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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... respects , they yet agreed very well . While the tongue of my grandfather faithfully retained the character of its original dialect , that of his spouse , though in a less degree , bore testimony also , to the country of her extraction ...
... respects , they yet agreed very well . While the tongue of my grandfather faithfully retained the character of its original dialect , that of his spouse , though in a less degree , bore testimony also , to the country of her extraction ...
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... his master , both with respect to its pronunciation , and the action deemed suitable to its several parts . Two of these specimens of infantile oratory , to the disturbance of my repose , I had been qualified to exhibit : 16 MEMOIRS OF.
... his master , both with respect to its pronunciation , and the action deemed suitable to its several parts . Two of these specimens of infantile oratory , to the disturbance of my repose , I had been qualified to exhibit : 16 MEMOIRS OF.
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... respect to the dis- position of the grounds and the trees , which was at that time in fashion . But this residence , at once so cherished and delightful , he was permitted to enjoy not quite a year . The blow was desolating to my mother ...
... respect to the dis- position of the grounds and the trees , which was at that time in fashion . But this residence , at once so cherished and delightful , he was permitted to enjoy not quite a year . The blow was desolating to my mother ...
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... brought forth , and might truly be said to have lost its terrors - it was tanquam gla .. dium in vagina repositum . He indemnified himsel however , by a redoubled use of his ratan . So entire was the want of respect towards him ,. 25.
... brought forth , and might truly be said to have lost its terrors - it was tanquam gla .. dium in vagina repositum . He indemnified himsel however , by a redoubled use of his ratan . So entire was the want of respect towards him ,. 25.
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Alexander Graydon. So entire was the want of respect towards him , and so liable was he to be imposed upon , that one of the larger boys , for a wager , once pulled off his wig , which he effected by suddenly twitching it from his . head ...
Alexander Graydon. So entire was the want of respect towards him , and so liable was he to be imposed upon , that one of the larger boys , for a wager , once pulled off his wig , which he effected by suddenly twitching it from his . head ...
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