Encyclopædia Americana: A Popular Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature, History, Politics and Biography, Brought Down to the Present Time; Including a Copious Collection of Original Articles in American Biography; on the Basis of the Seventh Edition of the German Conversations - Lexicon, Volume 12Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake Carey, Lea & Carey, 1832 |
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... church , where he continued from 1755 to 1776 . During this and several succeeding years , the enemy were in possession of New- port , and the inhabitants of the town scattered , Doctor Stiles was solicited to preach in several places ...
... church , where he continued from 1755 to 1776 . During this and several succeeding years , the enemy were in possession of New- port , and the inhabitants of the town scattered , Doctor Stiles was solicited to preach in several places ...
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... church of Northampton , was born at Boston , in 1643 , and graduated at Harvard college in 1662 , of which he was subse- quently made a fellow . Intense applica- tion having impaired his health , he went to Barbadoes as chaplain to ...
... church of Northampton , was born at Boston , in 1643 , and graduated at Harvard college in 1662 , of which he was subse- quently made a fellow . Intense applica- tion having impaired his health , he went to Barbadoes as chaplain to ...
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... church- es or other places , to receive the charita- ble benevolence of well - disposed people , " in the seventy - eighth year of his age . He died , afflicted by poverty and disease , in 1605 , at the age of eighty . Stow's Sur- vey ...
... church- es or other places , to receive the charita- ble benevolence of well - disposed people , " in the seventy - eighth year of his age . He died , afflicted by poverty and disease , in 1605 , at the age of eighty . Stow's Sur- vey ...
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... churches , seven Lutheran , and one Re- ters . The latter , in his Traité des grandes formed , two hospitals , two ... church of St. Thomas tent , yet he did considerable service to contains a splendid monument , erected military ...
... churches , seven Lutheran , and one Re- ters . The latter , in his Traité des grandes formed , two hospitals , two ... church of St. Thomas tent , yet he did considerable service to contains a splendid monument , erected military ...
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... church contains the monument and bust of Shakspeare . The latter was originally colored to resemble life , and , in 1793 , was painted white , by order of Malone . These coats of paint have much disfigured the characteristic markings of ...
... church contains the monument and bust of Shakspeare . The latter was originally colored to resemble life , and , in 1793 , was painted white , by order of Malone . These coats of paint have much disfigured the characteristic markings of ...
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Page 64 - I, AB, do swear that I do from my heart abhor, detest, and abjure as impious and heretical, that damnable doctrine and position that princes excommunicated or deprived by the pope, or any authority of the see of Rome, may be deposed or murdered by their subjects, or any other whatsoever. And I do declare that no foreign prince, person, prelate, state, or potentate hath, or ought to have, any jurisdiction, power, superiority, preeminence, or authority, ecclesiastical or spiritual, within this realm...
Page 496 - Vaccinae, A Disease Discovered in Some of the Western Counties of England. Particularly Gloucestershire, and Known by the Name of the Cow Pox...
Page 64 - I do declare, that I do not believe that the Pope of Rome, or any other foreign prince, prelate, person, state, or potentate, hath or ought to have any temporal or civil jurisdiction, power, superiority or pre-eminence, directly or indirectly, within this realm.
Page 22 - Put not your trust in princes, nor in the sons of men, for in them there is no salvation."*** He was soon able, however, to collect his courage; and he prepared himself to suffer the fatal sentence.
Page 24 - Jesus' sake, forbeare To dig the dust enclosed here: Blessed be the man that spares these stones, And curst be he that moves my bones.
Page 71 - European expansion at the end of the fifteenth century and the beginning of the sixteenth.
Page 194 - ... was under the age of twenty-one, being a male, or fourteen, being a female', the lord was entitled to the wardship of the heir, and was called the guardian in chivalry. This wardship consisted in having...
Page 421 - Croix River to the Highlands, along the said Highlands which divide those Rivers that empty themselves into the River St. Lawrence from those which fall into the Atlantic Ocean, to the North-westernmost head of Connecticut River...
Page 344 - Faith is this : that we worship one God in Trinity, and Trinity in Unity, neither confounding the Persons, nor dividing the substance. For there is one Person of the Father, another of the Son, and another of the Holy Ghost. But the Godhead of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, is all one ; the glory equal, the majesty coeternal.
Page 344 - THERE is but one living and true God, everlasting, without body, parts, or passions ; of infinite power, wisdom, and goodness ; the Maker and preserver of all things, both visible and invisible. And in unity of this Godhead there be three Persons, of one substance, power, and eternity ; the Father, the Son, and the Holy Ghost.