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Page 121 - This liberty is the proper end and object of authority and cannot subsist without it; and it is a liberty to that only which is good, just, and honest.
Page 429 - These Ethiopians, as black as they are, seeing they are the Sons and Daughters of the First Adam, the Brethren and Sisters of the Last ADAM, and the Offspring of GOD ; They ought to be treated with a Respect agreeable.
Page 135 - ... contradict the main end of planting this wilderness ; " whereupon a well-known person, then in the assembly, cryed out, " Sir, you are mistaken : you think you are preaching to the people at the Bay; our main end was to catch fish.
Page 223 - No one shall run on the Sabbath Day, or walk in his garden or elsewhere, except reverently to and from meeting. No one shall travel, cook victuals, make beds, sweep house, cut hair, or shave on the Sabbath Day.
Page 88 - Afterwards they (as many as were able) began to plant ther corne, in which servise Squanto stood them in great stead, showing them both ye maner how to set it, and after how to dress & tend it.
Page 427 - This day so cold that the Sacramental Bread is frozen pretty hard, and rattles sadly as broken into the Plates.
Page 223 - No woman shall kiss her child on the Sabbath or Fasting day. No one shall read Common Prayer, keep Christmas or Saint days, make minced pies, dance, play cards, or play on any instrument of music, except the drum, trumpet, and jewsharp.
Page 14 - England, and for the directing, ruling, and disposeing of all other Matters and Thinges, whereby our said People, Inhabitants there...
Page 185 - The furnace runs 8 tons per week, and their bar iron is as good as Spanish. The adventurers in England sent over one Mr. Dawes to oversee Mr. Leader,, etc, but he is far short of Mr.
Page 70 - The serpent is the devil f the synod, the representative of the churches of Christ in New England. The devil had formerly and lately attempted their disturbance and dissolution; but their faith in the seed of the woman overcame him and crushed his head.
Bibliographic information
| Title | Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789, Volume 1 Economic and Social History of New England, 1620-1789, William Babcock Weeden |
| Author | William Babcock Weeden |
| Publisher | Houghton, Mifflin, 1890 |
| Length | 964 pages |
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