Recollections of a Long LifeJoseph Packard, Thomas Jones Packard |
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... heard . At this very time , 1793-1800 , hod - carriers and mortar mixers , diggers and choppers , who labored on the public buildings and cut the streets and avenues of Washington City , received seventy dollars a year . But there were ...
... heard . At this very time , 1793-1800 , hod - carriers and mortar mixers , diggers and choppers , who labored on the public buildings and cut the streets and avenues of Washington City , received seventy dollars a year . But there were ...
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... heard the roar- ing of the cannon . I was then thirteen and a half years old , but very large for my age . The captain of the militia lived near my father's and knowing they were high Whigs , and that I had some skill with my fife , he ...
... heard the roar- ing of the cannon . I was then thirteen and a half years old , but very large for my age . The captain of the militia lived near my father's and knowing they were high Whigs , and that I had some skill with my fife , he ...
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... heard , and the enemy was at hand . A com- pany of volunteers were called out to give the enemy a check , and of this number ( 136 ) my brother was one , but a few hours after was wounded and on his way to the hospital . On this day was ...
... heard , and the enemy was at hand . A com- pany of volunteers were called out to give the enemy a check , and of this number ( 136 ) my brother was one , but a few hours after was wounded and on his way to the hospital . On this day was ...
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... heard nothing from me after the battle of Harlem Heights , save that I was there , nor did they know aught of my brother . I cannot express the strong , joyous emotions in my breast nor the pious joy which my parents manifested on my ...
... heard nothing from me after the battle of Harlem Heights , save that I was there , nor did they know aught of my brother . I cannot express the strong , joyous emotions in my breast nor the pious joy which my parents manifested on my ...
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... heard of in Massachusetts for a meeting - house was put up by the First Congregation of Boston in 1773 . In January , 1822 , when I was ten years old , the ladies of the parish procured the first stove , and in gratitude their names ...
... heard of in Massachusetts for a meeting - house was put up by the First Congregation of Boston in 1773 . In January , 1822 , when I was ten years old , the ladies of the parish procured the first stove , and in gratitude their names ...
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Page 229 - Thus to relieve the wretched was his pride, And e'en his failings lean'd to virtue's side; But in his duty prompt at every call, He watch'd and wept, he pray'd and felt for all : And, as a bird each fond endearment tries, To tempt its new-fledged offspring to the skies, He tried each art, reproved each dull delay, Allured to brighter worlds, and led the way.
Page 204 - Let not conscience make you linger, Nor of fitness fondly dream ; All the fitness he requireth, Is to feel your need of him ; This he gives you ; 'Tis the Spirit's rising beam.
Page 292 - And I am sure that when I come unto you, I shall come in the fulness of the blessing of the gospel of Christ.
Page 30 - I'LL praise my Maker with my breath ; And when my voice is lost in death, Praise shall employ my nobler powers : My days of praise shall ne'er be past, While life, and thought, and being last, Or immortality endures.
Page 312 - HOLY Scripture containeth all things necessary to salvation : so that whatsoever is not read therein, nor may be proved thereby, is not to be required of any man, that it should be believed as an Article of the Faith, or be thought requisite or necessary to salvation.
Page 31 - Jesus can make a dying bed Feel soft as downy pillows are, While on his breast I lean my head, And breathe my life out sweetly there.
Page 182 - shine as the brightness of the firmament, and as the stars for ever and ever.
Page 7 - My boast is not that I deduce my birth From loins enthroned, and rulers of the earth; But higher far my proud pretensions rise,— The son of parents passed into the skies!
Page 123 - John Anderson my jo. John Anderson my jo, John, We clamb the hill thegither ; And mony a canty day, John, We've had wi' ane anither : Now we maun totter down, John, But hand in hand we'll go, And sleep thegither at the foot, John Anderson my jo.
Page 208 - Glory be to God on high, on earth peace, good will towards men...