Encyclopedia of Connecticut Biography: Genealogical-memorial; Representative Citizens, Volume 1Samuel Hart American historical society, incorporated, 1917 |
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Page 113 - ... to inquire into the expediency of limiting, for a certain period, the...
Page 190 - Ye are witnesses, and God also, how holily and justly and unblameably we behaved ourselves among you that believe, as ye know how we exhorted, and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children, that ye would walk worthy of God, who hath called you unto his kingdom and glory.
Page 25 - A brief History and Vindication of the doctrines, received and established in the Churches of New England, with a specimen of the new scheme of religion beginning to prevail, 1755. An Essay on the nature and foundation of moral virtue and obligation, 1765.
Page 58 - It is a singular fact that the will of the donor was made on the very day on which the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws was conferred upon him by the College, Mr.
Page 230 - They who have the power to appoint officers and magistrates, it is in their power, also, to set the bounds and limitations of the power and place unto which they call them.
Page 26 - ... to the question, with no figures of speech Save the ten Arab signs, yet not without The shrewd dry humor natural to the man : His awe-struck colleagues listening all the while, Between the pauses of his argument, To hear the thunder of the wrath of God Break from the hollow trumpet of the cloud. And there he stands in memory to this day, Erect, self-poised, a rugged face, half seen Against the background of unnatural dark, A witness to the ages as they pass, That simple duty hath no place for...
Page 199 - In 1872 the degree of Master of Arts was conferred upon him by Dartmouth College. In 1874.
Page 26 - The day of Judgment is either approaching, or it is not. If it is not, there is no cause for an adjournment : if it is, I choose to be found doing my duty. I wish therefore that candles may be brought.
Page 203 - In the year 1777 I made an attempt from a whale-boat against the Cerberus frigate, then lying at anchor between Connecticut River and New London, by drawing a machine against her side by means of a line. The machine was loaded with powder, to be exploded by a gunlock, which was to be unpinioned by an apparatus to be turned by being brought alongside of the frigate.
Page 152 - Colt's revolver," and constructed a little wooden model, which combined a number of long barrels so as to rotate upon a spindle by the act of cocking the lock. Though discarding this as too heavy to be practicable, Mr. Colt was convinced that his invention would ultimately be successful. In 1831 he returned from the sea and entered the dyeing and bleaching department of his father's factory, there acquiring a practical knowledge of chemistry. In order to carry on his experiments with fire arms, he...