But after these things they could not long continue in any peaceable condition, but were hunted and persecuted on every side, so as their former afflictions were but as flea-bitings in comparison of these which now came upon them. The Pilgrim Fathers, Their Church and Colony - Page 70by Winnifred Cockshott - 1909 - 348 pagesFull view - About this book
| United States - 1825 - 398 pages
..." But after these things they could not long continue in any peaceable condition, but were hunted & persecuted on every side, so as their former afflictions...these which now came upon them. For some were taken & clapt up in prison, others had their houses besett £ watcht night and day, & hardly escaped their... | |
| Massachusetts - 1841 - 552 pages
...old age and death. But, after these things, they could not long continue in any peaceable manner, but were hunted and persecuted on every side, so as their former afflictions were but as molehills to mountains in comparison to these which now came upon them. For some were taken and clapped... | |
| Massachusetts - 1841 - 536 pages
...old age and death. But, after these things, they could not long continue in any peaceable manner, but were hunted and persecuted on every side, so as their former afflictions were but as molehills to mountains in comparison to these which now came upon them. For some were taken and clapped... | |
| Nathan Hale - 1841 - 602 pages
...organization, however, they were not permitted to live at peace : " they were," says Governor Bradford, " hunted and persecuted on every side, so as their former afflictions were but as molehills to mountains, in comparison to these which now came upon them." The officers of government... | |
| William Shaw Russell - Massachusetts - 1846 - 450 pages
...extract is copied. ' But, after these things, they could not longer continue in any peaceable manner, but were hunted and persecuted on every side, so as their former afflictions were but as mole-hills to mountains in comparison to those which now come upon them. For some were taken and clapped... | |
| Nathaniel Morton - Massachusetts - 1855 - 558 pages
...old age and death. But, after these things, they could not long continue in any peaceable manner, but were hunted and persecuted on every side, so as their former afflictions were but as molehills to mountains in comparison to these which now came upon them. For some were taken and clapped... | |
| Massachusetts - 1856 - 516 pages
...age. But after these things they could not long continue in any peaceable condition, but were hunted & persecuted on every side, so as their former afflictions...these which now came upon them. For some were taken & clapt up in prison, others had their houses besett & watcht night and day, & hardly escaped their... | |
| William Bradford - Massachusetts - 1856 - 568 pages
...age. But after these things they could not long continue in any peaceable condition, but were hunted & persecuted on every side, so as their former afflictions...these which now came upon them. For some were taken & clapt up in prison, others had their houses besett & watcht night and day, & hardly escaped their... | |
| Henry Martyn Dexter - Congregational churches - 1870 - 40 pages
..." But after these things they could not long continue in any peaceable condition, but were hunted & persecuted on every side, so as their former afflictions...these which now came upon them. For some were taken £ clapt up in prison, others had their houses besett & watcht night and day, & hardly escaped their... | |
| Henry Martyn Dexter - Congregational churches - 1870 - 48 pages
..." But after these things they could not long continue in any peaceable condition, but were hunted & persecuted on every side, so as their former afflictions...these which now came upon them. For some were taken & clapt up in prison, others had their houses besett & watcht night and day, & hardly escaped their... | |
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