The History of Lynn: Including NahantS.N. Dickinson, 1844 - 278 páginas |
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Página 209 - When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there; She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure, celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand, The symbol of her chosen land.
Página 71 - And now all our Garments begin to grow thin, And Wool is much wanted to card and to spin. If we can get a Garment to cover without, Our other In-Garments are Clout upon Clout. Our Clothes we brought with us are apt to be torn, They need to be clouted soon after they 're worn ; But clouting our Garments they hinder us nothing : Clouts double are warmer than single whole Clothing.
Página 77 - ... we desire you would be pleased to take notice of the principals and body of our Company, as those who esteem it our honor to call the Church of England, from whence we rise, our dear mother ; and cannot part from our native country, where she specially resideth, without much sadness of heart and many tears in our eyes, ever acknowledging that such hope and part as we have obtained in the common salvation, we have received in her bosom, and sucked it from her breasts.
Página 137 - He was accordingly punished with thirty lashes from a three-corded whip, with such severity, says Governor Jenks, " that in many days, if not some weeks, he could take no rest but as he lay upon his knees and elbows, not being able to suffer any part of his body to touch the bed whereon he lay.
Página 70 - Plowes, was Indian grain. — And let no man make a jest at Pumpkins, for with this food the Lord was pleased to feed his people to their good content, till Corne and Cattell were increased.
Página 85 - Maverick1 of Winesemett is worthy of a perpetual remembrance. Himself, his wife, and servants, went daily to them, ministered to their necessities, and buried their dead, and took home many of their children. So did other of the neighbors.
Página 71 - But when the spring opens, we then take the hoe, And make the ground ready to plant and to sow ; Our corn being planted and seed being sown, The worms destroy much before it is grown ; And when it is growing some spoil there is made By birds and by squirrels that pluck up the blade ; And when it is come to full corn in the ear, It is often destroyed by raccoon and by deer.
Página 123 - There arose a sudden gust at NW so violent for half an hour, as it blew down multitudes of trees. It lifted up their meeting house at Newbury, the people being in it. It darkened the air with dust, yet through God's great mercy it did no hurt, but only killed one Indian with the fall of a tree.
Página 147 - Glen, and they could not have selected a spot on the coast for many miles, more favorable for the purposes both of concealment and observation. Even at this day, when the neighborhood has become thickly peopled, it is still a lonely and desolate place, and probably not one in a hundred of the inhabitants has ever descended into its silent and gloomy recess. There the pirates built a small hut, made a garden, and dug a well, the appearance of which is still visible. It has been supposed that they...
Página 72 - For while liquor's boiling it must have a scumming ; But I will not blame them, for birds of a feather By seeking their fellows are flocking together. But you whom the Lord intends hither to bring, Forsake not the honey for fear of the sting ; But bring both a quiet and contented mind, And all needful blessings you surely will find.