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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... called forth my vene- ration , the noble ardor of the youthful hero excited my sympathy and emulation . I took part , like a se cond friend , in the vicissitudes of his fortune , I par- ticipated in his toils , I warmed with his ...
... called forth my vene- ration , the noble ardor of the youthful hero excited my sympathy and emulation . I took part , like a se cond friend , in the vicissitudes of his fortune , I par- ticipated in his toils , I warmed with his ...
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... called Dock street , then a filthy uncovered sewer , bordered on either side by shabby stables and tan - yards . To these , succeeded the more agreeable object of Israel Pemberton's garden ( now covered in part by the bank of the United ...
... called Dock street , then a filthy uncovered sewer , bordered on either side by shabby stables and tan - yards . To these , succeeded the more agreeable object of Israel Pemberton's garden ( now covered in part by the bank of the United ...
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... called my second stage , beyond which there was but one more general object of attention , and this was to get a peep at the race horses , which in sporting seasons were kept in the widow Nichols's stables , which from her house , ( the ...
... called my second stage , beyond which there was but one more general object of attention , and this was to get a peep at the race horses , which in sporting seasons were kept in the widow Nichols's stables , which from her house , ( the ...
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... called upon me one evening when I chanced to be out , and as he was obliged to leave the city very early in the morning , staid in the hope of meeting , me till a very late hour . But my engagements un- fortunately detained me too long ...
... called upon me one evening when I chanced to be out , and as he was obliged to leave the city very early in the morning , staid in the hope of meeting , me till a very late hour . But my engagements un- fortunately detained me too long ...
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... of Castor and Pollux , or of Pylades and Orestes . But the ce- ment which connected them , was scarcely so pure as that which had united those heroes of antiquity . It E could hardly be called friendship , but was rather a 41.
... of Castor and Pollux , or of Pylades and Orestes . But the ce- ment which connected them , was scarcely so pure as that which had united those heroes of antiquity . It E could hardly be called friendship , but was rather a 41.
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