Myles Standish: With an Account of the Exercises of Consecration of the Monument Ground on Captain's Hill, Duxbury, Aug. 17, 1871A. Mudge and son, printers, 1871 - 76 páginas |
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Página 57 - Methinks I see it now, that one solitary, adventurous vessel, the Mayflower of a forlorn hope, freighted with the prospects of a future state, and bound across the unknown sea. I behold it pursuing, with a thousand misgivings, the uncertain, the tedious voyage. Suns rise and set, and weeks and months pass, and winter surprises them on the deep, but brings them not the sight of the wished-for shore. I see them now scantily supplied...
Página 6 - we know it, but fear him not, neither will we shun him ; but let him begin when he dare, he shall not take us at unawares.
Página 7 - Yesterday Pecksuot, bragging of his own strength and stature, said, though you were a great captain, yet you were but a little man ; but today I see you are big enough to lay him on the ground.
Página 31 - ... glorious ordinance of the Lord. But you know better things, and that the image of the Lord's power and authority, which the magistrate beareth, is honorable, in how mean persons soever.
Página 14 - Man, and given to me as right heir by lawful descent, but surreptitiously detained from me, my great-grandfather being a second or younger brother from the house of Standish of Standish.
Página 11 - Below you and around you once arose the humble abodes of the Pilgrims. Who can gaze upon the spot which marks the site of the dwelling of Standish, without feelings of emotion ? who can but give thanks that that spirit, " A spirit fit to start into an empire, And look the world to law," had been sent amongst them, to be their counsel in peace and their protection in danger ? Who can but admire its ready adaptation to a sphere of action so totally different from the school of his youth ? Here also...
Página 15 - Captain. Buried in thought he seemed, with his hands behind him, and pausing Ever and anon to behold his glittering weapons of warfare, Hanging in shining array along the walls of the chamber, — Cutlass and corselet of steel, and his trusty sword of Damascus, Curved at the point and inscribed with its mystical Arabic sentence, While underneath, in a corner, were fowling-piece, musket, and matchlock.
Página 18 - The annual meeting for the choice of officers and other business shall be held, after notice, the first Tuesday of January in each year.
Página 29 - Esq. 1 1. To the memory of our brave and pious ancestors, the first settlers of the Old Colony. 2. To the memory of John Carver and all the other worthy Governors of the Old Colony. 3. To the memory of that pious man and faithful historian, Mr. Secretary Morton. 4. To the memory of that brave man and good officer, Capt. Miles Standish.
Página 7 - Yesterday Pecksuot bragged of his own strength and stature, and told you that though you were a great captain, yet you were but a little man ; but, to-day, I see you are big enough to lay him on the ground.