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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... obtain partisans to the opinion ; and , whether the Paxton men were " more sinned against than sinning , " was a question which was agitated with so much ardor and acrimony , that even the school - boys became warmly engaged in the ...
... obtain partisans to the opinion ; and , whether the Paxton men were " more sinned against than sinning , " was a question which was agitated with so much ardor and acrimony , that even the school - boys became warmly engaged in the ...
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... obtained for the other two of the party , one Cor- bett from the island of Montserrat , and myself . Each boat had a sail , and he observed , that as the wind ' and tide would be favorable , we could run down in a few hours . I objected ...
... obtained for the other two of the party , one Cor- bett from the island of Montserrat , and myself . Each boat had a sail , and he observed , that as the wind ' and tide would be favorable , we could run down in a few hours . I objected ...
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... obtain any satisfactory tidings of me , and knew not what to conclude . My trespass , however , being readily for- given , I appeased my hunger and went to bed . Ex- treme fatigue , especially when it has been mingled with anxiety , is ...
... obtain any satisfactory tidings of me , and knew not what to conclude . My trespass , however , being readily for- given , I appeased my hunger and went to bed . Ex- treme fatigue , especially when it has been mingled with anxiety , is ...
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... declining business , my mother was persuaded by her friends to become her succes- sor ; and , accordingly obtained a lease of the pre- mises , and took possession of them to the best of F my recollection , in the year 1764 or 1765. While ...
... declining business , my mother was persuaded by her friends to become her succes- sor ; and , accordingly obtained a lease of the pre- mises , and took possession of them to the best of F my recollection , in the year 1764 or 1765. While ...
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... obtained for him , thro ' the interest of her family , a post in America . But what this post was , or where it located him , I never heard . A third person of celebrity and title was sir Wil- liam Draper , who made a tour to this ...
... obtained for him , thro ' the interest of her family , a post in America . But what this post was , or where it located him , I never heard . A third person of celebrity and title was sir Wil- liam Draper , who made a tour to this ...
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