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 StateG. W. Gorton, 1843 - 708 頁 |
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... continued to arrive from Sweden , and the dwellings of the enterprising colonists sprung up in all the little favorite spots from Chris- tina creek to the mouth of Schuylkill , and even as far up as Coaquennack , where is now the city ...
... continued to arrive from Sweden , and the dwellings of the enterprising colonists sprung up in all the little favorite spots from Chris- tina creek to the mouth of Schuylkill , and even as far up as Coaquennack , where is now the city ...
第 12 頁
... continued , for nine years , to occupy the Delaware in common— the Dutch being the rulers ; the Swedes giving character and prosperity to the colony . In 1664 , the English , under Charles II . , conquered the whole country of New ...
... continued , for nine years , to occupy the Delaware in common— the Dutch being the rulers ; the Swedes giving character and prosperity to the colony . In 1664 , the English , under Charles II . , conquered the whole country of New ...
第 13 頁
... continued only three days , an Act of Union was passed , annexing the three lower counties to the province . The frame of government , with some alterations , was accepted and confirmed ; the laws agreed upon in England , with some ...
... continued only three days , an Act of Union was passed , annexing the three lower counties to the province . The frame of government , with some alterations , was accepted and confirmed ; the laws agreed upon in England , with some ...
第 16 頁
... continued dissensions gave great pain to Wm . Penn , and added to the embarrassments which changes of dynasty , and the persecutions of his enemies , had brought upon him in England . Such influence had these enemies at the court of ...
... continued dissensions gave great pain to Wm . Penn , and added to the embarrassments which changes of dynasty , and the persecutions of his enemies , had brought upon him in England . Such influence had these enemies at the court of ...
第 18 頁
... continued between William Penn , his heirs and successors , and all the English and other Christian inhabitants of the province , and the said kings and chiefs , & c . , and that they shall forever hereafter be as one head and one heart ...
... continued between William Penn , his heirs and successors , and all the English and other Christian inhabitants of the province , and the said kings and chiefs , & c . , and that they shall forever hereafter be as one head and one heart ...
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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.