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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... feeling about me , which some might call false honor , to represent the case to the master , which would at once have extricated me from my difficulty , and brought down condign punishment on its im posers . Matters thus went on until ...
... feeling about me , which some might call false honor , to represent the case to the master , which would at once have extricated me from my difficulty , and brought down condign punishment on its im posers . Matters thus went on until ...
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... feelings of the butcher , who , ecstacied at the good behavior of his dog at a bull beating , exclaim- ed to Charles the second , " Damme , sir , if that is'nt my dog ! " Since the time of those exploits , in which I was too young to ...
... feelings of the butcher , who , ecstacied at the good behavior of his dog at a bull beating , exclaim- ed to Charles the second , " Damme , sir , if that is'nt my dog ! " Since the time of those exploits , in which I was too young to ...
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... feelings on the occasion , ex- erted themselves for the protection of the terrified Indians , who were shut up in the barracks , and for whose more immediate defence , part of a British regiment of foot was stationed there . But the ...
... feelings on the occasion , ex- erted themselves for the protection of the terrified Indians , who were shut up in the barracks , and for whose more immediate defence , part of a British regiment of foot was stationed there . But the ...
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... feelings on the occasion , they very much preponde- rated on the side of hilarity . As the defensive army was without eyes , it had , of course , no better information than such as common bruit could supply ; and hence , many untoward ...
... feelings on the occasion , they very much preponde- rated on the side of hilarity . As the defensive army was without eyes , it had , of course , no better information than such as common bruit could supply ; and hence , many untoward ...
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... feelings of citi zens , was amply illustrated by the general conduct of the British officers in America . Their studied contempt of the mohairs , by which term all those who were not in uniform were distinguished , was manifest on all ...
... feelings of citi zens , was amply illustrated by the general conduct of the British officers in America . Their studied contempt of the mohairs , by which term all those who were not in uniform were distinguished , was manifest on all ...
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