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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... body of an old fashioned chaise , and engrav- ed upon our spoons , and a double - handled caudle cup . But if instead of groping amidst the darkness of transatlantic heraldry , we confine ourselves to our own shores , which seems much ...
... body of an old fashioned chaise , and engrav- ed upon our spoons , and a double - handled caudle cup . But if instead of groping amidst the darkness of transatlantic heraldry , we confine ourselves to our own shores , which seems much ...
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... body of the militia , of which he was colonel , and marching out with drums beating and colors flying , against the suppos- ed enemy . But this instance is equivocal . Whe- ther my father gave credit to the report or not , others might ...
... body of the militia , of which he was colonel , and marching out with drums beating and colors flying , against the suppos- ed enemy . But this instance is equivocal . Whe- ther my father gave credit to the report or not , others might ...
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... body which had certainly never encountered an enemy . Be- sides , to the calm incredulity of friend Church upon this occasion , we might perhaps safely add , a little both of the spirit of party and of quakerism . Tha people of his ...
... body which had certainly never encountered an enemy . Be- sides , to the calm incredulity of friend Church upon this occasion , we might perhaps safely add , a little both of the spirit of party and of quakerism . Tha people of his ...
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... bodies , they were disposed in hostile array , while round pieces of card representing cannon balls , were the missiles alternately thrown at the different corps ; that side being held to be defeated , which was first battered down . It ...
... bodies , they were disposed in hostile array , while round pieces of card representing cannon balls , were the missiles alternately thrown at the different corps ; that side being held to be defeated , which was first battered down . It ...
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... body deposited in the grave yard of Market street meeting - house , in or near the tomb wherein his first wife had been laid . My fa- ther , as already mentioned , came to this country a married man , and was about twenty years older ...
... body deposited in the grave yard of Market street meeting - house , in or near the tomb wherein his first wife had been laid . My fa- ther , as already mentioned , came to this country a married man , and was about twenty years older ...
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