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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第 58 頁
They had also another church near the town , at which the Rev. Alexander
Dobbin officiated for 36 years , until 1809 . The site of the present Seceders '
church in town was formerly shaded by a beautiful grove , called Federal Grove
— a name ...
They had also another church near the town , at which the Rev. Alexander
Dobbin officiated for 36 years , until 1809 . The site of the present Seceders '
church in town was formerly shaded by a beautiful grove , called Federal Grove
— a name ...
第 79 頁
He reached the Indian towns near the forks of that river , without opposition , and
there dictated terms of peace to them . ... from Fort Pitt , descended the Ohio
about thirty miles , and built Fort McIntosh on the site of the present town of
Beaver .
He reached the Indian towns near the forks of that river , without opposition , and
there dictated terms of peace to them . ... from Fort Pitt , descended the Ohio
about thirty miles , and built Fort McIntosh on the site of the present town of
Beaver .
第 81 頁
The rivers encroach fast on the town , and to such a degree , that , as a
gentleman told me , the Allegheny had within thirty ... he would find here a free
white population exceeding that of the six largest cities and towns in the Old
Dominion .
The rivers encroach fast on the town , and to such a degree , that , as a
gentleman told me , the Allegheny had within thirty ... he would find here a free
white population exceeding that of the six largest cities and towns in the Old
Dominion .
第 83 頁
Monongahela , the other stretching up the Allegheny river ; while the town of
straggling houses , easily counted , and more of logs than frame , and more of the
latter than of brick or stone , lay from the junction of the Monongahela . On the
bank ...
Monongahela , the other stretching up the Allegheny river ; while the town of
straggling houses , easily counted , and more of logs than frame , and more of the
latter than of brick or stone , lay from the junction of the Monongahela . On the
bank ...
第 90 頁
Immediately around the town are several extensive manufacturing
establishments - paper - mill , woollen manufactory , edge tool manufactory ,
brewery , & c . Above the town a short distance is Messrs . Noble and Bayard's
steamboat yard ...
Immediately around the town are several extensive manufacturing
establishments - paper - mill , woollen manufactory , edge tool manufactory ,
brewery , & c . Above the town a short distance is Messrs . Noble and Bayard's
steamboat yard ...
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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 |