Dedham Historical Register, Volum 10

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Dedham Historical Society, 1899
 

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Pàgina 40 - Forasmuch as the good education of children is of singular behoof and benefit to any commonwealth, and whereas many parents and masters are too indulgent and negligent of their duty in that kind: It is...
Pàgina 42 - If you have no power of giving: An arm of aid to the weak, A friendly hand to the friendless, Kind words, so short to speak, But whose echo is endless: The world is wide, — these things are small, They may be nothing, but they are All.
Pàgina 48 - There, in that silent room below, The dead lay in his shroud of snow; And in the hush that followed the prayer, Was heard the old clock on the stair,— "Forever — never ! Never — forever...
Pàgina 49 - We have no title-deeds to house or lands; Owners and occupants of earlier dates From graves forgotten stretch their dusty hands, And hold in mortmain still their old estates.
Pàgina 37 - COVENANT 1 We whose names ar here vnto subscribed. doe. in the feare and Reuerence of our Allmightie God, Mutually : and seuerally pmist amongst our selues and each to other to pffesse and practice one trueth according to that most pfect rule, the foundacion where of is Euerlasting Loue: 2 That we shall by all meanes Laboure to keepe of from vs all such, as ar contrarye minded.
Pàgina 98 - Bounty Coat or its equivalent in money, due for eight months service in 1775.
Pàgina 87 - I've left this world of pain ; May virtue be your practice here Till
Pàgina 89 - Tis but at best a narrow bound That heaven allows to men, And pains and sins run through the round Of threescore years and ten. 3 Well, if ye must be sad and few, Run on, my days, in haste; Moments of sin, and months of woe, Ye cannot fly too fast.
Pàgina 42 - Where low-browed baseness wafts perfume to pride. No; Men, high-minded men, With powers as far above dull brutes endued In forest, brake or den, As beasts excel cold rocks and brambles rude ; Men who their duties know, But know their rights, and, knowing, dare maintain, Prevent the long-aimed blow, And crush the tyrant while they rend the chain ; These constitute a State; And sovereign law, that State's collected will, O'er thrones and globes elate Sits empress, crowning good, repressing ill.
Pàgina 77 - ... he derives no other benefit from his profession than an apology for residing part of the year in town, and such a general acquaintance there, as enables him to spend his time in that society -which is suited to his disposition. He is often...

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