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Abner Address American Antiquarian Society ANDREW G Annual Report Anthony appropriation beautiful Bedford Port Society bequest Board of Trustees Boston Bristol County catalogue character Charles Charles W Church citizens City Council City Government City Library Clerk Common Council Congdon County Crapo delivered donations duty elevated Eliot ending March enlightened established Fairhaven feel ford Free Public Library friends fund George H GEORGE HOWLAND give Henry honorable hundred increase inhabitants institution interest James John labor liberality Librarian Lindsey Mason Williams Mayor meeting ment Mercantile Library Mercantile Library Association municipal number of books Ordinance Pamphlets Peabody Institute Phipps present President Press of Benj Printed by Benj Printer published records regulations respectfully Rodman rooms Rotch Samuel West School Committee SECT shelves Social Library Standing Committee Sylvia Ann Howland Taber takers Thomas Thomas D tion town of Dartmouth valuable WARREN LADD whole number William William H
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Сторінка 40 - There at the foot of yonder nodding beech That wreathes its old fantastic roots so high, His listless length at noontide would he stretch, And pore upon the brook that babbles by.
Сторінка 40 - From all that dwell below the skies, Let the Creator's praise arise ; Let the Redeemer's name be sung, Through every land, by every tongue. 2. Eternal are thy mercies, Lord ; Eternal truth attends thy word : Thy praise shall sound from shore to shore, Till suns shall rise and set no more.
Сторінка 20 - He is gone on the mountain, He is lost to the forest, Like a summer-dried fountain, When our need was the sorest. The font reappearing, From the rain-drops shall borrow, But to us comes no cheering, To Duncan no morrow ! The hand of the reaper Takes the ears that are hoary, But the voice of the weeper Wails manhood in glory. The autumn winds rushing Waft the leaves that are searest, But our flower was in flushing, When blighting was nearest.
Сторінка 17 - There is that scattereth, and yet increaseth; and there is that withholdeth more •than is meet, and it tendeth to poverty.
Сторінка 15 - ARTICLE 1 No book shall be purchased without the authority of the board, neither shall any periodical be subscribed for without the same authority ; and before any book which may have been presented to the library shall be placed on the shelves it must be approved by the board at a regular meeting thereof. 2 No pamphlet, picture or article of statuary shall be placed in the rooms of the library until it shall have been examined by the committee on the library and approved by them. ARTICLE VIII. All...
Сторінка 45 - POWER OF RELIGION on the Mind, in Retirement, Affliction, and at the approach of Death; exemplified in the Testimonies and Experience of Persons distinguished by their greatness, learning, or virtue. " 'Tis immortality,— 'tis that alone, Amidst life's pains, abasements, emptiness, The soul can comfort, elevate, and fill.
Сторінка 4 - J. Phipps. Proceedings on the Occasion of Laying the Corner-Stone of the Library Edifice, for the Free Public Library of the City of New Bedford, August 28, 1856. 12mo pamph. New Bedford. 1856. Lieutenant JM Gilliss.
Сторінка 19 - CABINET GALLERY of PICTURES, by the First Masters of the English and Foreign Schools, in the possession of English nobility and gentry; with biographical and critical dissertations by Allan Cunningham.
Сторінка 22 - TRUSTEES OF THE FREE PUBLIC LIBRARY From 1852 to 1863 inclusive. There are six Trustees — the Mayor, the President of the Common Council, the Chairman of the Joint Standing Committee on Public Instruction, and three chosen by the City Council at large. In the following list of Trustees, the arrangement of the names corresponds with the order in which the officers are mentioned in the above paragraph. 1852. William J. Rotch, Abner J. Phipps, Matthew Rowland, James B.
Сторінка 44 - Any town or city may receive in its corporate capacity, and hold and manage, any devise, bequest, or donation, for the establishment, increase, or maintenance of a public library within the same.