Annals of Philadelphia and Pennsylvania: 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 ...Parry and M'Millan, 1855 - Pennsylvania |
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... among us , was a near relative of Hud- son , the discoverer , perhaps his nephew . He became a Friend , and was employed much in civil offices . both sides of the river Delaware , which they then General Introductory History . 3.
... among us , was a near relative of Hud- son , the discoverer , perhaps his nephew . He became a Friend , and was employed much in civil offices . both sides of the river Delaware , which they then General Introductory History . 3.
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... became a trustee . This seemingly unimportant and inciden- tal connexion became the primum mobile , or fulcrum , to a lever whose force may continue to operate on our destinies as long as Pennsylvania shall endure ! Penn , in his ...
... became a trustee . This seemingly unimportant and inciden- tal connexion became the primum mobile , or fulcrum , to a lever whose force may continue to operate on our destinies as long as Pennsylvania shall endure ! Penn , in his ...
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... became a public friend , he seemed appointed to struggle through " evil report , " as well as through " good report ; " - as " often cast down , but never destroyed . " In his letter to R. Turner , and others , of 1681 , he says , " I ...
... became a public friend , he seemed appointed to struggle through " evil report , " as well as through " good report ; " - as " often cast down , but never destroyed . " In his letter to R. Turner , and others , of 1681 , he says , " I ...
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... became so ponderous and unmanageable , ( although he had a patrimony of £ 1500 a year , ) that he was obliged to mortgage his province for £ 6600 , and to give it in trust to James Logan , Isaac Norris , and others . There began about ...
... became so ponderous and unmanageable , ( although he had a patrimony of £ 1500 a year , ) that he was obliged to mortgage his province for £ 6600 , and to give it in trust to James Logan , Isaac Norris , and others . There began about ...
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... became in effect our governor , ruling us by her deputies , or lieutenant governors , during all the term of her children's minority . In tracing downward the succession of events , it falls in order to mention , that in 1717 , Sir ...
... became in effect our governor , ruling us by her deputies , or lieutenant governors , during all the term of her children's minority . In tracing downward the succession of events , it falls in order to mention , that in 1717 , Sir ...
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Page 422 - Gentlemen may cry peace! peace! but there is no peace. The war is actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle? What is it that gentlemen wish? What would they have? Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains and slavery? Forbid it, Almighty God! I know not what course others may take, but as for me, give me liberty or give me death!
Page 430 - tis blasting bright ; the high sun shines not so ! The high sun sees not, on the earth, such fiery fearful show ; The roof-ribs swarth, the candent hearth, the ruddy lurid row Of smiths that stand, an ardent band, like men before the foe. As quivering through his fleece of flame, the sailing monster, slow Sinks on the anvil — all about the faces fiery grow.
Page 241 - ... keep the word of promise to the ear, and break it to the hope" — we have presumed to court the assistance of the friends of the drama to strengthen our infant institution.
Page 457 - ... the church, that the truth of God be kept pure and entire, that all blasphemies and heresies be suppressed, all corruptions and abuses in worship and discipline prevented or reformed, and all the ordinances of God duly settled, administered, and observed. For the better effecting whereof, he hath power to call synods, to be present at them, and to provide that whatsoever is transacted in them be according to the mind of God.
Page 422 - It is in vain, sir, to extenuate the matter. Gentlemen may cry peace, peace, but there is no peace. The war has actually begun! The next gale that sweeps from the north will bring to our ears the clash of resounding arms! Our brethren are already in the field! Why stand we here idle...
Page 23 - And thou, Philadelphia, the virgin settlement of this province, named before thou wert born, what love, what care, what service, and what travail, has there been to bring thee forth and preserve thee from such as would abuse and defile thee!
Page 283 - He was dressed all in fur from his head to his foot, And his clothes were all tarnished with ashes and soot...
Page 56 - OH for a lodge in some vast wilderness, Some boundless contiguity of shade, Where rumour of oppression and deceit, Of unsuccessful or successful war, Might never reach me more.
Page 145 - ... while the Creeks and Rivers run, and while the Sun, Moon and Stars endure.
Page 44 - That having taken what care you can for the people's good, in these respects abovesaid, let the rivers and creeks be sounded on my side of Delaware River, especially Upland, in order to settle a great town, and be sure to make your choice where it is most navigable, high, dry, and healthy...