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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... once been the county town of Bucks ) constituted all the public edifices in this my native town . Its scite , though flat , is not unpleasant , particularly along the bank of the Delaware , rising to a com- manding height from a fair ...
... once been the county town of Bucks ) constituted all the public edifices in this my native town . Its scite , though flat , is not unpleasant , particularly along the bank of the Delaware , rising to a com- manding height from a fair ...
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... once resign themselves to a fate , which appeared inevitable . This was peculiarly the case with one of the sailors , whom my father exert- ed himself to the utmost to encourage , since if he had abandoned the chest , it would have lost ...
... once resign themselves to a fate , which appeared inevitable . This was peculiarly the case with one of the sailors , whom my father exert- ed himself to the utmost to encourage , since if he had abandoned the chest , it would have lost ...
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... 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 , of which he was ...
... 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 , of which he was ...
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... challenged me once to talk Latin with him , says the doctor . 1 quoted some of Horace , which he took to be my own speech . He said a few words well enough . -badge of disgrace towering from his nape like a broom 14 MEMOIRS OF.
... challenged me once to talk Latin with him , says the doctor . 1 quoted some of Horace , which he took to be my own speech . He said a few words well enough . -badge of disgrace towering from his nape like a broom 14 MEMOIRS OF.
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... once my lot to be attended in this 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 ...
... once my lot to be attended in this 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 ...
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