancock and Adams. I told them of my treatment, and they concluded to go from that house towards Woburn. I went with them, and a Mr. Lowell, who was a clerk to Mr. Hancock. When we got to the house where they...
Página 139 - ... wherein the Greek Testament, the Psalms, and the Common Prayer were bound together. He found the Common Prayer eaten with mice every leaf of it, and not any of the two other touched, nor any other of his books, though there were above a thousand.
Página 190 - Twice wert thou given me ; once in thy fair prime, Fresh from the fields of youth, when first we met, And all the blossoms of that hopeful time Clustered and glowed where'er thy steps were set. And now, in thy ripe autumn, once again Given back to fervent prayers and yearnings strong, From the drear realm of sickness and of pain When we had watched, and feared, and trembled...
Página 374 - Mitchell rode up to the officer that was leading me, and told him to give me to the sergeant. As soon as he took me, the major ordered him, if I attempted to run, or anybody insulted them, to blow my brains out. We rode till we got near Lexington meeting-house, when the militia fired a volley of guns, which appeared to alarm them very much.

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