Memoirs of a Life, Chiefly Passed in Pennsylvania, Within the Last Sixty Years: With Occasional Remarks Upon the General Occurrences, Character and Spirit of that Eventful Period |
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... benefits thereof to the arts of disign- ing , engraving , and etching historical and other prints . D. CALDWELL , Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania . BRITISH MUSEUM MEMOIRS OF A LIFE , & c . • THE. DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, to wit: ...
... benefits thereof to the arts of disign- ing , engraving , and etching historical and other prints . D. CALDWELL , Clerk of the District of Pennsylvania . BRITISH MUSEUM MEMOIRS OF A LIFE , & c . • THE. DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA, to wit: ...
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... British reviewers . The Latinity probably is pure , the prosody correct , the versification sufficient- ly easy and sounding , and such as might serve to evince an intimate acquaintance with the classics of antient Rome : But I should ...
... British reviewers . The Latinity probably is pure , the prosody correct , the versification sufficient- ly easy and sounding , and such as might serve to evince an intimate acquaintance with the classics of antient Rome : But I should ...
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... British house of commons . He is understood to be the same Laughlin M'Lean , who at Edinburg , evinced a generous benevolence in ad- ministering to the relief of the celebrated Oliver Goldsmith , as related in the life of that poet ...
... British house of commons . He is understood to be the same Laughlin M'Lean , who at Edinburg , evinced a generous benevolence in ad- ministering to the relief of the celebrated Oliver Goldsmith , as related in the life of that poet ...
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... British regiment of foot was stationed there . But the cita- del or place of arms was in the very heart of the ci- ty , all around and within the old court - house and Friend's meeting - house . Here stood the artillery , under the ...
... British regiment of foot was stationed there . But the cita- del or place of arms was in the very heart of the ci- ty , all around and within the old court - house and Friend's meeting - house . Here stood the artillery , under the ...
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... British officers , who , for want of something better to do , had plunged themselves into an excess of intemperance ; and in the plentitude of wine and hilarity , paraded the streets at all hours , A la clarté de cieux dans l'ombre de ...
... British officers , who , for want of something better to do , had plunged themselves into an excess of intemperance ; and in the plentitude of wine and hilarity , paraded the streets at all hours , A la clarté de cieux dans l'ombre de ...
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