Travels in New-England and New-York, Volume 4W. Barnes and Son, 1823 - New England |
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... furnished occasion for re- marks of this nature . Meredith is in the fullest sense a new settlement . In the year 1800 it contained only 213 inhabitants ; and , in the year 1810 , 726. Peculiar efforts have been made by Mr. Law to ...
... furnished occasion for re- marks of this nature . Meredith is in the fullest sense a new settlement . In the year 1800 it contained only 213 inhabitants ; and , in the year 1810 , 726. Peculiar efforts have been made by Mr. Law to ...
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... furnish us a dinner . To obtain this indispensable article , we were ob- liged , therefore , to cross the river . The ferry - boat was gone . The inhabitants had been some time employed in building a bridge ; but it was unfinished , and ...
... furnish us a dinner . To obtain this indispensable article , we were ob- liged , therefore , to cross the river . The ferry - boat was gone . The inhabitants had been some time employed in building a bridge ; but it was unfinished , and ...
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... furnish us a dinner . I call them inns , because this name is given to them by the laws of the state ; and because each of them hung out a sign , challenging this title . But the law has nicknamed them , and the signs are liars . It is ...
... furnish us a dinner . I call them inns , because this name is given to them by the laws of the state ; and because each of them hung out a sign , challenging this title . But the law has nicknamed them , and the signs are liars . It is ...
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... furnish the requisite accommodations , and the traveller find a supper and a lodging , where now he can obtain ... furnishing us with such other accommodations as his house afforded , added to it the pleasures of his company ; and ...
... furnish the requisite accommodations , and the traveller find a supper and a lodging , where now he can obtain ... furnishing us with such other accommodations as his house afforded , added to it the pleasures of his company ; and ...
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... furnish the merchants in Pittsburgh ( Pennsylvania ) with four thousand barrels , containing five bushels each , in the years 1805 , 1806 , and 1807. This is to be delivered by the contractors at Oswego , near the south - eastern corner ...
... furnish the merchants in Pittsburgh ( Pennsylvania ) with four thousand barrels , containing five bushels each , in the years 1805 , 1806 , and 1807. This is to be delivered by the contractors at Oswego , near the south - eastern corner ...
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Page 364 - Blessed be the Lord, who hath not given us as a prey to their teeth. Our soul is escaped as a bird out of the snare of the fowlers: the snare is broken, and we are escaped. Our help is in the name of the Lord, who made heaven and earth.
Page 293 - Some village Hampden, that with dauntless breast The little tyrant of his fields withstood, Some mute inglorious Milton here may rest, Some Cromwell, guiltless of his country's blood. Th...
Page 476 - ... it shall be the duty of legislatures and magistrates, in all future periods of this commonwealth, to cherish the interests of literature and the sciences, and all seminaries of them; especially the university at Cambridge, public schools and grammar schools in the towns...
Page 481 - AND the people of this Commonwealth have also a right to, and do, invest their legislature with authority to enjoin upon all the subjects an attendance upon the instructions of the public teachers aforesaid, at stated times and seasons, if there be any on whose instructions they can conscientiously and conveniently attend.
Page 480 - It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly, and at stated seasons, to worship the Supreme Being, the great Creator and Preserver of the Universe.
Page 486 - The muse, disgusted at an age and clime Barren of every glorious theme, In distant lands now waits a better time, Producing subjects worthy fame. In happy climes, where from the genial sun And virgin earth such scenes ensue, The force of art by nature seems outdone, And fancied beauties by the true. In happy climes, the seat of innocence, Where nature guides, and virtue rules; Where men shall not impose for truth and sense The pedantry...
Page 481 - And all moneys paid by the subject to the support of public worship, and of the public teachers aforesaid, shall, if he require it, be uniformly applied to the support of the public teacher or teachers of his own religious sect or denomination, provided there be any on whose instructions he attends; otherwise it may be paid towards the support of the teacher or teachers of the parish or precinct in which the said moneys are raised.
Page 399 - In the administration of church power, it belongs to the pastors and other elders of every particular church, if such there be to rule and govern, and to the brotherhood to consent according to the rule of the gospel.
Page 249 - The great mass of nations is neither rich nor gay : they whose aggregate constitutes, the people, are found in the streets, and the villages, in the shops and farms; and from them collectively considered, must the measure of general prosperity be taken.
Page 486 - Westward the course of empire takes its way; The four first Acts already past, A fifth shall close the Drama with the day; Time's noblest offspring...