The Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Volumen21Historical Society of Pennsylvania., 1897 |
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... record of the career of this great man day by day throughout the Revolution until the day of his death . To perform such a task worthily , in Mr. Baker's opinion , required a vast collection of books , medals , and engravings , and he ...
... record of the career of this great man day by day throughout the Revolution until the day of his death . To perform such a task worthily , in Mr. Baker's opinion , required a vast collection of books , medals , and engravings , and he ...
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... imposed on offi- cers and actors for absence , and that young Stone was the only one who escaped fining . Unfortunately , no record was kept of their performances . No doubt they were enter- Proceedings and Addresses . ix.
... imposed on offi- cers and actors for absence , and that young Stone was the only one who escaped fining . Unfortunately , no record was kept of their performances . No doubt they were enter- Proceedings and Addresses . ix.
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... Records of the Continental Congress , or to the gazettes , pamphlets , broad- sides , and vindications as easily as a preacher to the Epistles of St. Paul . He poured forth his intellectual affluence in various ways . He entered ...
... Records of the Continental Congress , or to the gazettes , pamphlets , broad- sides , and vindications as easily as a preacher to the Epistles of St. Paul . He poured forth his intellectual affluence in various ways . He entered ...
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... records . He risked nothing to conjecture . He sought for truth ; he secured it , and helped others to secure it . He knew the deficiencies of his library as a well - informed commander knows the weakness of a corps . He was ever alert ...
... records . He risked nothing to conjecture . He sought for truth ; he secured it , and helped others to secure it . He knew the deficiencies of his library as a well - informed commander knows the weakness of a corps . He was ever alert ...
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... records of that important board known as the " Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations , " and conceived the idea of having copies of them made from the originals in the State Paper Office in London . He alone raised the money to ...
... records of that important board known as the " Lords Commissioners of Trade and Plantations , " and conceived the idea of having copies of them made from the originals in the State Paper Office in London . He alone raised the money to ...
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Página xvi - For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.
Página 212 - And he is to observe and follow such orders and directions, from time to time, as he shall receive from me, or the future President of the United States of America, or the General or other superior Officers set over him, according to the rules and discipline of War. This Commission to continue in force during the pleasure of the President of the United States for the time being.
Página 35 - House a copy of the instructions to the minister of the United States who negotiated the treaty with the King of Great Britain, together with the correspondence and other documents relative to that treaty, excepting such of the said papers as any existing negotiation may render improper to be disclosed.
Página 171 - To enter into a non-importation, non-consumption, and non-exportation agreement or association, 2. To prepare an address to the people of Great Britain, and a memorial to the inhabitants of British America, and 3. To prepare a loyal address to his Majesty, agreeable to resolutions already entered into.
Página 100 - That all persons living in this province who confess and acknowledge the one almighty and eternal God to be the creator, upholder, and ruler of the world...
Página 272 - I consider such easy vehicles of knowledge, more happily calculated than any other, to preserve the liberty, stimulate the industry, and meliorate the morals of an enlightened and free people.
Página 43 - To this I may add, and very truly, that, until within the last year or two, I had no conception that parties would or even could go the length I have been witness to ; nor did I believe until lately, that it was within the bounds of probability, hardly within those of possibility, that, while I was using my utmost exertions to establish a national character of our...
Página 493 - 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.
Página 440 - , son of the Earl of Bute ; a gentleman truly worthy of being known to Johnson ; being, with all the advantages of high birth, learning, travel, and elegant manners, an exemplary parish priest in every respect.
Página xxv - That there is '' but this difference between the death of old men " and young men ; that old men go to death, and