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... continued the field they covered gradually widened until it embraced all the middle and northern counties , and to some extent included the state at large . Over two hundred ancient documents , letters , deeds , bonds , bills and ...
... continued the field they covered gradually widened until it embraced all the middle and northern counties , and to some extent included the state at large . Over two hundred ancient documents , letters , deeds , bonds , bills and ...
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... continued peace , giving to the people the opportunity of cultivating their fields and promoting agriculture , the foundation of opulence in all countries . Some historians consider that garden and field cultivation in 1618 were ...
... continued peace , giving to the people the opportunity of cultivating their fields and promoting agriculture , the foundation of opulence in all countries . Some historians consider that garden and field cultivation in 1618 were ...
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... continued strides were made toward betterment . But on the western frontier and along the valley of the Rhine and its tributaries no such opportunity was given the exhausted people for regeneration and revival . Peace had not come to ...
... continued strides were made toward betterment . But on the western frontier and along the valley of the Rhine and its tributaries no such opportunity was given the exhausted people for regeneration and revival . Peace had not come to ...
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... continued to acquire land in the province , and retained his friendship with the people through correspondence . Before this royal governor embarked for America he was invited by the Board of Trade to make suggestions regarding the ...
... continued to acquire land in the province , and retained his friendship with the people through correspondence . Before this royal governor embarked for America he was invited by the Board of Trade to make suggestions regarding the ...
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... continued , up to the time of the Revolution , to be the objective point for German emigrants . Ships , brigantines , scows , pinks and bilanders , mostly English bottoms , plied with great regularity between the Maas and the Delaware ...
... continued , up to the time of the Revolution , to be the objective point for German emigrants . Ships , brigantines , scows , pinks and bilanders , mostly English bottoms , plied with great regularity between the Maas and the Delaware ...
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Page 623 - Like leaves on trees the race of man is found, Now green in youth, now withering on the ground; Another race the following spring supplies; They fall successive, and successive rise: So generations in their course decay; So flourish these, when those are pass'd away.
Page 344 - I desire most earnestly that I may not be buried in any church or churchyard, or within a mile of any Presbyterian or Anabaptist meeting-house; for, since I have resided in this country, I have kept so much bad company while living that I do not choose to continue it when dead.
Page 220 - We cannot allow the colonies to check, or discourage in any degree, a traffic so beneficial to the nation.
Page 222 - Serve God daily, love one another, preserve your victuals, beware of fire, and keepe good companie.
Page 213 - I could wish myself accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen...
Page 102 - Not a drop of our blood have you spilled in battle* — not an acre of our land have you taken but by our consent.
Page 47 - America, not to go to New York, where the government had shown itself so unequitable. This advice had such influence that the Germans, who afterwards went in great numbers to North America, constantly avoided New York, and always went to Pennsylvania. It sometimes happened that they were forced to go on board such ships as were bound for New York, but they were scarce got on shore when they hastened to Pennsylvania, in sight of all the inhabitants of New York.
Page 1 - AT Atri in Abruzzo, a small town Of ancient Roman date, but scant renown, One of those little places that have run Half up the hill, beneath a blazing sun, And then sat down to rest, as if to say, " I climb no farther upward, come what may...
Page 315 - I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country...
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