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... miles square each allowed them to settle in , viz : the westward township lately laid out at or near Massachusetts ... miles of territory . The other two were to be laid out and surveyed in Cumberland County , * * * Maine , and were to ...
... miles square each allowed them to settle in , viz : the westward township lately laid out at or near Massachusetts ... miles of territory . The other two were to be laid out and surveyed in Cumberland County , * * * Maine , and were to ...
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... miles . These grants were made on the condition that Mr. Crellins should import 120 German protestant families into each of the said townships within three years , and also provide a learned orthodox minis- ter for two years in each of ...
... miles . These grants were made on the condition that Mr. Crellins should import 120 German protestant families into each of the said townships within three years , and also provide a learned orthodox minis- ter for two years in each of ...
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... miles west of Albany in a place now called Sloan- ville , but in a year or two , found that the sand in that place was not good and that the fuel would soon be exhausted . So in 1802 they turned their attention to Sand Lake , some ten mile ...
... miles west of Albany in a place now called Sloan- ville , but in a year or two , found that the sand in that place was not good and that the fuel would soon be exhausted . So in 1802 they turned their attention to Sand Lake , some ten mile ...
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... miles from the Lane bed , previously mentioned in connection with the Sand Lake works . There are many interesting legends connected with these works , relating principally to the difficulties encountered , trouble with drunken workmen ...
... miles from the Lane bed , previously mentioned in connection with the Sand Lake works . There are many interesting legends connected with these works , relating principally to the difficulties encountered , trouble with drunken workmen ...
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... miles from Great Barrington ; fifteen from Winsted , Ct . , six- teen from Lee , and twenty - four from Westfield . This great distance from rail roads and large places has worked to the town's disadvantage , especially in drawing away ...
... miles from Great Barrington ; fifteen from Winsted , Ct . , six- teen from Lee , and twenty - four from Westfield . This great distance from rail roads and large places has worked to the town's disadvantage , especially in drawing away ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
Albany Allen American Amos Eaton appointed Barrington battle battle of Bennington became Bennington Berkshire County Berkshire Historical birds born Boston Briggs called Captain church Colonel colonies Common summer resident Connecticut court daughter died early England father feet glass Governor Greylock honor Hoosac Hopkins Housatonic hundred Indians Ingersoll interest John JOHN BASCOM July Lake land Lanesboro Lanesborough lectures Lenox Linn lived March married Massachusetts ment miles mill mind Mount Greylock mountain nature never North Adams paper pastor Pittsfield plant political Pontoosuc present President Edwards Professor Eaton pupils record Rensselaer river Samuel Sandisfield says Sedgwick settled Sheffield society spirit Stockbridge student teacher Theodore Sedgwick things Thomas tion took town Troy trustees valley Vermont Washington Washington Benevolent Society Williams College Williamstown winter York
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 363 - MAY I join the choir invisible Of those immortal dead who live again In minds made better by their presence : live In pulses stirred to generosity, In deeds of daring rectitude, in scorn For miserable aims that end with self. In thoughts sublime that pierce the night like stars, And with their mild persistence urge man's search To vaster issues.
Seite 364 - May I reach That purest heaven, be to other souls The cup of strength in some great agony, Enkindle generous ardour, feed pure love, Beget the smiles that have no cruelty — Be the sweet presence of a good diffused, And in diffusion ever more intense. So shall I join the choir invisible Whose music is the gladness of the world.
Seite 33 - Parma, the colony or province of Louisiana, with the same extent that it now has in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it should be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States.
Seite 9 - If we knew that there was one person, and but one, in the whole congregation, that was to be the subject of this misery, what an awful thing it would be to think of! If we knew who it was, what an awful sight would it be to see such a person!
Seite 22 - If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country, I never would lay down my arms — never — never — never...
Seite 45 - ... objects as we trust will satisfy them. The country of Louisiana having been ceded by Spain to France, the passport you have from the minister of France, the representative of the present sovereign of the country, will be a protection with all its subjects; and that from the minister of England will entitle you to the friendly aid of any traders of that allegiance with whom you may happen to meet.
Seite 158 - Happy art thou, O Israel : Who is like unto thee, O people saved by the LORD, The shield of thy help, and who is the sword of thy excellency 1 And thine enemies shall be found liars unto thee ; And thou shalt tread upon their high places.
Seite 193 - Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth ! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
Seite 137 - Still thou turnedst, and still Beckonedst the trembler, and still Gavest the weary thy hand. If, in the paths of the world, Stones might have wounded thy feet, Toil or dejection have tried Thy spirit, of that we saw Nothing - to us thou wast still Cheerful, and helpful, and firm!
Seite 33 - Treaty in the hands of Spain, and that it had when France possessed it, and such as it ought to be after the treaties subsequently entered into between Spain and other States...