On the 23rd, Lord Sandwich put one hundred more men into Tangier; on the 29th and 30th, Lord Peterborough and his garrison arrived from England, and received possession from the Portuguese; and, on the 31st, Sir Richard Stayner and the seamen re-embarked on board Lord Sandwich’s fleet.—B.] 21st, All the morning putting things in my house in order, and packing up glass to send into the country to my father, and books to my brother John, and then to my Lord Crew’s to dinner; and thence to Mr. Lewes Philip’s chamber, and there at noon with him for business, and received L80 upon Jaspar Trice’s account, and so home with it, and so to my chamber for all this evening, and then to bed. 22nd. — from The Diary of Samuel Pepys — Complete by Samuel Pepys
Again they have (2) no small share of that quality so powerful for good or evil, according as it is guided into right or wrong channels, i.e. , a certain strength of will, “what their friends might call firmness, and their enemies might term obstinacy.” — from The Kacháris by Sidney Endle
Moses called for all the elders
" 12:21 Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said to them, "Draw out, and take lambs according to your families, and kill the Passover. — from The World English Bible (WEB), Complete by Anonymous
Massachusetts C F Adams Three Episodes
—Ellis, Puritan Age and Rule ; E. Byington, Puritans in England and New England , and Puritan as Colonist and Reformer ; D. Campbell, Puritan in Holland, England, and America ; M. Dexter, Story of the Pilgrims ; J. Brown, Pilgrim Fathers ; W. Cockshott, Pilgrim Fathers ; F. Noble, Pilgrims ; J. Goodwin, Pilgrim Republic ; D. Howe, Puritan Republic .—Massachusetts: W. Northend, Bay Colony ; B. Adams, Emancipation of Massachusetts ; C. F. Adams, Three Episodes of Massachusetts History ; Winsor, Memorial History of Boston ; H. Lodge, Boston .—Connecticut: C. Levermore, Republic of New Haven ; E. Atwater, New Haven Colony ; Andrews, River Towns of Connecticut ; C. Orr, Pequot War ; state histories by Johnston (Commonwealths), [Pg 113] Trumbull, and Morgan.—Rhode Island: I. Richman, Rhode Island: its Making and its Meaning ; Arnold, Field, and Richman (Commonwealths).—New Hampshire: Belknap and Sanborn (Commonwealths).—Maine: Williamson. — from The Colonies, 1492-1750 by Reuben Gold Thwaites
The impelling force of responsibility which makes all Governments "go slow" creates the greatest discontent among impatient followers of the rank and file, and where a few votes may turn the scale at any general election a Government is often compelled to choose between yielding to the demands of its more clamorous followers at the expense of the general taxpayer or submitting to a Ministerial defeat. — from An Autobiography by Catherine Helen Spence
The maid came forward as they entered, first to help Savina, and then to take Lee's hat and coat and stick. — from Cytherea by Joseph Hergesheimer
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