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... occupied many different days in collecting , and most of which required and received that subsequent revision which time and re - examination can alone secure . Before entering on this , however , I may offer the follow- ing short ...
... occupied many different days in collecting , and most of which required and received that subsequent revision which time and re - examination can alone secure . Before entering on this , however , I may offer the follow- ing short ...
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... occupied for about a month , crossing over from New - York to Brooklyn on each evening in a carriage , which drives into the steam ferry - boat , and is conveyed to the other side across the East River without the necessity of the ...
... occupied for about a month , crossing over from New - York to Brooklyn on each evening in a carriage , which drives into the steam ferry - boat , and is conveyed to the other side across the East River without the necessity of the ...
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... occupied by substantial buildings of brick , though here and there are a few with granite fronts . The style of decoration , in the steps of ascent , the area rail- ings , and the doors , is more florid and ornamental than in the best ...
... occupied by substantial buildings of brick , though here and there are a few with granite fronts . The style of decoration , in the steps of ascent , the area rail- ings , and the doors , is more florid and ornamental than in the best ...
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... occupied by other subjects than those immediately before them . The refreshments were all substantial as well as costly ; if there was a fault in them , it was that they were generally too abundant ; and the pressure of the supper ...
... occupied by other subjects than those immediately before them . The refreshments were all substantial as well as costly ; if there was a fault in them , it was that they were generally too abundant ; and the pressure of the supper ...
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... occupied with debating them . In the House of Representatives they disposed of the question much more speedily , by resolving , by a large ma- jority , that the petitions of the people in favour of the abo- lition of slavery in the ...
... occupied with debating them . In the House of Representatives they disposed of the question much more speedily , by resolving , by a large ma- jority , that the petitions of the people in favour of the abo- lition of slavery in the ...
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Seite iv - Lo, the poor Indian! whose untutored mind Sees God in clouds, or hears Him in the wind; His soul proud Science never taught to stray Far as the solar walk or Milky Way...
Seite 510 - ... that all the instructors and teachers in the college shall take pains to instil into the minds of the scholars, the purest principles of morality, so that, on their entrance into active life, they may, from inclination and habit, evince benevolence towards their fellow-creatures, and a love of truth, sobriety, and industry, adopting at the same time such religious tenets as their matured reason may enable them to prefer.
Seite 322 - 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!
Seite 318 - LAWS of this government, to the great end of all government, viz: to support power in reverence with the people, and to secure the people from the abuse of power; that they may be free by their just obedience, and the magistrates honourable for their just administration: for liberty without obedience is confusion, and obedience without liberty is slavery.
Seite 68 - Who can, with patience, for a moment see The medley mass of pride and misery, Of whips and charters, manacles and rights, Of slaving blacks and democratic whites, And all the pyebald polity that reigns In...
Seite 93 - But this is not all; they agree in rites; they reckon by moons; they offer their first fruits; they have a kind of feast of tabernacles; they are said to lay their altar upon twelve stones; their mourning a year; customs of women, with many other things that do not now occur.
Seite 413 - And as ye go, preach, saying, The kingdom of heaven is at hand. Heal the sick, cleanse the lepers, raise the dead, cast out devils: freely ye have received, freely give.
Seite 357 - ... debts. In that case, when you meet with another honest man in similar distress, you must pay me by lending this sum to him ; enjoining him to discharge the debt by a like operation, when he shall be able, and shall meet with such another opportunity. I hope it may thus go through many hands, before it meets with a knave that will stop its progress.
Seite 508 - I, STEPHEN GIRARD, of the City of Philadelphia, in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Mariner and Merchant, being of sound mind, memory, and understanding, do make and publish this my last Will and Testament, in manner following: that is to say— I. I give and bequeath unto " The Contributors to the Pennsylvania Hospital...
Seite 80 - ... in the heaven above, or in the earth beneath, or in the waters under the earth.