Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania, in the Olden Time: Being a Collection of Memoirs, Anecdotes, and Incidents of the City and Its Inhabitants, and of the Earliest Settlements of the Inland Part of Pennsylvania, from the Days of the Founders ... Embellished with Engravings, Том 2The author, 1850 |
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... interest in contemplating the passing events . A single life in this rapidly growing country , wit- nesses such changes in the progress of society , and in the embellish- ments of the arts , as would require a term of centuries to ...
... interest in contemplating the passing events . A single life in this rapidly growing country , wit- nesses such changes in the progress of society , and in the embellish- ments of the arts , as would require a term of centuries to ...
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... interest ; and should it not be his profit , as well as amusement , to trace the succes- sive steps by which we have progressed , from comparative nothing- ness , to be a praise in the earth ! " ( 6 There are minds , feeling and ...
... interest ; and should it not be his profit , as well as amusement , to trace the succes- sive steps by which we have progressed , from comparative nothing- ness , to be a praise in the earth ! " ( 6 There are minds , feeling and ...
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... interest or inquiry , knew nothing , or nearly nothing , about it . The comparative intelli- gence of different men of equal ages was often very dissimilar . To exemplify this , I have only to say , that not one aged man in fifty , now ...
... interest or inquiry , knew nothing , or nearly nothing , about it . The comparative intelli- gence of different men of equal ages was often very dissimilar . To exemplify this , I have only to say , that not one aged man in fifty , now ...
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... interest . " We have , it is said , no monuments , no ruins , none of the colossal remains of tem- ples , and baronial castles , and monkish towers , nothing to connect the heart and the imagination with the past , none of the dim recol ...
... interest . " We have , it is said , no monuments , no ruins , none of the colossal remains of tem- ples , and baronial castles , and monkish towers , nothing to connect the heart and the imagination with the past , none of the dim recol ...
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... interest in his writings , to his affection for talking with , and gathering up , the recollections of " the ancient crones and gaffers . ' When a young man , Scott was wont to make frequent journeys into the country , among strangers ...
... interest in his writings , to his affection for talking with , and gathering up , the recollections of " the ancient crones and gaffers . ' When a young man , Scott was wont to make frequent journeys into the country , among strangers ...
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Стр. 336 - A hundred men, with each a pen, Or more, upon my word, sir, It is most true, would be too few, Their valor to record, sir. " Such feats did they perform that day Against these wicked kegs, sir, That, years to come, if they get home, They'll make their boasts and brags, sir.
Стр. 88 - Beneath those rugged elms, that yew-tree's shade, Where heaves the turf in many a mouldering heap, Each in his narrow cell for ever laid, The rude forefathers of the hamlet sleep.
Стр. 341 - I see the dagger-crest of Mar, I see the Moray's silver star, Wave o'er the cloud of Saxon war, That up the lake comes winding far ! To hero bound for battle-strife, Or bard of martial lay, 'Twere worth ten years of peaceful life, One glance at their array ! XVI.
Стр. 500 - tis his will : Let but the commons hear this testament, (Which, pardon me, I do not mean to read) And they would go and kiss dead Caesar's wounds, And dip their napkins in his sacred blood ; Yea, beg a hair of him for memory, And, dying, mention it within their wills, Bequeathing it, as a rich legacy, Unto their issue.
Стр. 581 - As a remarkable instance of this, I may point out to the public that heroic youth, Colonel Washington, whom I cannot but hope Providence has hitherto preserved in so signal a manner for some important service to his country.
Стр. 155 - I have had occasion to be in council with them, upon treaties for land, and to adjust the terms of trade.
Стр. 154 - They care for little, because they want but little, and the reason is, a little contents them: in this they are sufficiently revenged on us, if they are ignorant of our pleasures, they are also free from our pains. They are not disquieted with bills of lading and exchange, nor perplexed with chancery suits and exchequer reckonings. We sweat and toil to live; their pleasure feeds them; I mean their hunting, fishing, and fowling, and this table is spread everywhere...
Стр. 581 - Be of good courage, and let us play the men for our people, and for the cities of our God : and the LORD do that which seemeth him good.
Стр. 479 - Near yonder copse, where once the garden smiled, And still where many a garden flower grows wild ; There, where a few torn shrubs the place disclose, The village preacher's modest mansion rose. A man he was to all the country dear, And passing rich with forty pounds a year ; Remote from towns he ran his godly race, Nor e'er had changed, nor...
Стр. 513 - Christians ; for we hear that the most part of such negers are brought hither against their will and consent, and that many of them are stolen. Now, though they are black...