Narrative History: A History of Dover, Massachusetts, as a Precinct, Parish, District, and TownTown, 1897 - 354 páginas |
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Narrative History: A History of Dover, Massachusetts, as a Precinct ... Frank Smith Vista completa - 1897 |
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Términos y frases comunes
absent alarm under Captain April army Bacon battle of Bunker born Boston building built Capt Captain Battle Caryl Cavalry Charles River Charles River Railroad Chickering church committee Common summer resident congregation Continental Army Court Daniel Whiting Dedham discharged Division dollars Dorchester Heights Draper early Ebenezer Battle Ebenezer Battle's company Ebenezer Newell Ellis engaged enlisted Ephraim expiration of service FAMILY farm Fisher furnished George Harvard held Hezekiah Hezekiah Allen hundred Indian inhabitants John Battle John Draper Joseph Joseph Draper land Lexington alarm lieutenant March Massachusetts Volunteers Medfield meeting meeting-house minister mustered Natick Needham organization pastor pews prayer precinct Railroad Ralph Day Regiment road Sanger schoolhouse seats Second Brigade selectmen served siege of Boston Smith society soldiers South Natick Springdale Springfield Parish Street tavern Thomas Ticonderoga in 1776 tion took town of Dedham town-meeting travelled 40 miles voted William Williams Tavern
Pasajes populares
Página 29 - THE groves were God's first temples. Ere man learned To hew the shaft, and lay the architrave, And spread the roof above them — ere he framed The lofty vault, to gather and roll back The sound of anthems ; in the darkling wood, Amid the cool and silence, he knelt down, And offered to the Mightiest solemn thanks And supplication.
Página 299 - How sleep the Brave who sink to rest By all their country's wishes blest! When Spring, with dewy fingers cold, Returns to deck their hallowed mould, She there shall dress a sweeter sod Than Fancy's feet have ever trod. By fairy hands their knell is rung; By forms unseen their dirge is sung; There Honor comes, a pilgrim gray, To bless the turf that wraps their clay; And Freedom shall awhile repair, To dwell a weeping hermit there!
Página 133 - That every citizen so enrolled and notified, shall, within six months thereafter, provide himself with a good musket, or firelock, a sufficient bayonet and belt, two spare flints, and a knapsack, a pouch, with a box therein to contain not less than twenty-four cartridges, suited to the bore of his musket or firelock, each cartridge to contain a proper quantity of powder and ball : or, with a good rifle, knapsack, shot pouch, and powder horn, twenty balls, suited to the bore of his rifle, and a quarter...
Página 89 - This destruction of the tea is so bold, so daring, so firm, intrepid and inflexible, and it must have so important consequences, and so lasting, that I cannot but consider it as an epocha in history.
Página 114 - When Freedom, from her mountain height, Unfurled her standard to the air, She tore the azure robe of night, And set the stars of glory there; She mingled with its gorgeous dyes The milky baldric of the skies, And striped its pure, celestial white With streakings of the morning light; Then, from his mansion in the sun, She called her eagle bearer down, And gave into his mighty hand, The symbol of her chosen land.
Página 99 - Life of Washington." I remember all the accounts there given of the battlefields and struggles for the liberties of the country, and none fixed themselves upon my imagination so deeply as the struggle here at Trenton, New Jersey.
Página 151 - And for me, that utterance may be given unto me, that I may open my mouth boldly, to make known the mystery of the gospel, For which I am an ambassador in bonds : that therein I may speak boldly, as I ought to speak.
Página 302 - The muffled drum's sad roll has beat The soldier's last tattoo ; No more on life's parade shall meet That brave and fallen few. On Fame's eternal camping ground Their silent tents are spread, And Glory guards with solemn round The bivouac of the dead.
Página 200 - As you are now so once was I; As I am now, so you must be Prepare for death and follow me.
Página 141 - WE love the venerable house Our fathers built to God ; — In heaven are kept their grateful vows, Their dust endears the sod.