An Address Delivered in the Orphan Asylum, New-York, Feb. 5, 1822 on Conflagration of Orphan House in PhiladelphiaE. Conrad, 1822 - 11 pages |
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... fire ; and out of ninety - one hapless children , twenty- three have perished in the flames ! " Seldom has an event occurred which produced so severe a pang to the general feeling . How agonizing the scene ; how dreadful in its ...
... fire ; and out of ninety - one hapless children , twenty- three have perished in the flames ! " Seldom has an event occurred which produced so severe a pang to the general feeling . How agonizing the scene ; how dreadful in its ...
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... fire bells strike the alarm , and the hoarse voice fills the street ; " the Orphan House is burning ! " What pangs are felt ! While every Phila- delphian's breast feels the dire alarm , and hastens to the spot , who can describe the ...
... fire bells strike the alarm , and the hoarse voice fills the street ; " the Orphan House is burning ! " What pangs are felt ! While every Phila- delphian's breast feels the dire alarm , and hastens to the spot , who can describe the ...
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... fire raged ; the house " is destroyed ; and , many of our orphans are burned in " its fiery ruins . " * CHILDREN OF THIS ASYLUM . - From the recital of that great calamity in Philadelphia , I am persuaded your tender breasts receive the ...
... fire raged ; the house " is destroyed ; and , many of our orphans are burned in " its fiery ruins . " * CHILDREN OF THIS ASYLUM . - From the recital of that great calamity in Philadelphia , I am persuaded your tender breasts receive the ...
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Page 6 - Then Herod, when he saw that he was mocked of the wise men, was exceeding wroth, and sent forth and slew all the children that were in Bethlehem, and in all the coasts thereof, from two years old and under, according to the time which he had diligently inquired of the wise men.
Page 5 - In Rama was there a voice heard, lamentation, and weeping, and great mourning, Rachel weeping for her children, and would not be comforted, because they are not.