Recollections of a Long LifeJoseph Packard, Thomas Jones Packard |
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... character , and piety . She was a daughter of Dorothy Whipple and Mark Perkins , who was a descendant of Roger Conant and Sarah Horton . Roger Conant came from England in 1623. He seceded from the Plymouth Colony , took charge of a ...
... character , and piety . She was a daughter of Dorothy Whipple and Mark Perkins , who was a descendant of Roger Conant and Sarah Horton . Roger Conant came from England in 1623. He seceded from the Plymouth Colony , took charge of a ...
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... characters of these earlier generations , all resi- dents of Bridgewater , Mass . , were of the type their Bible names suggest , and were marked by no small share of the virtue com- memorated by the vessel which bore the first of the ...
... characters of these earlier generations , all resi- dents of Bridgewater , Mass . , were of the type their Bible names suggest , and were marked by no small share of the virtue com- memorated by the vessel which bore the first of the ...
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... character . She had a wonderful memory , and I can re- member her repeating long pieces of poetry to us . She was mar- ried in 1794 , and she carried to her home in Chelmsford and thence to Wiscasset the culture and tastes of her early ...
... character . She had a wonderful memory , and I can re- member her repeating long pieces of poetry to us . She was mar- ried in 1794 , and she carried to her home in Chelmsford and thence to Wiscasset the culture and tastes of her early ...
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... character and great bodily vigor in his sons . He often spoke with affection and respect of his parents and of their influence . They were noted for their piety and indus- try , and with limited advantages for improvement , and with few ...
... character and great bodily vigor in his sons . He often spoke with affection and respect of his parents and of their influence . They were noted for their piety and indus- try , and with limited advantages for improvement , and with few ...
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... character . John Quincy Adams was my classmate , and at a college re - union many years afterwards , I walked arm in arm with him in the procession . I was Mathematical Tutor at Harvard four years , succeeding President Webber , and ...
... character . John Quincy Adams was my classmate , and at a college re - union many years afterwards , I walked arm in arm with him in the procession . I was Mathematical Tutor at Harvard four years , succeeding President Webber , and ...
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Page 229 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all : And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 204 - Let not conscience make you linger, Nor of fitness fondly dream ; All the fitness he requireth, Is to feel your need of him ; This he gives you ; 'Tis the Spirit's rising beam.
Page 292 - And I am sure that when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
Page 30 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 312 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an Article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 31 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there.
Page 182 - shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever.
Page 7 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise,— The son of parents passed into the skies!
Page 123 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Page 208 - Glory be to God on high, on earth peace, good will towards men...