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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... extremely obstinate and un- yielding under a sense of injustice . I gave an early instance of this , in once burning the rod with which my father had corrected me ; and upon his finding it out , and correcting me a second time , I ...
... extremely obstinate and un- yielding under a sense of injustice . I gave an early instance of this , in once burning the rod with which my father had corrected me ; and upon his finding it out , and correcting me a second time , I ...
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... extremely fond of rowing , and took great delight in feathering my oar , sometimes skimming it along the surface of the wa- ter in the manner of a wherry man , sometimes rest- ing it horizontally between the thole pins in the fashion of ...
... extremely fond of rowing , and took great delight in feathering my oar , sometimes skimming it along the surface of the wa- ter in the manner of a wherry man , sometimes rest- ing it horizontally between the thole pins in the fashion of ...
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... extremely subtile and investigating . I have myself , more than once , undergone its scrutiny ; for he took a very friendly interest in my welfare , evinced by an oc- casional superintendance of my education , in so far at least , as ...
... extremely subtile and investigating . I have myself , more than once , undergone its scrutiny ; for he took a very friendly interest in my welfare , evinced by an oc- casional superintendance of my education , in so far at least , as ...
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... extremely deficient in literature , few persons possessed more acuteness of intellect , or a happier talent for prompt replication . A warm dispute having one day taken place at the coffee house , between Mr. Bradford , who kept it ...
... extremely deficient in literature , few persons possessed more acuteness of intellect , or a happier talent for prompt replication . A warm dispute having one day taken place at the coffee house , between Mr. Bradford , who kept it ...
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... , however , of this kind should not be dogmatically urged , since how far our taste for melody may be natural or artificial , is not easy to ascertain . But certainly the music of French numbers is extremely flat and monoto- nous to 79.
... , however , of this kind should not be dogmatically urged , since how far our taste for melody may be natural or artificial , is not easy to ascertain . But certainly the music of French numbers is extremely flat and monoto- nous to 79.
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