A Municipal History of the Town and City of Boston During Two Centuries: From September 17, 1630, to September 17, 1830C.C. Little and J. Brown, 1852 - 444 páginas |
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Página 311 - Approach : but awful ! lo ! the /Egerian grot, Where, nobly pensive, St. John* sat and thought ; Where British sighs from dying Wyndham stole, And the bright flame was shot through Marchmont's soul. Let such, such only, tread this sacred floor, Who dare to love their country, and be poor...
Página 147 - I beg of you, Mr. Mayor, Gentlemen of the City Council, and all of you, beloved citizens of Boston, to accept the respectful and warm thanks of a heart, which has, for nearly half a century, been particularly devoted to your illustrious city.
Página 355 - In grateful adoration now, Upon the barren sands they bow. What tongue of joy e'er woke such prayer, As bursts in desolation there ? What arm of strength e'er wrought such power, As waits to crown that feeble hour?
Página 195 - ... for the government of the city to be duly executed and put in force...
Página 414 - ... hold their meetings at the same time in the respective towns and plantations; and the town and plantation meetings in such towns and plantations shall be notified, held, and regulated, the votes received, sorted, counted, and declared in the same manner. And the assessors and clerks of plantations shall have all the powers, and be subject to all the duties, which selectmen and town clerks have and are subject to by this constitution. And...
Página 360 - Alas! for them — their day is o'er, Their fires are out from hill and shore ; No more for them the wild deer bounds ; The plough is on their hunting-grounds ; The pale man's axe rings through their woods, The pale man's sail skims o'er their floods, Their pleasant springs are dry; Their children — look!
Página 6 - That the Town Agreeably to the Usage in England, and (as we understand) in Some time past practiced here, Do Nominate and Appoint a Certain Number of Gentlemen, of Liberal Education, Together with some of ye Revd Ministers of the Town to be Inspectors of the Sd Schoole under that name Title or denomination.
Página 204 - The Committee, therefore, recommend the adoption of the following resolutions: —
Página 329 - read certain propositions conceived by himself, viz., that for the advancement of the plantation, the inducing and encouraging persons of worth and quality to transplant themselves and families thither, and for other weighty reasons therein contained (it is expedient) to transfer the government of the plantation to those that shall inhabit there, and not to continue the same in subordination to the company here, as now it is.
Página 7 - Market place, but has also superadded a spacious and most beautiful Town Hall over it, and several other convenient rooms which may prove very beneficial to the town for offices, or otherwise ; and the said building being now finished.