Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania: Containing a Copious Selection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc., Relating to Its History and Antiquities, Both General and Local, with Topographical Descriptions of Every County and All the Larger Towns in the State |
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Some of them will preserve the appearance of ancient edi . fices and monuments
now rapidly yielding to the hand of time ; and those representing towns , villages ,
and modern edifices , will not only convey to the readers of the present day ...
Some of them will preserve the appearance of ancient edi . fices and monuments
now rapidly yielding to the hand of time ; and those representing towns , villages ,
and modern edifices , will not only convey to the readers of the present day ...
第 71 頁
The fort was still unfinished , when , on that memorable day , 17th of April , 1754 ,
a French commandant , Monsieur Contreceur , made his appearance on the
beautiful Allegheny , with sixty batteaux , three hundred canoes , and a motley
host ...
The fort was still unfinished , when , on that memorable day , 17th of April , 1754 ,
a French commandant , Monsieur Contreceur , made his appearance on the
beautiful Allegheny , with sixty batteaux , three hundred canoes , and a motley
host ...
第 80 頁
The country people were to all appearance in a fit of phrenzy : about 300 had just
returned from the Moravian towns , where they found about 90 men , women ,
and children , all of whom they put to death , ' tis said after cool deliberation and ...
The country people were to all appearance in a fit of phrenzy : about 300 had just
returned from the Moravian towns , where they found about 90 men , women ,
and children , all of whom they put to death , ' tis said after cool deliberation and ...
第 81 頁
... striving for the advantages of themselves and their offspring , and the
possession and enjoyment of the produce of their own labor were secured to
them by equal laws . Discouraging as were the appearances of things in 1784 ,
yet in 1786 ...
... striving for the advantages of themselves and their offspring , and the
possession and enjoyment of the produce of their own labor were secured to
them by equal laws . Discouraging as were the appearances of things in 1784 ,
yet in 1786 ...
第 83 頁
What a change in the appearance of Pittsburg since that day ! -since the time
when I used to roll over and over on the smooth side of Grant's hill . Sed fugit
interea , fugit irrevocabile tempus . Yes , that beautiful hill itself , which might have
...
What a change in the appearance of Pittsburg since that day ! -since the time
when I used to roll over and over on the smooth side of Grant's hill . Sed fugit
interea , fugit irrevocabile tempus . Yes , that beautiful hill itself , which might have
...
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第 468 頁 - There runs not a drop of my blood in the veins of any living creature. This called on me for revenge. I have sought it. I have killed many. I have fully glutted my vengeance. For my country I rejoice at the beams of peace; but do not harbor a thought that mine is the joy of fear.
第 576 頁 - THE BODY of BENJAMIN FRANKLIN, Printer, (like the cover of an old book, its contents torn out, and stript of its lettering and gilding) lies here food for worms ; yet the work itself shall not be lost, for it will (as he believed) appear once more in a new and more beautiful edition, corrected and amended by THE AUTHOR.
第 377 頁 - And he said, Behold, I have heard that there is corn in Egypt : get you down thither, and buy for us from thence ; that we may live, and not die.
第 585 頁 - I do not mean to cast any reflection upon any sect or person whatsoever ; but, as there is such a multitude of sects, and such a diversity of opinion amongst them, I desire to keep the tender minds of the orphans, who are to derive advantage from this bequest, free from the excitement, which clashing doctrines and sectarian controversy are so apt to produce...
第 75 頁 - I luckily escaped without a wound, though I had four bullets through my coat, and two horses shot under me.
第 569 頁 - New York declared they were for it themselves, and were assured their constituents were for it, but that their instructions having been drawn near a twelvemonth before, when reconciliation was still the general object, they were enjoined by them to do nothing which should impede that object. They therefore thought themselves not justifiable in voting on either side and asked leave to withdraw from the question, which was given them.
第 13 頁 - ... distance from New Castle, northward and westward unto the beginning of the fortieth degree of northern latitude, and then by a straight line westward to the limits of longitude above mentioned.
第 267 頁 - Alone, yet not alone am I, Though in this solitude so drear ; * I feel my Saviour always nigh, He comes the weary hour to cheer. I am with him and he with me, — E'en here alone I cannot be !" The Colonel desired her to sing the hymn as she used to do.
第 90 頁 - This was a whole day's work, we next got it launched then went on board of it and set off. But before we were half way over we were jammed in the ice in such a manner that we expected every moment our raft to sink and ourselves to perish.
第 405 頁 - The language was uniformly that of scorn, or sneer, or ridicule. The loud laugh often rose at my expense ; the dry jest ; the wise calculation of losses and expenditures ; the dull, but endless, repetition of the Fulton Folly.
書目資訊
| 書名 | Historical Collections of the State of Pennsylvania: Containing a Copious Selection of the Most Interesting Facts, Traditions, Biographical Sketches, Anecdotes, Etc., Relating to Its History and Antiquities, Both General and Local, with Topographical Descriptions of Every County and All the ... Pennsylvania county and regional histories |
| 作者 | Sherman Day |
| 插圖作者 | Sherman Day |
| 出版者 | G. W. Gorton, 1843 |
| 來源： | 紐約市立圖書館 |
| 已數位化 | 2008年2月11日 |
| 頁數 | 708 頁 |
| 匯出書目資料 | BiBTeX EndNote RefMan |