The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: MiscellaniesHoughton, Mifflin, 1911 |
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Page 37
... Records affirm that Squaw Sachem , Tahattawan , and Nimrod did sell a tract of six miles square to the English , receiving for the same , some fath- oms of Wampumpeag , hatchets , hoes , knives , cotton cloth and shirts . Wibbacowet ...
... Records affirm that Squaw Sachem , Tahattawan , and Nimrod did sell a tract of six miles square to the English , receiving for the same , some fath- oms of Wampumpeag , hatchets , hoes , knives , cotton cloth and shirts . Wibbacowet ...
Page 40
... Records , for the first thirty years , are lost . We have records of mar- riages and deaths , beginning nineteen years after the settlement ; and copies of some of the doings of the town in regard to territory , of the same date . But ...
... Records , for the first thirty years , are lost . We have records of mar- riages and deaths , beginning nineteen years after the settlement ; and copies of some of the doings of the town in regard to territory , of the same date . But ...
Page 41
... near the house of Captain Humphrey Hunt . The first record now remaining is that of a reservation of land for the minister , and the appropriation of new lands as commons or pastures to some poor men . At the same date AT CONCORD 4I.
... near the house of Captain Humphrey Hunt . The first record now remaining is that of a reservation of land for the minister , and the appropriation of new lands as commons or pastures to some poor men . At the same date AT CONCORD 4I.
Page 47
... Records for two hundred years , to find a church of saints , a metropolis of patriots , enacting wholesome and creditable laws . The constitution of the towns forbid it . In this open democracy , every opinion had utter- ance ; every ...
... Records for two hundred years , to find a church of saints , a metropolis of patriots , enacting wholesome and creditable laws . The constitution of the towns forbid it . In this open democracy , every opinion had utter- ance ; every ...
Page 48
... Records contain the result . I shall be excused for confessing that I have set a value upon any symptom of meanness and private pique which I have met with in these antique books , as proof that justice was done ; that if the results of ...
... Records contain the result . I shall be excused for confessing that I have set a value upon any symptom of meanness and private pique which I have met with in these antique books , as proof that justice was done ; that if the results of ...
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