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... soon after , in the action between the schooner Enterprise and a French lugger ; in 1812 , in an attack upon the English opposite to Black Rock ; and afterwards while commanding the flotilla on Delaware Bay . He was selected by Messrs ...
... soon after , in the action between the schooner Enterprise and a French lugger ; in 1812 , in an attack upon the English opposite to Black Rock ; and afterwards while commanding the flotilla on Delaware Bay . He was selected by Messrs ...
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... but lost it by the failure of the banker . On receiving the intelligence , he said to his wife , " We are ruined . " But she replied , “ Never mind the loss ; we will soon make it up again 24 EMINENT PHILADELPHIANS .
... but lost it by the failure of the banker . On receiving the intelligence , he said to his wife , " We are ruined . " But she replied , “ Never mind the loss ; we will soon make it up again 24 EMINENT PHILADELPHIANS .
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... soon after its establishment , he consented to be its Treasurer , which post he continued to hold for eighteen years . In addition to his general duties , as a Manager and Vice - President , he superintended its finances with particular ...
... soon after its establishment , he consented to be its Treasurer , which post he continued to hold for eighteen years . In addition to his general duties , as a Manager and Vice - President , he superintended its finances with particular ...
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... Soon after leaving college he commenced 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 ...
... Soon after leaving college he commenced 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 ...
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... soon as it is indulged , but a strong , abiding passion , prompted by his great natural qualifications for that sphere of action . While yet very young he made several voyages , and , through assiduous attention , joined to a peculiar ...
... soon as it is indulged , but a strong , abiding passion , prompted by his great natural qualifications for that sphere of action . While yet very young he made several voyages , and , through assiduous attention , joined to a peculiar ...
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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.