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On his way thith- er , he met with an adventure which shows the kind of martyrdom suffered by this political and religious heretic . He had stopped at Bordentown , in New Jersey , to look at a small place he owned there , and to visit ...
On his way thith- er , he met with an adventure which shows the kind of martyrdom suffered by this political and religious heretic . He had stopped at Bordentown , in New Jersey , to look at a small place he owned there , and to visit ...
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... with Henry joined , Rush , Rodney , Langdon , friends of human- kind , Persuasive Dickinson , the farmer's boast , Recording Thompson , pride of all the host , Nash , Jay , the Livingstons , in council great , Rutledge and Laurens ...
... with Henry joined , Rush , Rodney , Langdon , friends of human- kind , Persuasive Dickinson , the farmer's boast , Recording Thompson , pride of all the host , Nash , Jay , the Livingstons , in council great , Rutledge and Laurens ...
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... Mine are precious cabinets , and must have precious jewels put into them ; and I know you to be merchants of stock - fish , dry meat , and not men for my market ; then vanish ! " Barrow said that " poetry was a kind of ingenious ...
... Mine are precious cabinets , and must have precious jewels put into them ; and I know you to be merchants of stock - fish , dry meat , and not men for my market ; then vanish ! " Barrow said that " poetry was a kind of ingenious ...
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You are very kind , Sir , but I only wish you could persuade ' em to let well alone , and at least not try the world till they know more of it . " " Not touch the water till they have learned to swim , eh ?
You are very kind , Sir , but I only wish you could persuade ' em to let well alone , and at least not try the world till they know more of it . " " Not touch the water till they have learned to swim , eh ?
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In general , he was no joker , no anecdotist , and had but a feeble ap- preciation of droll sayings or humorous matters of any kind . But in Greenwich he heard a memorable phrase . Among the tavern - loungers was a man who had evidently ...
In general , he was no joker , no anecdotist , and had but a feeble ap- preciation of droll sayings or humorous matters of any kind . But in Greenwich he heard a memorable phrase . Among the tavern - loungers was a man who had evidently ...
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