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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... circumstance common to both , which seems unequivocally to indicate liberality and sin- cerity of heart . And yet it is a circumstance , which , probably , would have escaped me , had it not been noticed by my uncle . by marriage , the ...
... circumstance common to both , which seems unequivocally to indicate liberality and sin- cerity of heart . And yet it is a circumstance , which , probably , would have escaped me , had it not been noticed by my uncle . by marriage , the ...
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... circumstance of glorious war , ' is allowable to militia , particularly to a 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 ...
... circumstance of glorious war , ' is allowable to militia , particularly to a 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 ...
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... circumstance , however , which one af- ternoon took place at my grandfather's , to the no small entertainment of the old gentleman , who often adverted to it afterwards . Dove was there , and in endeavoring to correct my utterance , as ...
... circumstance , however , which one af- ternoon took place at my grandfather's , to the no small entertainment of the old gentleman , who often adverted to it afterwards . Dove was there , and in endeavoring to correct my utterance , as ...
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... circumstance of another na ture , which happened not very long after my arrival in the city . One evening about dusk , I was amus- ing myself on the pavement before the door , with some marbles ; for having never been very strongly ...
... circumstance of another na ture , which happened not very long after my arrival in the city . One evening about dusk , I was amus- ing myself on the pavement before the door , with some marbles ; for having never been very strongly ...
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... circumstance of some affinity to the to-- pic , I cannot withhold , since it is an evidence of my coincidence in taste with the celebrated Mr. Addi- son . I have somewhere seen it mentioned , that he was a warm admirer of the ballad of ...
... circumstance of some affinity to the to-- pic , I cannot withhold , since it is an evidence of my coincidence in taste with the celebrated Mr. Addi- son . I have somewhere seen it mentioned , that he was a warm admirer of the ballad of ...
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