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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... opinion of an eminent poet , as vouched by Mr. Walpole , viz . That if any man were to form a book , of what he had seen or heard him- " self , it must , in whatever hands , prove a most use- " ful and entertaining one . " A most ...
... opinion of an eminent poet , as vouched by Mr. Walpole , viz . That if any man were to form a book , of what he had seen or heard him- " self , it must , in whatever hands , prove a most use- " ful and entertaining one . " A most ...
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Alexander Graydon. But far from wishing to foreclose the reader by an opinion , which he must own he considers a re- ay questionable one ; or to lure him on to an expec- tation of what he might vainly seek to find , he announces at his ...
Alexander Graydon. But far from wishing to foreclose the reader by an opinion , which he must own he considers a re- ay questionable one ; or to lure him on to an expec- tation of what he might vainly seek to find , he announces at his ...
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... opinions of a young man but of about two and twenty years of age , it is not impro- bable , that they were too hastily formed ; but if , un- fortunately for the honor of our infant metropolis , they were correct , it is some relief to ...
... opinions of a young man but of about two and twenty years of age , it is not impro- bable , that they were too hastily formed ; but if , un- fortunately for the honor of our infant metropolis , they were correct , it is some relief to ...
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... opinion , there was a want of recipro- city in the proposal , and that , whatever the carmen Horati vel Maronis might have been worth , that of Mr. Beveridge did not amount to a very valuable consideration . Another of the principal ...
... opinion , there was a want of recipro- city in the proposal , and that , whatever the carmen Horati vel Maronis might have been worth , that of Mr. Beveridge did not amount to a very valuable consideration . Another of the principal ...
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... opinion that he might be much better employed in a counting - house , and was also about ridding himself of his scholastic shackles . As this was a consummation devoutly wished by us all , we cheerfully renounced the learned profes ...
... opinion that he might be much better employed in a counting - house , and was also about ridding himself of his scholastic shackles . As this was a consummation devoutly wished by us all , we cheerfully renounced the learned profes ...
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