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... RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS . 1449 THE BENCH AND BAR MEDICAL PROFESSION CHAPTER XXXIX . 1491 CHAPTER XL . CHAPTER XLI . PROMINENT WOMEN IN PHILADELPHIA HISTORY 1578 1685 iii ILLUSTRATIONS OF VOLUME II . PAGE ACADEMY OF MUSIC (
... RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATIONS . 1449 THE BENCH AND BAR MEDICAL PROFESSION CHAPTER XXXIX . 1491 CHAPTER XL . CHAPTER XLI . PROMINENT WOMEN IN PHILADELPHIA HISTORY 1578 1685 iii ILLUSTRATIONS OF VOLUME II . PAGE ACADEMY OF MUSIC (
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... ACADEMY OF MUSIC ( INTERIOR ) · 1085 • COSTUMES ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES • 1203 COXE , TENCH . PAGE 890 916 • 1135 · ACRELIUS , ISRAEL . 1239 AGNEW , D. HAYES 1626 CREAM POT PRESENTED TO HENRY HILL BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 859 · ALLEN ...
... ACADEMY OF MUSIC ( INTERIOR ) · 1085 • COSTUMES ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES • 1203 COXE , TENCH . PAGE 890 916 • 1135 · ACRELIUS , ISRAEL . 1239 AGNEW , D. HAYES 1626 CREAM POT PRESENTED TO HENRY HILL BY BENJAMIN FRANKLIN 859 · ALLEN ...
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... ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS ( Old ) • • 1070 SOUTHWARK THEATRE , OLD . PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS · • 1071 ST . GEORGE'S METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ( OLD BUILDING ) 1220 . ST . JOSEPH'S CHURCH , 1776 ...
... ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS ( Old ) • • 1070 SOUTHWARK THEATRE , OLD . PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS · • 1071 ST . GEORGE'S METHODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH PENNSYLVANIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY ( OLD BUILDING ) 1220 . ST . JOSEPH'S CHURCH , 1776 ...
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... academy , with the condition of partitioning off and reserving to the use of itiner- ants a preaching - hall therein forever . In 1753 the Academy had already attained great repute . It had , according to a manuscript letter from ...
... academy , with the condition of partitioning off and reserving to the use of itiner- ants a preaching - hall therein forever . In 1753 the Academy had already attained great repute . It had , according to a manuscript letter from ...
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... Academy a few years after it was built . Philip Fy- ring manufactured organs for Christ Church and other churches as early as 1762 . While on the theme of music , we will note that the first piano , in all probability , that was built ...
... Academy a few years after it was built . Philip Fy- ring manufactured organs for Christ Church and other churches as early as 1762 . While on the theme of music , we will note that the first piano , in all probability , that was built ...
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Page 1268 - I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: and I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of Hosts. The silver is mine, and the gold is mine, saith the Lord of Hosts. The glory of this latter house shall be greater than of the former, saith the Lord of Hosts : and in this place will I give peace, saith the Lord of Hosts.
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Page 1113 - This flattered my vanity; but my father discouraged me by ridiculing my performances, and telling me verse-makers were generally beggars. So I escaped being a poet, most probably a very bad one...
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Page 1268 - ... saith the Lord of hosts: According to the word that I covenanted with you when ye came out of Egypt, so my spirit remaineth among you: fear ye not. For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, and I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land; And I will shake all nations, and the desire of all nations shall come: And I will fill this house with glory, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 1272 - Now therefore arise, O Lord God, into thy resting place, thou, and the ark of thy strength : let thy priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let thy saints rejoice in goodness. O Lord God, turn not away the face of thine anointed: remember the mercies of David thy servant.