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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... speak as well of oth- ers as himself . He may sometimes resort to mo- tives in accounting for men's actions ; and , as these receive their qualities from the mind of the agent , he will with equal freedom and truth disclose the ...
... speak as well of oth- ers as himself . He may sometimes resort to mo- tives in accounting for men's actions ; and , as these receive their qualities from the mind of the agent , he will with equal freedom and truth disclose the ...
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... speaking with my teeth closed , as if indif- ferent whether I spoke or not , he bawled out in one of his highest tones : " Why dont't you speak loud- er ? open your mouth like a Dutchman - say yaw . ” Being now , probably , about eight ...
... speaking with my teeth closed , as if indif- ferent whether I spoke or not , he bawled out in one of his highest tones : " Why dont't you speak loud- er ? open your mouth like a Dutchman - say yaw . ” Being now , probably , about eight ...
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... I frequently played alone , and even when I had a companion I generally preferred playing in fun , to speak technically , to playing in earnest . A little , skulking rogue , with . whom I had no kind of acquaintance , came up 19.
... I frequently played alone , and even when I had a companion I generally preferred playing in fun , to speak technically , to playing in earnest . A little , skulking rogue , with . whom I had no kind of acquaintance , came up 19.
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... speak for himself . Jugera quum tibi sint quot habet DELAVARUS arenas , Quid magnum minimo tribuas si propria parvæ Fundamenta casa , Boreæ quâ frigora pellam . Non dabis ingrato dederis licet œris egeno , Quodque tibi minimum , magnum ...
... speak for himself . Jugera quum tibi sint quot habet DELAVARUS arenas , Quid magnum minimo tribuas si propria parvæ Fundamenta casa , Boreæ quâ frigora pellam . Non dabis ingrato dederis licet œris egeno , Quodque tibi minimum , magnum ...
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... speak of this as a virtue ; and if it were one , I have certainly little reason to re- joice in it . It is not one of those , at least , which leads to riches and advancement ; or which , under the world's law , has a right to look for ...
... speak of this as a virtue ; and if it were one , I have certainly little reason to re- joice in it . It is not one of those , at least , which leads to riches and advancement ; or which , under the world's law , has a right to look for ...
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