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" And for myself, I have seen so much of the vanity of the world, that I esteem no more of the diversities of countries, than as so many inns, whereof the traveller that hath lodged in the best, or in the worst, fiudeth no difference when he cometh to his... "
A Discourse on the Cambridge Church-gathering in 1636: Delivered in the ... - Page 23
by William Newell - 1846 - 65 pages
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The History of New England from 1630 to 1649, Volume 1

John Winthrop - 1825 - 454 pages
...work together for the best therein. And for myself, I have seen so much of the vanity of the •world, that I esteem no more of the diversities of countries,...journey's end; and I shall call that my country, where I mav most glorify God, and en|oy the presence of my dearest friends. Therefore herein I submit myself...
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The History of New England from 1630 to 1649, Volume 1

John Winthrop - 1825 - 456 pages
...work together for the best therein. And for myself, 1 have seen so much of the vanity of the world, that I esteem no more of the diversities of countries,...journey's end; and I shall call that my country, where 1 may most glorify God, and enjoy the presence of my dearest friends. Therefore herein I sub-. mit...
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American Biography, Issue 163

Jeremy Belknap - 1846 - 336 pages
...touching the planting of New-England, " And for myself, I have seen so much of the vanity of the world, that I esteem no more of the diversities of countries...traveller, that hath lodged in the best or in the worst, fmdeth no difference when he cometh to his journey's end ; and I shall call that my country where I...
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The History of New England from 1630 to 1649, Volume 1

John Winthrop - 1853 - 550 pages
...work together for the best therein. And for myself, I have seen so much of the vanity of the world, that I esteem no more of the diversities of countries,...best, or in the worst, findeth no difference, when he comcth to his journey's end ; and I shall call that my country, where I may most glorify God, and enjoy...
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The History of Massachusetts, Volume 1

John Stetson Barry - 1855 - 544 pages
...Ulysses."1 "For myself," says the younger Winthrop, " I have seen so much of the vanity of the world, that I esteem no more of the diversities of countries,...traveller that hath lodged in the best, or in the meanest, findeth no difference when he cometh to his journey's end. I shall call that my country where...
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The History of Massachusetts ...: The colonial period [to 1692

John Stetson Barry - 1855 - 544 pages
...Ulysses." l " For myself," says the younger Winthrop, " I have seen so much of the vanity of the world, that I esteem no more of the diversities of countries,...traveller that hath lodged in the best, or in the meanest, findeth no difference when he cometh to his journey's end. I shall call that my country where...
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The Aspects of Religion in the United States of America

Isabella Lucy Bird - 1859 - 234 pages
...1630. The exalted piety of these colonists is represented by the language of the younger Winthrop : " I shall call that my country where I may most glorify God." Many of them sacrificed wealth at home, and went from " a paradise of plenty into a wilderness of wants."...
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History of the United States, from the Discovery of the American ..., Volume 1

George Bancroft - 1860 - 532 pages
...was the most earnest of them all, the younger Winthrop, then about four and twenty, wrote cheeringly: "I shall call that my country where I may most glorify God, and enjoy the CHAP, presence of my dearest friends. Therefore herein I — . — ' submit myself to God's will and...
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The Criterion: Or, The Test of Talk about Familiar Things

Henry Theodore Tuckerman - 1866 - 388 pages
...disposition thereof is from the Lord ; and for myself, I have seen so much of the vanity of the world that I esteem no more of the diversities of countries,...no difference when he cometh to his journey's end." * It has been said of Socrates that he " looked upon himself as a traveller who halts at the public...
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Addresses and Speeches on Various Occasions: 1852-1867

Robert Charles Winthrop - 1867 - 756 pages
...work together for the best therein. And for myself, I have seen so much of the vanity of the world, that I esteem no more of the diversities of countries,...traveller that hath lodged in the best, or in the worst, fiudeth no difference when he cometh to his journey's end. And I shall call that my country, where...
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