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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... at Christina Creek , near Wilmington ; Neshaminies , in Bucks co . ;
Shackamaxons , about Kensington ; Mantas , or Frogs , near Burlington ; the
Tuteloes , and the Nanticokes , in Maryland and Virginia ; ( the latter afterwards
removed up the ...
... at Christina Creek , near Wilmington ; Neshaminies , in Bucks co . ;
Shackamaxons , about Kensington ; Mantas , or Frogs , near Burlington ; the
Tuteloes , and the Nanticokes , in Maryland and Virginia ; ( the latter afterwards
removed up the ...
第 7 頁
To this condition of vassalage the Lenni Lenapé , or Delaware nation , had been
reduced by the Iroquois , as the latter asserted , by conquest . The Lenapes ,
however , smarting under the humiliation , invented for the whites a cunning tale
in ...
To this condition of vassalage the Lenni Lenapé , or Delaware nation , had been
reduced by the Iroquois , as the latter asserted , by conquest . The Lenapes ,
however , smarting under the humiliation , invented for the whites a cunning tale
in ...
第 36 頁
... not do , or contribute to the support of those who did . The latter they would
probably have cheerfully done , in some indirect manner , if left to do it voluntarily
; but an attempt to coerce them had the effect of alienating many of the sect , and
...
... not do , or contribute to the support of those who did . The latter they would
probably have cheerfully done , in some indirect manner , if left to do it voluntarily
; but an attempt to coerce them had the effect of alienating many of the sect , and
...
第 39 頁
On the other side , two of the British ships went on shore , and the others , with
the troops , met with a long and obstinate resistance from the garrison in Fort
Mifflin ; but the latter at length set fire to the fort , and retreated to Red Bank .
On the other side , two of the British ships went on shore , and the others , with
the troops , met with a long and obstinate resistance from the garrison in Fort
Mifflin ; but the latter at length set fire to the fort , and retreated to Red Bank .
第 40 頁
The British general made several attempts to provoke or entice Washington into
the field , but the latter chose to receive the enemy in camp - each general
choosing not to risk a battle without the advantage of ground . On one occasion ...
The British general made several attempts to provoke or entice Washington into
the field , but the latter chose to receive the enemy in camp - each general
choosing not to risk a battle without the advantage of ground . On one occasion ...
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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 |