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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A few scattered clans , or warlike hordes , of the Mingoes , were living here and
there among the Lenapes . Another great Indian confederacy claims attention ,
whose acts have an important bearing upon the history of Pennsylvania .
A few scattered clans , or warlike hordes , of the Mingoes , were living here and
there among the Lenapes . Another great Indian confederacy claims attention ,
whose acts have an important bearing upon the history of Pennsylvania .
第 29 頁
His father and his uncle Thomas , the proprietors , were still living in England . An
earthquake at Philadelphia marked the day of John Penn's arrival , and many
regarded it as an ill omen . General Gage had determined to repel the invasion of
...
His father and his uncle Thomas , the proprietors , were still living in England . An
earthquake at Philadelphia marked the day of John Penn's arrival , and many
regarded it as an ill omen . General Gage had determined to repel the invasion of
...
第 56 頁
They were frugal , as the Scotch always are - plain in their mode of living , but
cordial and hospitable . They were universally men of undaunted courage and
high patriotic feeling ; and when the alarm of the revolution first rung through the
land ...
They were frugal , as the Scotch always are - plain in their mode of living , but
cordial and hospitable . They were universally men of undaunted courage and
high patriotic feeling ; and when the alarm of the revolution first rung through the
land ...
第 63 頁
Accordingly , some time afterwards the Indian paid him a visit , he living then
about ten miles from Chambersburg . The Indian having continued for some time
with him , went to a tavern , known by the name of M'Cormack's , and there
became ...
Accordingly , some time afterwards the Indian paid him a visit , he living then
about ten miles from Chambersburg . The Indian having continued for some time
with him , went to a tavern , known by the name of M'Cormack's , and there
became ...
第 87 頁
Of the gentlemen noticed by Mr. Hall , there are still living , the Hon . James Ross
, now the most venerable patriarch of the city ; the Hon . Henry Baldwin , who
adorns the bench of the U. S. supreme court ; and the Hon . William Wilkins , who
...
Of the gentlemen noticed by Mr. Hall , there are still living , the Hon . James Ross
, now the most venerable patriarch of the city ; the Hon . Henry Baldwin , who
adorns the bench of the U. S. supreme court ; and the Hon . William Wilkins , who
...
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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 |