The Boston News-letter: And City Record, Volume 2Abel Bowen, 1826 |
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... feet on the ground , having a tower 28 feet square , projecting 16 feet in front of the main walls . The church rests upon a basement , about 12 feet high . The whole height of the main wall , is about 40 feet , that of the tower , 65 feet ...
... feet on the ground , having a tower 28 feet square , projecting 16 feet in front of the main walls . The church rests upon a basement , about 12 feet high . The whole height of the main wall , is about 40 feet , that of the tower , 65 feet ...
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... feet and a half deep in the solid rock . This situation refers it to a period so remote , that even an ante- diluvian existence is attributed to it ! On the 12th of May in the House precious relics should be preserved observed " The ...
... feet and a half deep in the solid rock . This situation refers it to a period so remote , that even an ante- diluvian existence is attributed to it ! On the 12th of May in the House precious relics should be preserved observed " The ...
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... feet . The man knocked down was finally recovered , although for two hours he suffered from spasmodic fits . Among the charities of Philadel- phia , may be enumerated the be- quest of Dr Franklin , to the corpo- ration of the city , for ...
... feet . The man knocked down was finally recovered , although for two hours he suffered from spasmodic fits . Among the charities of Philadel- phia , may be enumerated the be- quest of Dr Franklin , to the corpo- ration of the city , for ...
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... feet . by ten in measurement : It is a grievance that the floor of that place should be so much lower than the threshold , that on every rainy day that throng is obliged to stand sole or ancle deep in water , for five or thirty minutes ...
... feet . by ten in measurement : It is a grievance that the floor of that place should be so much lower than the threshold , that on every rainy day that throng is obliged to stand sole or ancle deep in water , for five or thirty minutes ...
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... feet , and yet to look down Valley of Virginia . Spurred onward upon them , they appear like small by impatience , I beheld the sun ris - bushes of perhaps two or three feet ing in splendor , and changing the blue tints on the tops of ...
... feet , and yet to look down Valley of Virginia . Spurred onward upon them , they appear like small by impatience , I beheld the sun ris - bushes of perhaps two or three feet ing in splendor , and changing the blue tints on the tops of ...
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Page 150 - Sir, I know the uncertainty of human affairs, but I see, I see clearly, through this day's business. You and I, indeed, may rue it We may not live to the time when this Declaration shall be made good. We may die; die colonists; die slaves; die, it may be, ignominiously and on the scaffold.
Page 149 - I know there is not a man here, who would not rather see a general conflagration sweep over the land, or an earthquake sink it, than one jot or tittle of that plighted faith fall to the ground. For myself, having, twelve months ago, in this place, moved you, that George Washington be appointed commander of the forces, raised or to be raised, for defence of American liberty, may my right hand forget her cunning, and my tongue cleave to the roof of my mouth, if I hesitate or waver in the support I...
Page 150 - They will celebrate it with thanksgiving, with festivity, with bonfires, and illuminations. On its annual return they will shed tears, copious, gushing tears, not of subjection and slavery, not of agony and distress, but of exultation, of gratitude, and of joy.
Page 150 - But whatever may be our fate, be assured, be assured that this Declaration will stand. It may cost treasure, and it may cost blood; but it will stand, and it will richly compensate for both. Through the thick gloom of the present, I see the brightness of the future, as the sun in heaven.
Page 21 - All eyes are opened, or opening, to the rights of man. The general spread of the light of science has already laid open to every view the palpable truth, that the mass of mankind has not been born with saddles on their backs, nor a favored few booted and spurred, ready to ride them legitimately, by the grace of God.
Page 150 - If we fail, it can be no worse for us. But we shall not fail. The cause will raise up armies; the cause will create navies. The people, the people, if we are true to them, will carry us, and will carry themselves, gloriously, through this struggle. I care not how fickle other people have been found. I know the people of these colonies, and I know that resistance to British aggression is deep and settled in their hearts and cannot be eradicated.
Page 149 - Sink or swim, live or die, survive or perish, I give my hand and my heart to this vote. It is true, indeed*, that in the beginning we aimed not at Independence.
Page 90 - Wherefore now let the fear of the LORD be upon you; take heed and do it: for there is no iniquity with the LORD our God, nor respect of persons, nor taking of gifts.
Page 149 - Why then, why then, sir, do we not as soon as possible change this from a civil to a national war ? And since, we must fight it through, why not put ourselves in a state to enjoy all the benefits of victory, if we gain the victory? If we fail, it can be no worse for us. But we shall not fail.
Page 117 - For life is a kind of Chess, in which we have often points to gain, and competitors or adversaries to contend with, and in which there is a vast variety of good and ill events, that are, in some degree, the effects of prudence or the want of it.