William PennHoughton, Mifflin, 1901 - 140 Seiten |
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... land , helped William destroy the surplices . But this is denied ; and even if it were true , it would be plain , from Spencer's after career , that he did it not for the principle , but for the fun of the thing . William was in the ...
... land , helped William destroy the surplices . But this is denied ; and even if it were true , it would be plain , from Spencer's after career , that he did it not for the principle , but for the fun of the thing . William was in the ...
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... land in America , bounded on the east by the Delaware River , from twelve miles northward of New Castle town unto the three and fortieth degree of northern latitude . The said land to extend westward five de- grees in longitude , to be ...
... land in America , bounded on the east by the Delaware River , from twelve miles northward of New Castle town unto the three and fortieth degree of northern latitude . The said land to extend westward five de- grees in longitude , to be ...
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... land . No such extensive domain had ever been given to a subject by an English sover- eign : but none had ever been paid for by a sum of money so substantial . On the 4th of March , 1681 , the charter received the signature of Charles ...
... land . No such extensive domain had ever been given to a subject by an English sover- eign : but none had ever been paid for by a sum of money so substantial . On the 4th of March , 1681 , the charter received the signature of Charles ...
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George Hodges. vania colony was undertaken Penn received the land as a sacred trust . It was regarded by him not as a personal estate , but as a re- ligious possession to be held for the good of humanity , for the advancement of the ...
George Hodges. vania colony was undertaken Penn received the land as a sacred trust . It was regarded by him not as a personal estate , but as a re- ligious possession to be held for the good of humanity , for the advancement of the ...
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... land in England [ the king ] called this Pennsylvania , which is the high or head woodlands ; for I pro- posed , when the secretary , a Welshman , refused to have it called New Wales , Syl- vania , and they added Penn to it ; and though ...
... land in England [ the king ] called this Pennsylvania , which is the high or head woodlands ; for I pro- posed , when the secretary , a Welshman , refused to have it called New Wales , Syl- vania , and they added Penn to it ; and though ...
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Seite 71 - I choose to solve the controversy with this small distinction, and it belongs to all three : any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion.
Seite 92 - And thou, Philadelphia, the virgin settlement of this province, named before thou wert born, what love, what care, what service, and what travail has there been to bring thee forth and preserve thee from such as would abuse and defile thee!
Seite 71 - ... to support power in reverence with the people and to secure the people from the abuse of power; that they may be free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honorable for their just administration. For liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.
Seite 50 - After I had, with the best attention, read it through, I made him another visit, and returned him his book, with due acknowledgment of the favour he had done me in communicating it to me. He asked me how I liked it, and what I thought of it ; which I modestly but freely told him ; and after some further discourse about it, I pleasantly said to him, " Thou hast said much here of Paradise Lost, but what hast thou to say of Paradise Found?
Seite 92 - My soul prays to God for thee, that thou mayest stand in the day of trial, that thy children may be blessed of the Lord, and thy people saved by His power.
Seite 80 - I do charge you before the Lord God and his holy angels, that you be lowly, diligent, and tender, fearing God, loving the people, and hating covetousness. Let justice have its impartial course, and the law free passage. Though to your loss, protect no man against it ; for you are not above the law, but the law above you. Live, therefore, the lives yourselves you would have the people live, and then you have right and boldness to punish the transgressor.
Seite 116 - ... if any of the sovereignties that constitute these imperial states shall refuse to submit their claim or pretensions to them, or to abide and perform the judgment thereof, and seek their remedy by arms, or delay their compliance beyond the time prefixed in their resolutions, all the other sovereignties, united as one strength, shall compel the submission and performance of the sentence, with damages to the suffering party, and charges to the sovereignties that obliged their submission.
Seite 79 - My DEAR WIFE AND CHILDREN: — My love, which neither sea, nor land, nor death itself, can extinguish or lessen toward you, most endearedly visits you -with eternal embraces, and will abide with you for ever • and may the God of my life watch over you and bless you, and do you good in this world and for ever...
Seite 72 - For the matters of liberty and privilege, I purpose that which is extraordinary, and to leave myself and successors no power of doing mischief, that the will of one man may not hinder the good of a whole country...
Seite 65 - ... northward, then, by the said river, so far as it doth extend; and from the head of the said river, the eastern bounds...