Prayers and Militia Fables From Colonial Times
A rambling reminiscence recalls a teatable debate on public prayer and a young clerk who faced peers over reading his Bible. The tale extends to old Massachusetts militia law and a court martial where a deaf wag avoids duty with wry evasions and humor.
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Weathercock
Massachusetts
Boston
Sammans
Gobler Epoletis
Lebulder
Suguet
Dhet
Uestioner
Taunton
Bristol County
Scarpa
Ndge
Srgeant
Prisoer
Bible Clerks and Holy Week Visions in a 1831 Norwalk Page
A narrative fragment recalls boarders sharing Bible reading at nine each night leading to a vow among sixteen clerks to read aloud weekly. The piece then shifts to biblical tableaux and a sermonlike panorama of Christ's life from Bethlehem to Gethsemane and Calvary, with reflective commentary on Palestine’s sacred sites and a dawn-to-dusk landscape.
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FF. Roberts
Eytorrey
Lavy
Irin
Norwalk
Vic
Nisin
Cnele
Sam
Theo
Westeln
Atlantic
Gulf of Meateo
Ontario
Unete Sim
Galliot
Neptune
Boston
Calvary
Flemieg
Palestine
Mount Calvary
Saul
Ghod
Christ
Glances at Europe London notes by an American juror
The writer describes duties as a juror at the Great Exhibition in London, attends Westminster Abbey with mixed impressions of Anglican worship, and visits the Ragged School in Smithfield. He laments urban poverty, detailing the dormitories, brutal conditions, and charity efforts, while urging deeper social reform. He also notes the British Anti Slavery Society meeting at Freemasons Hall with about a thousand attendees.
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Loentoan
New York Tribune
Lospor
London
Buckingham
St James
Westminster Abbey
New York
Athes
Tuck
Poway
Raasrarey
Carter's Field Ease
Suer
Christendom
Uis
God
Isis
Teggar
Brisof
Cogent
Themen
America
Ale
British and Foreign Anti-Slavery Society
Preemasons
Toseph Sturge, Esq
Tshid
Arreys
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Agere
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Parkway
Paciddas
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J. J- Worlly
J. Worley
Nopwalk
Apraeio Die Econsiznenion Af Werke
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Wells & Plies
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Phadie Hondof Wie
Yuster Tou
Jel Tees J
ML Crusby
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Gateno
Ron Reflector
Auron County
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Tsi
Tuumton
Judea
David
Christ the Lord
Orient
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Thad
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Sea of Galilee
Tebor
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Messiah
Mysterio
Jesus
Jerusalem
Moriah
Temple of the
Acre
Kedron
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Pilate
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Leuven
Earth
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Indiana
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O'Donnel
Ad Aller
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Toy
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