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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... thing like a conti- nuity of building . A few places for streets , were opened from this main one , on which , here and there , stood an humble , solitary dwelling . At a cor- ner of two of these lanes , was a Quaker meeting house ; and ...
... thing like a conti- nuity of building . A few places for streets , were opened from this main one , on which , here and there , stood an humble , solitary dwelling . At a cor- ner of two of these lanes , was a Quaker meeting house ; and ...
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... things may be overdone ; and the imposition of hard and unreasonable tasks is more apt to create dis- gust , than conciliation to instruction . So , at least , it was with me : I deemed my tutoress unfeeling and tyrannical , while , by ...
... things may be overdone ; and the imposition of hard and unreasonable tasks is more apt to create dis- gust , than conciliation to instruction . So , at least , it was with me : I deemed my tutoress unfeeling and tyrannical , while , by ...
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... thing , said he , but once . Up- on my asking him what that was ; it was , said he , on occasion of some worthless fellow reporting that he had seen one or more Indians in the swamp be- yond the church , assembling a body of the militia ...
... thing , said he , but once . Up- on my asking him what that was ; it was , said he , on occasion of some worthless fellow reporting that he had seen one or more Indians in the swamp be- yond the church , assembling a body of the militia ...
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... thing was cruel big , so another might be cru- el little . In the city , I lived with , and was under the care of my grandfather . The school he first put me to , was that of David James Dove , an English- man , and much celebrated in ...
... thing was cruel big , so another might be cru- el little . In the city , I lived with , and was under the care of my grandfather . The school he first put me to , was that of David James Dove , an English- man , and much celebrated in ...
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... things are but puerilities , and very trifles , it is true , but can it be said that they are irrelative to the objects I set out with ? And are they not prototypes of the transacti- ons , which the more important scene of man every day ...
... things are but puerilities , and very trifles , it is true , but can it be said that they are irrelative to the objects I set out with ? And are they not prototypes of the transacti- ons , which the more important scene of man every day ...
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