The Early History of New England: Illustrated by Numerous Interesting IncidentsSanborn, Carter, Bazin & Company, 1841 - 428 pages |
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... killed nearly thirty of the English ; that they had tortured and insulted their captives in the most horrible manner ; that they were at- tempting to engage all the Indians to unite for the purpose of extirpating the English ; and the ...
... killed nearly thirty of the English ; that they had tortured and insulted their captives in the most horrible manner ; that they were at- tempting to engage all the Indians to unite for the purpose of extirpating the English ; and the ...
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... killed him instantly ; but Davis , one of his sergeants , cut the bow - string with his cutlass , and prevent- ed the fatal shot . Lieut . Bull received an arrow into a hard piece of cheese , which he had in his clothes , and so escaped ...
... killed him instantly ; but Davis , one of his sergeants , cut the bow - string with his cutlass , and prevent- ed the fatal shot . Lieut . Bull received an arrow into a hard piece of cheese , which he had in his clothes , and so escaped ...
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... killing nearly thirty of the English , by torturing those whom they cap- tivated in the most horrid manner , and by attempting to engage the other tribes to unite with them in extirpating the English . In view of these aggressions , the ...
... killing nearly thirty of the English , by torturing those whom they cap- tivated in the most horrid manner , and by attempting to engage the other tribes to unite with them in extirpating the English . In view of these aggressions , the ...
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... killed several persons . Here the flame of war was kindled ; it spread with great rapidity , and for three years raged in some one of the colonies . This was a sore calamity . Pen cannot describe , nor imagination conceive , the evils ...
... killed several persons . Here the flame of war was kindled ; it spread with great rapidity , and for three years raged in some one of the colonies . This was a sore calamity . Pen cannot describe , nor imagination conceive , the evils ...
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... killed in battle , or otherwise cut off by the enemy ; twelve or thirteen towns entirely destroyed , and about six hundred buildings , chiefly dwelling - houses , consumed by fire . Rarely was a family to be found , who had not lost ...
... killed in battle , or otherwise cut off by the enemy ; twelve or thirteen towns entirely destroyed , and about six hundred buildings , chiefly dwelling - houses , consumed by fire . Rarely was a family to be found , who had not lost ...
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Page 164 - Jesus answered, Thou couldest have no power at all against me, except it were given thee from above: therefore he that delivered me unto thee hath the greater sin.
Page 46 - Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save ; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear : but your iniquities have separated between you and your God, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
Page 112 - I said in the cutting off of my days, I shall go to the gates of the grave : I am deprived of the residue of my years. I said, I shall not see the LORD, Even the LORD, in the land of the living : I shall behold man no more With the inhabitants of the world.
Page 12 - Being thus arrived in a good harbor, and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees and blessed the God of heaven who had brought them over the vast and furious ocean, and delivered them from all the perils and miseries thereof, again to set their feet on the firm and stable earth, their proper element.
Page 278 - 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...
Page 155 - For a small moment have I forsaken thee ; But with great mercies will I gather thee. In a little wrath I hid my face from thee for a moment; But with everlasting kindness will I have mercy on thee, Saith the Lord thy Redeemer.
Page 187 - Take counsel, execute judgment; make thy shadow as the night in the midst of the noonday ; hide the outcasts; bewray not him that wandereth. Let mine outcasts dwell with thee, Moab ; be thou a covert to them from the face of the spoiler : for the extortioner is at an end, the spoiler ceaseth, the oppressors are consumed out of the land.
Page 7 - His truth, they shook off this yoke of antichristian bondage, and as the Lord's free people joined themselves (by a covenant of the Lord) into a church estate, in the fellowship of the gospel, to walk in all His ways made known, or to be made known unto them, according to their best endeavours, whatsoever it should cost them, the Lord assisting them.8 And that it cost them something this ensuing history will declare.
Page 137 - He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh the bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariot in the fire. Be still and know that I am God; I will be exalted among the heathen, I will be exalted in the earth.
Page 397 - At the same time let the sovereign authority of this country over the colonies be asserted in as strong terms as can be devised, and be made to extend to every point of legislation whatsoever. That we may bind their trade, confine their manufactures, and exercise every power whatsoever, except that of taking their money out of their pockets without their consent.