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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... give them a firm stand on a table . By these means I could either send them a hunting with a pack of hounds , in like manner set upon their feet , or attach unmounted horses to sleighs or wheel carriages ( all of which I manufactured ) ...
... give them a firm stand on a table . By these means I could either send them a hunting with a pack of hounds , in like manner set upon their feet , or attach unmounted horses to sleighs or wheel carriages ( all of which I manufactured ) ...
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... give it an appearance of triteness . At any rate , I should hardly have ventured to notice it had it not been dignified by the approbation of a respec- table name . It was sometime before my entering into the La- tin school , that I had ...
... give it an appearance of triteness . At any rate , I should hardly have ventured to notice it had it not been dignified by the approbation of a respec- table name . It was sometime before my entering into the La- tin school , that I had ...
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... give me the best education the country afforded , that I should go on , and acquire every lan- guage and science that was taught in the institution ; but , as my evil star would have it , I was thoroughly tired of books and confinement ...
... give me the best education the country afforded , that I should go on , and acquire every lan- guage and science that was taught in the institution ; but , as my evil star would have it , I was thoroughly tired of books and confinement ...
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... give me a kiss , " he began to slaver him most lovingly . As Joshua was a good deal embar- rassed by the salutation , and wholly unable to parry the assault or shake off the fond intruder , I interfered in his behalf and effected a ...
... give me a kiss , " he began to slaver him most lovingly . As Joshua was a good deal embar- rassed by the salutation , and wholly unable to parry the assault or shake off the fond intruder , I interfered in his behalf and effected a ...
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... give a claim to respect , I have a right to say with Mr. Cumberland , that the principal lodging house in Philadelphia , was kept by a person of great respectability . A biographical sketch of the various personages , who , in the ...
... give a claim to respect , I have a right to say with Mr. Cumberland , that the principal lodging house in Philadelphia , was kept by a person of great respectability . A biographical sketch of the various personages , who , in the ...
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