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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第 49 頁
... township or borough divisions ; and it is left optional with each township or district to decide for itself whether it will accept of the school law or not . If it ac- cept , the taxes are assessed and the schools established ...
... township or borough divisions ; and it is left optional with each township or district to decide for itself whether it will accept of the school law or not . If it ac- cept , the taxes are assessed and the schools established ...
第 52 頁
... Township Bank , 250,000 50 75 500,000 50 75 40 40 175,000 36 45 Girard Bank , 5,000,000 Western Bank , 500,000 50 53 28 50 53 30 350,000 19 2,500,000 21 2 51 235,000 37 42 Manufacturers ' and Mechanics ' Bank , Moyamensing Bank ...
... Township Bank , 250,000 50 75 500,000 50 75 40 40 175,000 36 45 Girard Bank , 5,000,000 Western Bank , 500,000 50 53 28 50 53 30 350,000 19 2,500,000 21 2 51 235,000 37 42 Manufacturers ' and Mechanics ' Bank , Moyamensing Bank ...
第 55 頁
... township , are the most prominent . The silicious and broken lands of the mountains are poorly adapted to agricultural purposes ; but the rolling slate lands in the lower and mid- dle portions of the county furnish some excellent farms ...
... township , are the most prominent . The silicious and broken lands of the mountains are poorly adapted to agricultural purposes ; but the rolling slate lands in the lower and mid- dle portions of the county furnish some excellent farms ...
第 56 頁
... townships in Adams county are nearly all of Irish origin . The region around Gettysburg , including all of Cumberland and part of Strabane townships , was originally known as " the Manor of Mask , " established by warrant from the Penns ...
... townships in Adams county are nearly all of Irish origin . The region around Gettysburg , including all of Cumberland and part of Strabane townships , was originally known as " the Manor of Mask , " established by warrant from the Penns ...
第 99 頁
... township on the river of that name , about 20 miles south of Kittanning . It contains some 20 or 30 dwellings . The Pennsylvania canal passes the village . LEECHBURG is a flourishing village on the canal at dam No. 1 on the Kiskiminetas ...
... township on the river of that name , about 20 miles south of Kittanning . It contains some 20 or 30 dwellings . The Pennsylvania canal passes the village . LEECHBURG is a flourishing village on the canal at dam No. 1 on the Kiskiminetas ...
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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.