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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... manners eighty years ago . From the same letter it appears , that at the instance of this Mr. Baynton , he had contemplated with him a partnership in trade , to be carried on in the town of Burlington , which , he observes , " though it ...
... manners eighty years ago . From the same letter it appears , that at the instance of this Mr. Baynton , he had contemplated with him a partnership in trade , to be carried on in the town of Burlington , which , he observes , " though it ...
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... manner , but what had been sport to my tutor , was to me a serious punishment . The school was at this time , kept in Videll's al- ley , which opened into Second , a little below Ches- nut street . It counted a number of scholars of ...
... manner , but what had been sport to my tutor , was to me a serious punishment . The school was at this time , kept in Videll's al- ley , which opened into Second , a little below Ches- nut street . It counted a number of scholars of ...
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... manner to accommodate him with but a part of mine , that after some hesitation , I consented.` Without giving me time for a resumption of my first determination , he picked up six or eight of my marbles , and throwing me down three or ...
... manner to accommodate him with but a part of mine , that after some hesitation , I consented.` Without giving me time for a resumption of my first determination , he picked up six or eight of my marbles , and throwing me down three or ...
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... manner set upon their feet , or attach unmounted horses to sleighs or wheel carriages ( all of which I manufactured ) at pleasure . My talent also gave me the command of regiments of cavalry , and my evenings , when there was no company ...
... manner set upon their feet , or attach unmounted horses to sleighs or wheel carriages ( all of which I manufactured ) at pleasure . My talent also gave me the command of regiments of cavalry , and my evenings , when there was no company ...
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... manners . Though he belonged to a younger class than mine , the living and sleeping to gether were sufficient to cement a warm attach- ment between us , and there was not a boy in the school in whose welfare and competitions I took so ...
... manners . Though he belonged to a younger class than mine , the living and sleeping to gether were sufficient to cement a warm attach- ment between us , and there was not a boy in the school in whose welfare and competitions I took so ...
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