Geschichte der Colonisation von Neu-England: von den ersten Niederlassungen daselbst im Jahre 1607 bis zur Einführung der Provinzialverfassung von Massachusetts im Jahre 1692

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Talvj, Therese Robinson
F.A. Brockhaus, 1847 - New England - 709 pages
 

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Page 53 - So absolute (says he) was the authority of the crown, that the precious spark of liberty had been kindled, and was preserved, by the Puritans alone ; and it was to this sect that the English owe the whole freedom of their constitution.
Page 21 - It gave, even in those times, so much offence, that he judged it proper to attempt a vindication of himself in a little tract, entitled, " An apology of John Philpot, written for spitting upon an Arian ; with an invective against the Arians, the...
Page 452 - Let men of God in courts and churches watch O'er such as do a toleration hatch ; Lest that ill egg bring forth a cockatrice, To poison all with heresy and vice.
Page 35 - ... all these nice points, except they were notorious Papists or heretics. I write with the testimony of a good conscience. I desire the peace and unity of the church. I...
Page 318 - an abstract of the laws of New England as they are now established.
Page 44 - An act for the punishment of persons obstinately refusing to come to church, and persuading others to impugn the queen's authority in ecclesiastical causes.
Page 381 - Hypocrisie Unmasked: By a true Relation of the Proceedings of the Massachusetts against Samuel Gorton. Whereunto is added a briefe Narration of the true grounds or cause of the first Planting of New-England.
Page 11 - A Description of New England : Or the Observation«, and Discoveries, of Captain John Smith (Admiral! of that...
Page 11 - Advertisements for the Inexperienced Planters of New England or Anywhere; or, The Pathway to Experience to Erect a Plantation," etc. Did John Smith, that is, the particular John Smith of which we are writing, die in 1631? History declares that he did. In an exhaustive biography of Smith, published in Harper's Magazine in 1860, we read this paragraph : "Captain John Smith died in London in 1631, in the fifty-second year of his age.

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