History of Vermont: Natural, Civil and Statistical, in Three Parts, with an Appendix. 1853, Volume 3 |
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... branch of the Green Mountains , though it no where rises so high as many points of the western branch , is much more uniformly elevated ; yet the acclivity is so gentle as to admit of easy roads over it in various places . The western ...
... branch of the Green Mountains , though it no where rises so high as many points of the western branch , is much more uniformly elevated ; yet the acclivity is so gentle as to admit of easy roads over it in various places . The western ...
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... branch of a high tree , made of sticks , lined with moss . Its eggs , usually four or five in number , are laid in April . They are of a broad , oval form , granular on the outside , and of a light blue color , spotted towards the small ...
... branch of a high tree , made of sticks , lined with moss . Its eggs , usually four or five in number , are laid in April . They are of a broad , oval form , granular on the outside , and of a light blue color , spotted towards the small ...
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... branch of a fir or other evergreen . It is compactly built of sticks and strips of bark , and lined with hair , feathers and down . The eggs are of a rosy tint , thinly spotted with reddish brown towards the large end . Their food is ...
... branch of a fir or other evergreen . It is compactly built of sticks and strips of bark , and lined with hair , feathers and down . The eggs are of a rosy tint , thinly spotted with reddish brown towards the large end . Their food is ...
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... branch of a fir , 6 or 8 feet from the ground . The eggs , 4 or 5 in number , are of a rosy tint , sprinkled with ... branches of trees , but creeps spirally round upon the trunk and large limbs , searching for insects and their eggs in ...
... branch of a fir , 6 or 8 feet from the ground . The eggs , 4 or 5 in number , are of a rosy tint , sprinkled with ... branches of trees , but creeps spirally round upon the trunk and large limbs , searching for insects and their eggs in ...
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... branch of a small tree , and is very gined with grayish - yellow ; rump , breast slovenly put together . The eggs , from 2 and lower parts yellow , streaked with to 4 , are of a pale bluish green color . This dusky . Length 64 , spread ...
... branch of a small tree , and is very gined with grayish - yellow ; rump , breast slovenly put together . The eggs , from 2 and lower parts yellow , streaked with to 4 , are of a pale bluish green color . This dusky . Length 64 , spread ...
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Page 179 - THE Son, which is the Word of the Father, begotten from everlasting of the Father, the very and eternal God, and of one substance with the Father, took Man's nature in the womb of the blessed Virgin, of her substance : so that two whole and perfect Natures, that is to say, the Godhead and Manhood, were joined together in one Person, never to be divided, whereof is one Christ, very God. and very Man...
Page 189 - Now therefore ye are no more strangers and foreigners, but fellow citizens with the saints, and of the household of God; And are built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Jesus Christ himself being the chief corner stone...
Page 180 - Original sin standeth not in the following of Adam, (as the Pelagians do vainly talk,) but it is the fault and corruption of the nature of every man, that naturally is engendered of the offspring of Adam, whereby man is very far gone from original righteousness, and is, of his own nature, inclined to evil, so that the flesh lusteth always contrary to the Spirit ; and therefore, in every person born into this world, it deserveth God's wrath and damnation.
Page 107 - ... nor can any man who acknowledges the being of a God, be justly deprived or abridged of any civil right as a citizen, on account of his religious sentiments, or peculiar mode of religious worship; and that no authority can, or ought to be vested in, or assumed by any power whatever, that shall in any case Interfere with, or in any manner control the right of conscience in the free exercise of religious worship.
Page 108 - ... be deprived of his liberty except by the law of the land, or the judgment of his peers.
Page 180 - The Old Testament is not contrary to the New: for both in the Old and New Testament everlasting life is offered to mankind by Christ, who is the only mediator between God and man, being both God and man. Wherefore they are not to be heard which feign that the old fathers did look only for transitory promises.
Page 107 - Every person is entitled to a certain remedy in the laws for all injuries, or wrongs which he may receive in his person, property, or character ; he ought to obtain justice freely, and without being obliged to purchase it, completely and without denial, promptly and without delay, conformably to the laws.
Page 180 - The visible Church of Christ is a congregation of faithful men, in which the pure Word of God is preached, and the Sacraments be duly ministered according to Christ's ordinance, in all those things that of necessity are requisite to the same.
Page 180 - The condition of man, after the fall of Adam, is such, that he cannot turn and prepare himself, by his own natural strength and good works, to faith, and calling upon God : wherefore we have no power to do good works pleasant and acceptable to God, without the grace of God by Christ preventing us, that we may have a good will, and working with us, when we have that good will.
Page 107 - And that no man ought or of right can be compelled to attend any religious worship, or erect or support any place of worship, or maintain any ministry, contrary to, or against, his own free will and consent...