Letters and Papers Relating Chiefly to the Provincial History of Pennsylvania: With Some Notices of the Writers

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Crissy and Markley, Printers, 1855 - 312 Seiten
 

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Seite lii - Friendship and esteem, founded on the merit of the object, is the most certain basis to build a lasting happiness upon ; and when there is a tender and ardent passion on one side, and friendship and esteem on the other, the heart...
Seite cxxxiv - He was a member of the convention that framed the Constitution of Pennsylvania, and afterwards Speaker of the Senate.
Seite cxxx - Thus eminently fitted for the service and ornament of his country, he was made receiver-general of his majesty's revenues here; was thrice appointed public agent to the court and ministry of England; and being thirty-seven years a member, at last became president of the council of this colony. To all this were added a great elegancy of taste and life, the well-bred gentleman and polite companion, the splendid economist, and prudent father of a family, withal the constant enemy of all exorbitant power,...
Seite cxxx - ... and bosom friendship with the learned and illustrious Charles Boyle, Earl of Orrery. He was called to the bar in the Middle Temple ; studied for some time in the Low Countries ; visited the Court of France and was chosen Fellow of the Royal Society.
Seite lxvi - All the sweetness of beauty, all the loveliness of innocence, all the tenderness of a wife, and all the fondness of a mother showed themselves in her appearance and conduct.
Seite cxxx - Being born to one of the amplest fortunes in this country, he was sent early to England for his education, where, under the care and direction of Sir Robert Southwell, and ever favored with his particular instructions, he made a happy proficiency in polite and various learning.
Seite cii - I am brought to this place, to suffer death this day; and if I had ten thousand lives, I could freely and cheerfully lay them down all, to witness to this matter.
Seite lxxiii - Each blessing which indulgent Heaven On mortals can bestow, To thee, enchanting maid, is given Its masterpiece below. " In Sally Coxe's form and face, True index of her mind, The most exact of human race Not one defect can find. " Thy beauty every breast alarms, And many a swain can prove That he who views your conquering charms, Must soon submit to love.
Seite cv - From 1754 to 1807 he successively held the offices of secretary to the Congress of Delegates at Albany, mayor of the city of Philadelphia, her representative in the General Assembly, President of the Provincial Congress, delegate to the Congress of the Confederation, President of the first chartered Bank in America, and President of the first Bank of the United States. "With these public duties, he united the business of an active, enterprising, and successful merchant, in which pursuit, for sixty...
Seite lxvi - In a letter of the twenty-fifth of September, addressed to Miss Schuyler, Hamilton thus adverts to this affecting story : " Arnold, hearing of the plot being detected, immediately fled to the enemy. I went in pursuit of him, but was much too late ,- and could hardly regret the disappointment, when on my return, I saw an amiable woman, frantic with distress for the loss of a husband she tenderly loved...

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