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... friends , from motives of indifference or delicacy , which , though of course entitled to respect , are none the less to be deplored in the result to which they have led . It was the author's design to have the sketches inserted ( v )
... friends , from motives of indifference or delicacy , which , though of course entitled to respect , are none the less to be deplored in the result to which they have led . It was the author's design to have the sketches inserted ( v )
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... friends , that a sketch of himself , which they would prepare , should have a place in his book . As , however , most persons wish to know something of one who stands thus related to the volume which they read , the following brief ...
... friends , that a sketch of himself , which they would prepare , should have a place in his book . As , however , most persons wish to know something of one who stands thus related to the volume which they read , the following brief ...
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... friends of those whose names it has drawn from the past , or shall transmit to the future , with an earnest desire that it may impart corresponding interest to them , as well as stimulate the coming generations of Old Cumberland to an ...
... friends of those whose names it has drawn from the past , or shall transmit to the future , with an earnest desire that it may impart corresponding interest to them , as well as stimulate the coming generations of Old Cumberland to an ...
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... FRIEND : 5th of 1st Mo. , 1681 . My true love in the Lord salutes thee , and dear friends that love the Lord's precious truth in those parts . Thine I have , and for my business here , know that after many waitings , watchings ...
... FRIEND : 5th of 1st Mo. , 1681 . My true love in the Lord salutes thee , and dear friends that love the Lord's precious truth in those parts . Thine I have , and for my business here , know that after many waitings , watchings ...
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... friends , and sailed for Pennsylvania , in the ship Welcome , on the 30th August , 1682. Near a hundred colonists accompanied him , many of whom died of small - pox during the voyage . At length , after a long passage , the gallant ship ...
... friends , and sailed for Pennsylvania , in the ship Welcome , on the 30th August , 1682. Near a hundred colonists accompanied him , many of whom died of small - pox during the voyage . At length , after a long passage , the gallant ship ...
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Centennial Biography: Men of Mark of Cumberland Valley, Pa., 1776-1876 Alfred Nevin No preview available - 2016 |
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Page 205 - As for me, this is my covenant with them, saith the Lord ; My spirit that is upon thee, and my words which I have put in thy mouth, shall not depart out of thy mouth, nor out of the mouth of thy seed, nor out of the mouth of thy seed's seed, saith the Lord, from henceforth and for ever.
Page 7 - There was woman's fearless eye, Lit by her deep love's truth ; There was manhood's brow serenely high, And the fiery heart of youth. What sought they thus afar ? Bright jewels of the mine ? The wealth of seas, the spoils of war ? They sought a faith's pure shrine ! Ay, call it holy ground, The soil where first they trod. They have left unstained what there they found — Freedom to worship God.
Page 176 - But the mercy of the Lord is from everlasting to everlasting upon them that fear him; and his righteousness unto children's children ; to such as keep his covenant, and to those that remember his commandments to do them.
Page 144 - May, 1891, he was appointed a justice of the supreme court to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Justice John R.
Page 5 - ... to vary the name; for I feared lest it should be looked on as a vanity in me, and not as a respect in the King, as it truly was, to my father, whom he often mentions with praise.
Page 306 - I repose in this quiet and secluded spot, not from any natural preference for solitude, but, finding other cemeteries limited as to race by charter rules, I have chosen this, that I might illustrate in my death the principles which I advocated through a long life, Equality of Man before his Creator.
Page 5 - Council, this day my country was confirmed to me under the great seal of England, with large powers and privileges, by the name of Pennsylvania, a name the King would give it, in honor of my father.
Page 6 - ... 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 323 - The character of Mr. Penrose was distinguished by many strong and prominent points. He was emphatically self-reliant, depending on his own resources in the accomplishment of his plans and purposes. The earnestness of his temperament was indicated in everything he undertook. Whatever his hand found to do, he did with all his might.
Page 256 - The blessing of him that was ready to perish came upon me : and I caused the widow's heart to sing for joy. I put on righteousness, and it clothed me : my judgment was as a robe and a diadem.