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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... says : - " The first planters were Dutch . Soon after the Swedes and Fins came . The Dutch trafficked , and the others turned to husbandry near the freshes of the river . " See also the same idea in his letter of August , 1683 , to the ...
... says : - " The first planters were Dutch . Soon after the Swedes and Fins came . The Dutch trafficked , and the others turned to husbandry near the freshes of the river . " See also the same idea in his letter of August , 1683 , to the ...
Page 17
... says Penn , were good and in vast quantities . Wild fowl was in abundance . Wild pigeons , says another , were like clouds , and often flew so low as to be knocked down with sticks . Wild turkeys sometimes were so immoderately fat and ...
... says Penn , were good and in vast quantities . Wild fowl was in abundance . Wild pigeons , says another , were like clouds , and often flew so low as to be knocked down with sticks . Wild turkeys sometimes were so immoderately fat and ...
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... says with much truth , " I must , without vanity , say that I have led the greatest colony into America that ever any man did upon a private credit , and the most prosperous beginnings that ever were in it are to be found among us ...
... says with much truth , " I must , without vanity , say that I have led the greatest colony into America that ever any man did upon a private credit , and the most prosperous beginnings that ever were in it are to be found among us ...
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... ( says he , in his letter from Chester , ) spending my life , my time , my money , without being a sixpence enriched by my greatness . Had I sought greatness only , I had stayed at home , where the difference between what I am , and was ...
... ( says he , in his letter from Chester , ) spending my life , my time , my money , without being a sixpence enriched by my greatness . Had I sought greatness only , I had stayed at home , where the difference between what I am , and was ...
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... say my expenses is the ground of my present in- cumbrance . " His quit rents , he says , were at least £ 500 per annum , but he could not get one penny . " I had several MS . letters in my possession , of the above period of time , from ...
... say my expenses is the ground of my present in- cumbrance . " His quit rents , he says , were at least £ 500 per annum , but he could not get one penny . " I had several MS . letters in my possession , of the above period of time , from ...
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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...