Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Том 5M'Carty and Davis, 1855 |
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... position . So far as its ostensible objects were concerned , it would have perfectly answered the purpose , and the trade it would secure would have been prodigious : nor could the English , everything considered , have made any very ...
... position . So far as its ostensible objects were concerned , it would have perfectly answered the purpose , and the trade it would secure would have been prodigious : nor could the English , everything considered , have made any very ...
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... position to terribly annoy , if not to entirely overcome them , in the event of war , but also to clog and embarrass their prosperity during time of peace . A very great staple of that commerce which made America so valuable to Great ...
... position to terribly annoy , if not to entirely overcome them , in the event of war , but also to clog and embarrass their prosperity during time of peace . A very great staple of that commerce which made America so valuable to Great ...
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... position ; but the haughtiness of his character , and the lack of affa bility in his manners , prevented his ever attaining any great degree of popularity with the Canadians . Neverthe- less , he seems to have been possessed of some ...
... position ; but the haughtiness of his character , and the lack of affa bility in his manners , prevented his ever attaining any great degree of popularity with the Canadians . Neverthe- less , he seems to have been possessed of some ...
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... position , but which , in the manner in which the business was managed , must have afforded endless opportunities for the acquire- ment of ill - gotten gains . Together with the proper provisions and stores , all sorts of goods , always ...
... position , but which , in the manner in which the business was managed , must have afforded endless opportunities for the acquire- ment of ill - gotten gains . Together with the proper provisions and stores , all sorts of goods , always ...
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... position and character , it is not unjust to admit the truth of the facts upon which he bases his conclusions : but ignorant as , from the very nature of his subordinate rank , he must have been of the state arrangements and politic ...
... position and character , it is not unjust to admit the truth of the facts upon which he bases his conclusions : but ignorant as , from the very nature of his subordinate rank , he must have been of the state arrangements and politic ...
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Стр. 81 - America, will have their places at home so soon supplied and increase so largely here ; why should the Palatine boors be suffered to swarm into our settlements, and, by herding together, establish their language and manners, to the exclusion of ours? Why should Pennsylvania, founded by the English, become a colony of aliens, who will shortly be so numerous as to Germanize us instead of our Anglifying them, and will never adopt our language or customs any more than they can acquire our complexion?
Стр. 69 - Reasons we charge you to remove instantly; we don't give you the Liberty to think about it. You are Women. Take the Advice of a wise Man, and remove immediately. You may return to the other Side of...
Стр. 68 - Tlus land you claim is gone through your guts ; you have been furnished with clothes, meat and drink, by the goods paid you for it, and now you want it again, like children as you are.
Стр. 90 - They chant their artless notes in simple guise; They tune their hearts, by far the noblest aim : Perhaps "Dundee's" wild warbling measures rise, Or plaintive "Martyrs...
Стр. 114 - 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.
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Стр. xiii - ... two good cooks, who could make an excellent ragout out of a pair of boots, had they but materials to toss them up with.
Стр. 67 - Lehigh rivers, extending in depth as far as a man could walk in a day and a half.
Стр. 119 - ... a very Iroquois in disposition. He had a sister, who, having gamed away all her little fortune at Bath, hanged herself with a truly English deliberation, leaving only a note upon the table with those lines, ' To die is landing on some silent shore,' &c. When Braddock was told of it, he only said, ' Poor Fanny ! I always thought she would play till she would be forced to tuck herself up.