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... mile , and is almost uniformly ascending to the summit of the South Valley Hill , near the War- ren , where the elevation is 547 feet above tide , making a rise of 323 feet in about 20 miles . The gradation of this part of the line has ...
... mile , and is almost uniformly ascending to the summit of the South Valley Hill , near the War- ren , where the elevation is 547 feet above tide , making a rise of 323 feet in about 20 miles . The gradation of this part of the line has ...
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... miles west of the Warren . Having now traversed the route leading through the The land in the Chester valley is of excellent quality , counties of Philadelphia and Delaware , and entered improved to a high degree by cultivation . Of ...
... miles west of the Warren . Having now traversed the route leading through the The land in the Chester valley is of excellent quality , counties of Philadelphia and Delaware , and entered improved to a high degree by cultivation . Of ...
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... miles to the main branch of the Brandywine , immediately south of the flourishing village of Downingtown . The graduation continues to be descending at the rate of twenty - eight feet in the mile , to within half a mile of the creek ...
... miles to the main branch of the Brandywine , immediately south of the flourishing village of Downingtown . The graduation continues to be descending at the rate of twenty - eight feet in the mile , to within half a mile of the creek ...
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... miles below the city . About the 1st of November ' they were put on board a British vessel , which sailed to New York , where he was exchanged , and immediately returned to the service of his country . On the 16th of November , 1783 ...
... miles below the city . About the 1st of November ' they were put on board a British vessel , which sailed to New York , where he was exchanged , and immediately returned to the service of his country . On the 16th of November , 1783 ...
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... mile distance , the road cut through a valuable quarry of solid rock , ac- quires an elevation of some twenty or thirty ... miles lower down has been in operation some years . In this valley are situated the " Warm Springs , " a place of ...
... mile distance , the road cut through a valuable quarry of solid rock , ac- quires an elevation of some twenty or thirty ... miles lower down has been in operation some years . In this valley are situated the " Warm Springs , " a place of ...
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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...