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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... opinion of an eminent poet , as vouched by Mr. Walpole , viz . " That if any man were to " form a book , of what he had seen or heard him- " self , it must , in whatever hands , prove a most use- " ful and entertaining one . " A most ...
... opinion of an eminent poet , as vouched by Mr. Walpole , viz . " That if any man were to " form a book , of what he had seen or heard him- " self , it must , in whatever hands , prove a most use- " ful and entertaining one . " A most ...
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... opinion , which he must own he considers a ve- ry questionable one ; or to lure him on to an expec- tation of what he might vainly seek to find , he announces at his outset , that the pages here set be- fore him , hold out no other ...
... opinion , which he must own he considers a ve- ry questionable one ; or to lure him on to an expec- tation of what he might vainly seek to find , he announces at his outset , that the pages here set be- fore him , hold out no other ...
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... opinions of a young man but of about two and twenty years of age , it is not impro- bable , that they were too hastily formed ; but if , un- fortunately for the honor of our infant metropolis , they were correct , it is some relief to ...
... opinions of a young man but of about two and twenty years of age , it is not impro- bable , that they were too hastily formed ; but if , un- fortunately for the honor of our infant metropolis , they were correct , it is some relief to ...
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... opinion , there was a want of recipro- city in the proposal , and that , whatever the carmen Horati vel Maronis might have been worth , that of Mr. Beveridge did not amount to a very valuable consideration . 1 Another of the principal ...
... opinion , there was a want of recipro- city in the proposal , and that , whatever the carmen Horati vel Maronis might have been worth , that of Mr. Beveridge did not amount to a very valuable consideration . 1 Another of the principal ...
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... opinion that he might be much better employed in a counting - house , and was also about ridding himself of his scholastic shackles . As this was a consummation devoutly wished by us all , we cheerfully renounced the learned profes ...
... opinion that he might be much better employed in a counting - house , and was also about ridding himself of his scholastic shackles . As this was a consummation devoutly wished by us all , we cheerfully renounced the learned profes ...
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