Memoirs of a Life, Chiefly Passed in PADepicting his life from his childhood in Pennsylvania to his time as a public official, including his experiences recruiting and training his own troops for the Revolutionary War, Graydon's memoirs provide a unique and personal view of the American Colonial period. First published in 1811, his memoirs were not initially popular, probably because of their inflammatory remarks about public figures ranging from Albert Gallatin to Thomas Jefferson and his followers. Memoirs of a Life Chiefly Passed in Pennsylvania shows Graydon's disdain for those he saw as seduced by power and money and leaves the reader with a critical view of some of the most popular figures of his time. |
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... better than it is . If the mould in which it has been formed , is not the most perfect , so neither , does he trust , is it abso- lutely the most worthless : if not calculated to pro- duce a cast to the taste of worldly wisdom ; one ...
... better than it is . If the mould in which it has been formed , is not the most perfect , so neither , does he trust , is it abso- lutely the most worthless : if not calculated to pro- duce a cast to the taste of worldly wisdom ; one ...
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... -- came a perfect clock in regularity ; was a truly honest man , and what will be thought still better by many , he was a genuine whig of seventy - six , though too old or infirm to carry arms in the revolutionary A LIFE .
... -- came a perfect clock in regularity ; was a truly honest man , and what will be thought still better by many , he was a genuine whig of seventy - six , though too old or infirm to carry arms in the revolutionary A LIFE .
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... better set and older than myself , was pit- ted against me . With increased pertinacity I again refused the combat , and insisted on being permit- ted to go home unmolested . On quickening my pace for this purpose , my persecutors ...
... better set and older than myself , was pit- ted against me . With increased pertinacity I again refused the combat , and insisted on being permit- ted to go home unmolested . On quickening my pace for this purpose , my persecutors ...
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... better stars , they might have impelled me into the path of a Hampden ; but , that in no situati- on , I could have trod the track of a Gracchus or a Drusus . The Gracchi fond of mischief making laws , And Drusi popular in faction's ...
... better stars , they might have impelled me into the path of a Hampden ; but , that in no situati- on , I could have trod the track of a Gracchus or a Drusus . The Gracchi fond of mischief making laws , And Drusi popular in faction's ...
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... better fitted for the supreme authority than those who are invested with it , so it generally was in the Latin school of the academy . The ushers , during the term of my pupilage , a pe- riod of four years or more , were often changed ...
... better fitted for the supreme authority than those who are invested with it , so it generally was in the Latin school of the academy . The ushers , during the term of my pupilage , a pe- riod of four years or more , were often changed ...
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