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Boanerges. A short essay to preserve and strengthen the good impressions produced by earthquakes…
Boanerges. A short essay to preserve and strengthen the good impressions produced by earthquakes on the minds of people that have been awakened with them. : With some views of what is to be further and quickly looked for. : Addressed unto the whole people of New-England, who have been terrified with the late earthquakes; and more especially the towns that have had a more singular share in the terrors of them. : [Three lines from I Chronicles]Boanerges. A short essay to preserve and strengthen the good impressions produced by earthquakes on the minds of people that have been awakened with them. : With some views of what is to be further and quickly look'd for. : Address'd unto the whole people of New-England, who have been terrified with the late earthquakes; and more especially the towns that have had a more singular share in the terrors of them. : [Three lines from I Chronicles]
Boston: printed for S. Kneeland, 1727
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Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
Our Accounts from Great Britain, inform us, That on the Nineteenth of July last, there were Earthquakes felt at Swansea, before which there was heard a mighty Noise, like that of Thunder at a Distance. The Houses trembled; The Walls of Gardens rocked; The tops of Chimneys fell; ⟨p. 48⟩Many lest their Habitan•• — At the same time they felt the like at Hig••worth, & the Neighbouring places, where the People were thrown into the greatest Consternation, from the Apprehension of their Houses falling upon them. An Alteration in the Face of th•••ky, and the Colour and Quivering of the I•••inaries there, before it, was very much ob•••ed. At the same time the City of Bristol had […] share of the Consternation.
Our Accounts from Great Britain, inform us, That on the Nineteenth of July last, there were Earthquakes felt at Swanzy, before which there was heard a mighty Noise, like that of Thunder at a Distance. The Houses trembled; The Walls of Gardens rocqued; The tops of Chimneys fell; ⟨p. 48⟩Many lest their Habitan•• — At the same time they felt the like at Hig••worth, & the Neighbouring places, where the People were thrown into the greatest Consternation, from the Apprehension of their Houses falling upon them. An Alteration in the Face of th•••ky, and the Colour and Quivering of the I•••inaries there, before it, was very much ob•••ed. At the same time the City of Bristol had 〈…〉 share of the Consternation.