Anecdotes of Public Men, Volume 2Harper, 1881 - Statesmen |
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Page 85
... Quaker grave to avoid the certain collapse of a universe soon to be drowned in another deluge — of ink ; smothered in one vast shroud of newspapers ; or buried under a ponderous pyramid of books , uncut , unread , uncritised , and ...
... Quaker grave to avoid the certain collapse of a universe soon to be drowned in another deluge — of ink ; smothered in one vast shroud of newspapers ; or buried under a ponderous pyramid of books , uncut , unread , uncritised , and ...
Page 197
... Quaker City ; or Edmund Kean , Edwin Forrest , William C. Macready , William E. Burton ; or De Tocqueville , the French traveller ; Louis Phi- lippe , before he became King of the French ; Joseph Bona- parte , from his palace at ...
... Quaker City ; or Edmund Kean , Edwin Forrest , William C. Macready , William E. Burton ; or De Tocqueville , the French traveller ; Louis Phi- lippe , before he became King of the French ; Joseph Bona- parte , from his palace at ...
Page 221
... Quaker Demo- crat struck home . General Jackson carried it himself to the Department of State , and , by due course of mail , came the fol- lowing , under the broad seal of the American Government : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . To all to ...
... Quaker Demo- crat struck home . General Jackson carried it himself to the Department of State , and , by due course of mail , came the fol- lowing , under the broad seal of the American Government : UNITED STATES OF AMERICA . To all to ...
Page 342
... Quaker , and , one day resting from his plough under a tree on the very farm referred to , pulled a daisy to pieces , and , observing some of the more obvious marvels of its construction , suddenly woke to a consciousness of his pitiful ...
... Quaker , and , one day resting from his plough under a tree on the very farm referred to , pulled a daisy to pieces , and , observing some of the more obvious marvels of its construction , suddenly woke to a consciousness of his pitiful ...
Page 351
... Quaker in the year of our Lord 1682 . Richard Peters , the uncle of the great judge , after whom he was called , purchased a portion of the ground on which Bei- mont now stands in 1750 , and in 1772 conveyed it to his nephew Richard ...
... Quaker in the year of our Lord 1682 . Richard Peters , the uncle of the great judge , after whom he was called , purchased a portion of the ground on which Bei- mont now stands in 1750 , and in 1772 conveyed it to his nephew Richard ...
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