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... prepared the most complete table of American ornithology before the appearance of the book of Wilson , whom he assisted in the commencement of that work . Such was his continued love to botany , that he wrote a description of a plant a ...
... prepared the most complete table of American ornithology before the appearance of the book of Wilson , whom he assisted in the commencement of that work . Such was his continued love to botany , that he wrote a description of a plant a ...
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... preparation for holy orders , and was ordained Deacon , by Bishop Hobart , on the 4th of November , 1814 , within one week after he had attained the canoni- cal age . In the summer of 1815 , he accepted the rectorship of the church in ...
... preparation for holy orders , and was ordained Deacon , by Bishop Hobart , on the 4th of November , 1814 , within one week after he had attained the canoni- cal age . In the summer of 1815 , he accepted the rectorship of the church in ...
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... prepared from them , and the oral relation of Clark , the narrative of the expedition , and induced Mr. Jefferson to pen the preliminary memoir of Lewis . It was simply conducted through the press by Paul Allen , to whom the stipulated ...
... prepared from them , and the oral relation of Clark , the narrative of the expedition , and induced Mr. Jefferson to pen the preliminary memoir of Lewis . It was simply conducted through the press by Paul Allen , to whom the stipulated ...
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... prepared to fire : " Now , Green , if you do not take good aim you are a dead man . " Daunted by the bearing of their officer , the resolution of the mutineers failed , and the militia coming in secured them . They afterwards declared ...
... prepared to fire : " Now , Green , if you do not take good aim you are a dead man . " Daunted by the bearing of their officer , the resolution of the mutineers failed , and the militia coming in secured them . They afterwards declared ...
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... prepared for the defence of the Canada frontier . That regiment was composed almost entirely of Pennsyl- vanians , and on the doings of that little band almost all my hopes in this life depended . There I had the honor to meet some of ...
... prepared for the defence of the Canada frontier . That regiment was composed almost entirely of Pennsyl- vanians , and on the doings of that little band almost all my hopes in this life depended . There I had the honor to meet some of ...
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Page 376 - Seest thou a man diligent in his calling, he shall stand before kings, he shall not stand before mean men...
Page 331 - HAPPY day that fixed my choice On thee, my Saviour and my God ! Well may this glowing heart rejoice, And tell its raptures all abroad.
Page 258 - States, to devise such further provisions as shall appear to them necessary to render the constitution of the federal government adequate to the exigencies of the union...
Page 455 - In other countries the people, more simple and of a less mercurial cast, judge of an ill principle in government only by an actual grievance. Here they anticipate the evil and judge of the pressure of the grievance by the badness of the principle. They augur misgovernment at a distance, and snuff the approach of tyranny in every tainted breeze.
Page 512 - When the ear heard me, then it blessed me; and when the eye saw me, it gave witness to me: 12 Because I delivered the poor that cried, and the fatherless, and him that had none to help him.
Page 736 - As for nobility in particular persons, it is a reverend thing to see an ancient castle or building not in decay, or to see a fair timber tree sound and perfect. How much more to behold an ancient noble family, which hath stood against the waves and weathers of time.
Page 903 - the Sam. Adams of Philadelphia, the life of the cause of liberty.
Page 413 - Those scholars, who shall merit it, shall remain in the college until they shall respectively arrive at between fourteen and eighteen years of age ; they shall then be bound out by the Mayor, Aldermen and Citizens of Philadelphia, or under their direction, to suitable occupations, as those of agriculture, navigation, arts, mechanical trades, and manufactures...
Page 46 - DO not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you.
Page 694 - Four Dissertations on the RECIPROCAL ADVANTAGES of a PERPETUAL UNION BETWEEN GREAT BRITAIN AND HER AMERICAN COLONIES.