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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... ment . His birch was rarely used in canonical me- thod , but was generally stuck into the back part of the collar of the unfortunate culprit , who , with this * This was Taylor the occulist , spoken of in Beswell's life of Johnson , and ...
... ment . His birch was rarely used in canonical me- thod , but was generally stuck into the back part of the collar of the unfortunate culprit , who , with this * This was Taylor the occulist , spoken of in Beswell's life of Johnson , and ...
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... ment on those who should be found offending in the premises , and by taking measures to prevent a fur- ther repetition of the enormity .. I have said , and with truth , that I was no promoter of mischief ; but I will not take upon me to ...
... ment on those who should be found offending in the premises , and by taking measures to prevent a fur- ther repetition of the enormity .. I have said , and with truth , that I was no promoter of mischief ; but I will not take upon me to ...
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... ment between us , and there was not a boy in the school in whose welfare and competitions I took so decided an interest ; the ardor of which was in al- most perpetual requisition , from the circumstance of his being a champion in the ...
... ment between us , and there was not a boy in the school in whose welfare and competitions I took so decided an interest ; the ardor of which was in al- most perpetual requisition , from the circumstance of his being a champion in the ...
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... , or of Pylades and Orestes . But the ce ment which connected them , was scarcely so pure as that which had united those heroes of antiquity . It could hardly be called friendship , but was rather a. Sor, if not to approve of an outrage, ..
... , or of Pylades and Orestes . But the ce ment which connected them , was scarcely so pure as that which had united those heroes of antiquity . It could hardly be called friendship , but was rather a. Sor, if not to approve of an outrage, ..
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... ment , the alderman had no disposition to provoke further criticism by going on with the mittimus . The irregularities of these gay rakes were not more eccentric than diversified , and the more ex- travagant they could render them , the ...
... ment , the alderman had no disposition to provoke further criticism by going on with the mittimus . The irregularities of these gay rakes were not more eccentric than diversified , and the more ex- travagant they could render them , the ...
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