 | James Thacher - 1835 - 434 halaman
...Captain Standish, is related by Rev. Timothy Alden, in his collection of American epitaphs, as having been carefully handed down by tradition. " In a very...according to the custom of those times, sent to ask Mr. Mullins's permission to visit his daughter. John Alden, the messenger, went and faithfully communicated... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1839 - 666 halaman
...by Standish. He died in Duxbury, in 1656. The following is from the 3d vol. of Alden's Collection. " In a very short time after the decease of Mrs. Standish,...Miss Priscilla Mullins, a daughter of Mr. William Mnllins, the breach in his family would be happily repaired. He, therefore, according to the custom... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1839 - 674 halaman
...by Standish. He died in Duxbury, in 1656. The following is from the 3d vol. of Alden's Collection. " In a very short time after the decease of Mrs. Standish,...captain was led to think, that, if he could obtain Miss Pribcilla Mullins, a daughter of Mr. William Mullins, the breach in his family would be happily repaired.... | |
 | 1855 - 676 halaman
...mentioned as an introduction to the following anecdote, which has been carefully handed down to us by tradition:— In a very short time after the decease...according to the custom of those times, sent to ask Mr. Mullin'g permission to visit his daughter. John Alden, the messenger, went and faithfully communicated... | |
 | John Warner Barber - 1844 - 688 halaman
...Duxbury, in 1t356. The following is from the 3d vol. of Alden's Collection. " In a very short lime after the decease of Mrs. Standish, the captain was led to think, that, if he could obtain .Miss FrLscilla Mnllins, a daughter of !\lr. William Mnllins, the breach in his family would be happily repaired.... | |
 | John Hayward - 1847 - 480 halaman
...particular about it, because one of our connexions had a cousin whose daughter married an Alden. " la a very short time after the decease of Mrs. Standish,...Mr. William Mullins, the breach in his family would bb happily repaired. He, therefore, according to the custom of those times, sent to ask Mr. Mullins'... | |
 | Justin Winsor - 1849 - 376 halaman
...doubtless well known to my readers, yet still it would be hardly allowable to omit them here. Thus runs the tradition : — " In a very short time after the decease of Mrs. Standish, the Captain was led to suppose, that, if he could procure the hand of the lovely Miss Mullins, the breach in his family would... | |
 | John Hayward - 1857 - 804 halaman
...particular about it, because one of our own connections had a cousin whose daughter married an Alden : — " In a very short time after the decease of Mrs. Standish,...Priscilla Mullins, a daughter of Mr. William Mullins, Ihe breach in his family would be happily repaired. He, therefore, according to the custom of those... | |
 | Edwin Monroe Bacon - 1898 - 516 halaman
..."anecdote," as he terms it, "carefully handed down by tradition," runs in this quaint fashion : — In a very short time after the decease of "Mrs. Standish,...happily repaired. He, therefore, according to the customs of those times, sent to ask Mr. Mullins' permission to visit his daughter. John Alden, the... | |
 | Augustus Ephraim Alden - 1902 - 328 halaman
...encounter. Mrs. Rose Standish, consort of Captain Standish, departed this life on the twenty-ninth of January, 1621. This circumstance is mentioned as an...Priscilla Mullins, a daughter of Mr. William Mullins, the break in his family would be happily repaired. He, therefore, according to the custom of those times,... | |
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This circumstance is mentioned as an introduction to the following anecdote, which has been carefully handed down by tradition. In a very short time after the decease of Mrs. Standish, the captain was led to think, that if he could obtain Miss Priscilla... 
