It was the portrait of Edward Randolph, the founder of this house, a person famous in the history of New England.
— from Twice Told Tales by Nathaniel Hawthorne

In passing from the general documents relative to the history of New England to those which describe the several States comprised within its limits, I ought first to notice "The History of the Colony of Massachusetts," by Hutchinson, Lieutenant-Governor of the Massachusetts Province, 2 vols.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

I was a little thing, away up in the hills of New England, where the dark Housatonic winds between Hoosac and Taghkanic to the sea.
— from The Souls of Black Folk by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

As playmate of the children I saw the homes of nearly every one, except a few immigrant New Yorkers, of whom none of us approved.
— from Darkwater: Voices from Within the Veil by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

"Attend, all ye who list to hear our noble England's praise, I tell of the thrice-famous deeds she wrought in ancient days, When that great fleet invincible against her bore in vain The richest spoils of Mexico, the stoutest hearts of Spain."
— from Little Folks (September 1884) A Magazine for the Young by Various

I have mentioned several times in the chapter to which this note relates, the work of Nathaniel Norton entitled "New England's Memorial"; sufficiently, perhaps, to prove that it deserves the attention of those who would be conversant with the history of New England.
— from Democracy in America — Volume 2 by Alexis de Tocqueville

Mental facts, which he approached from the side of abstracted reflection and Platonic ideas, seemed to him obviously non-extended, even when they represented extension; and with them mechanism could have nothing to do.
— from The Life of Reason: The Phases of Human Progress by George Santayana

The constant aim has been to condense, but it has not been an easy task to crowd into limited space the history of nearly eighty busy, eventful years, comprising a revolution in social and legal customs.
— from The Life and Work of Susan B. Anthony (Volume 1 of 2) Including Public Addresses, Her Own Letters and Many From Her Contemporaries During Fifty Years by Ida Husted Harper

The harbors of New England were thus offered as a free exchange-mart for slavers.
— from The Suppression of the African Slave Trade to the United States of America 1638-1870 by W. E. B. (William Edward Burghardt) Du Bois

*** Miles Standish is called the "Hero of New England."
— from The Pictorial Field-Book of the Revolution, Vol. 1 (of 2) or, Illustrations, by Pen And Pencil, of the History, Biography, Scenery, Relics, and Traditions of the War for Independence by Benson John Lossing

My mother she hath sent to speake with me: O God, let ne're the heart of Nero enter 235 This soft bosome.
— from The Works of William Shakespeare [Cambridge Edition] [Vol. 8 of 9] by William Shakespeare

Of the pleasant things of Hellas they have no scanty portion to their lot; may they happen on no envious repentings of the gods.
— from The Extant Odes of Pindar Translated with Introduction and Short Notes by Ernest Myers by Pindar

He always puts you into a room you don't want, and having no pecuniary interest in the matter, it is to him of no earthly consequence whether you stay or not.
— from The Champagne Standard by Lane, John, Mrs.

I would reduce the duties generally so low as to hold out no encouragement to smuggling; in this case, it is more than probable, the amount of the impost, at the end of one year, would exceed the collection under the present rate.
— from Abridgment of the Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856, Vol. 1 (of 16) by United States. Congress

My friend [Mr. Howe ] shakes his head; he knows well that one of the proudest acts in the history of New England was when at an early day she established her system of public schools, which has continued ever since, where every child is educated free of charge.
— from Charles Sumner: his complete works, volume 12 (of 20) by Charles Sumner

After awhile, I observed to the American Minister, that we had drunk the health of nearly every one present except the Baron de B——, and with his permission I would suggest that we toasted him.
— from A Yacht Voyage to Norway, Denmark, and Sweden 2nd edition by William A. Ross

Most of these families, who held themselves aloof from the Hebrews of Northern Europe, then only occasionally stealing into England, as from an inferior caste, and whose synagogue was reserved only for Sephardim, are now extinct; while the branch of the great family, which, notwithstanding their own sufferings from prejudice, they had the hardihood to look down upon, have achieved an amount of wealth and consideration which the Sephardim, even with the patronage of Mr. Pelham, never could have contemplated.
— from Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1 by Isaac Disraeli