John Lee of Farmington, Hartford Co., Conn. and His Descendants, 1634-1900: Containing Over 4,000 Names ; with Much Miscellaneous History of the Family, Brief Notes of Other Lee Families of New England, Biographical Notices, Valuable Data Collected by William Wallace Lee, Military Records, to which is Added a "roll of Honor," of Two Hundred who Have Served in the Various Wars of the Country

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Lee Association, 1897 - 527 pages
 

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Page 210 - God therefore calling unto mind the Mortality of my Body and knowing that it is appointed for all men Once to die do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament...
Page xiv - ... for I, the Lord thy God, am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children unto the third and fourth generation of them that hate me; and showing mercy unto thousands of them that love me and keep my commandments.
Page 210 - Nothing doubting but at the general resurrection I shall receive the same again by the mighty power of God. And as touching such worldly estate wherewith it has pleased God to bless me in this life I give, demise, and dispose of the same in the following manner...
Page 210 - God for the same and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die do make and ordain this my last will and testament that is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my soul into the hands of God...
Page xvi - By no means," replied the sculptor ; " I have retouched this part, and polished that; I have softened this feature, and brought out this muscle ; I have given more expression to this lip, and more energy to this limb." " Well, well," said his friend, " but all these are trifles.." " It may be so," replied Angelo, " but recollect that trifles make perfection, and that perfection is no trifle.
Page 210 - ... knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make and ordain this my Last Will and Testament (that is to say...
Page 63 - I give and recommend my soul to God who gave it and my body to the earth, to be buried in a decent and Christian manner at the discretion of my executor, nothing doubting that I shall receive the same again at the general resurrection, by the mighty power of God...
Page xiv - O'er lesser powers that be; But a mightier power and stronger Man from his throne has hurled, For the hand that rocks the cradle Is the hand that rules the world.

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