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... hand , erected a structure of government that was stable , capacious and elevated , whose prosperity and greatness command admiration , and which , by public accord , constitutes the great keystone of the political arch of the American ...
... hand , erected a structure of government that was stable , capacious and elevated , whose prosperity and greatness command admiration , and which , by public accord , constitutes the great keystone of the political arch of the American ...
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... hands of the British , were dying by starvation . Through the importunity , however , of Mrs. Ramsey , Captain Thompson , who had formerly been an apprentice to her husband , was made to desist , and , as he countermarched his company ...
... hands of the British , were dying by starvation . Through the importunity , however , of Mrs. Ramsey , Captain Thompson , who had formerly been an apprentice to her husband , was made to desist , and , as he countermarched his company ...
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... hand we regret the occasion which has brought from their homes men of all situations who have made sacrifices ... hands of our beloved President , can only be considered as an object of terror by the wicked , and will be looked up to by ...
... hand we regret the occasion which has brought from their homes men of all situations who have made sacrifices ... hands of our beloved President , can only be considered as an object of terror by the wicked , and will be looked up to by ...
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... hand , and as he pronounced the words , ' farewell , farewell ! ' he sank down , and expired without a groan or struggle . His remains rest where the church now stands , the only monument of his memory . " After Mr. Craighead's demise ...
... hand , and as he pronounced the words , ' farewell , farewell ! ' he sank down , and expired without a groan or struggle . His remains rest where the church now stands , the only monument of his memory . " After Mr. Craighead's demise ...
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... hand , would gather to the spring - head and drink of its limpid waters , or stroll away at will among the rocks and trees of the surrounding grove . In that same old " Study House , " says Mr. Wightman , there was , during the ...
... hand , would gather to the spring - head and drink of its limpid waters , or stroll away at will among the rocks and trees of the surrounding grove . In that same old " Study House , " says Mr. Wightman , there was , during the ...
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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.