Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania, Volume 121834 - Pennsylvania |
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... called the people to order , and the work which constituted the attraction of the occasion com- menced . The immense block of marble called the corner stone , was raised by means of sheers , and lower- ed into its appointed place . The ...
... called the people to order , and the work which constituted the attraction of the occasion com- menced . The immense block of marble called the corner stone , was raised by means of sheers , and lower- ed into its appointed place . The ...
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... called Hayden- 100 feet , we found another large avenue , near 30 feet town , from thence ascending the mountain in a north - wide , 50 or 60 feet high , and about 400 yards in length ; easterly direction for about five miles , we ...
... called Hayden- 100 feet , we found another large avenue , near 30 feet town , from thence ascending the mountain in a north - wide , 50 or 60 feet high , and about 400 yards in length ; easterly direction for about five miles , we ...
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... called for a pot of ale , and set himself down at a small table , near to a door which opened a passage to the back part of the house . He had not been long seated , before a singular looking old gentleman came in , and passed through ...
... called for a pot of ale , and set himself down at a small table , near to a door which opened a passage to the back part of the house . He had not been long seated , before a singular looking old gentleman came in , and passed through ...
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... called the North and ted - with very little wood , and that little very rapidly South Valley Hills . The formation of the valley is lime- disappearing . Coal obtained from the Schuylkill is al- stone of the transition kind , which soon ...
... called the North and ted - with very little wood , and that little very rapidly South Valley Hills . The formation of the valley is lime- disappearing . Coal obtained from the Schuylkill is al- stone of the transition kind , which soon ...
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... called Hogback Hill , and routed them from their ambuscade , with some loss of killed ground to fight on , and if they did not succeed , the al- ternative was to sell their lives as dearly as possible . If another day should close upon ...
... called Hogback Hill , and routed them from their ambuscade , with some loss of killed ground to fight on , and if they did not succeed , the al- ternative was to sell their lives as dearly as possible . If another day should close upon ...
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Page 183 - 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.
Page 330 - ... 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.
Page 173 - I am not worth purchasing; but such as I am, the king of Great Britain is not rich enough to do it.
Page 112 - I choose to solve the controversy with this small distinction, and it belongs to all three: any government is free to the people under it (whatever be the frame) where the laws rule and the people are a party to those laws, and more than this is tyranny, oligarchy, or confusion.
Page 135 - This general was, I think, a brave man, and might probably have made a figure as a good officer in some European war. But he had too much self-confidence, too high an opinion of the validity of regular troops, and too mean a one of both Americans and Indians.
Page 135 - I am to proceed to Niagara; and, having taken that, to Frontenac, if the season will allow time; and I suppose it will, for Duquesne can hardly detain me above three or four days; and then I see nothing that can obstruct my march to Niagara.
Page 199 - I shall be grateful and happy; if not, I shall find in the motives which impel me ample grounds for contentment and peace.
Page 180 - Palladium of your political safety and prosperity; watching for its preservation with jealous anxiety; discountenancing whatever may suggest even a suspicion that it can in any event be abandoned, and indignantly frowning upon the first dawning of every attempt to alienate any portion of our Country from the rest, or to enfeeble the sacred ties which now link together the various parts.
Page 152 - For from the rising of the sun even unto the going down of the same, my name shall be great among the gentiles, and in every place incense shall be offered unto my name, and a pure offering: for my name shall be great among the heathen, saith the Lord of hosts.
Page 135 - Having before revolved in my mind the long line his army must make in their march by a very narrow road, to be cut for them...