Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania, Volume 161836 |
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... resolved to do it . When the work was finished . I in the road of any exertions to make a discovery .. put wheels under it ; and though it was equal in weight They said I might produce something useful , and or . to two hundred barrels ...
... resolved to do it . When the work was finished . I in the road of any exertions to make a discovery .. put wheels under it ; and though it was equal in weight They said I might produce something useful , and or . to two hundred barrels ...
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... Resolved , That we cannot see no reason why we , as Boatmen , have not as good a right to regulate our prices , as any other class of people . Resolved , As long as we leave our prices to be regu- always be kept as slaves . lated by any ...
... Resolved , That we cannot see no reason why we , as Boatmen , have not as good a right to regulate our prices , as any other class of people . Resolved , As long as we leave our prices to be regu- always be kept as slaves . lated by any ...
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... Resolved , That application be made to the Legisla- ture. 1835. ] near Front street , where the ground is elevated , up to the Exchange near to Third street . Scarcely a cellar escaped inundation . Some of them were filled up to the ...
... Resolved , That application be made to the Legisla- ture. 1835. ] near Front street , where the ground is elevated , up to the Exchange near to Third street . Scarcely a cellar escaped inundation . Some of them were filled up to the ...
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Resolved , That application be made to the Legisla- ture for the incorporation of a company or companies to improve the navigation of the Allegheny River from Pittsburgh to the New York State line , and that the Legislature be asked to ...
Resolved , That application be made to the Legisla- ture for the incorporation of a company or companies to improve the navigation of the Allegheny River from Pittsburgh to the New York State line , and that the Legislature be asked to ...
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... Resolved , That a committe of corres- pondence be appointed to inquire of and cousult with such public bodies or private individuals as they may deem proper , to further the objects of this Convention in the improvement of the Allegheny ...
... Resolved , That a committe of corres- pondence be appointed to inquire of and cousult with such public bodies or private individuals as they may deem proper , to further the objects of this Convention in the improvement of the Allegheny ...
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Page 294 - Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise (That last infirmity of noble mind) To scorn delights and live laborious days; But the fair guerdon when we hope to find, And think to burst out into sudden blaze, Comes the blind Fury with the abhorred shears, And slits the thin-spun life. 'But not the praise...
Page 168 - And, when I am forgotten, as I shall be, And sleep in dull cold marble, where no mention Of me more must be heard of, say, I taught thee; Say, Wolsey, that once trod the ways of glory, And sounded all the depths and shoals of honour...
Page 131 - In order to come within the provision of the constitution of the United States which declares that no state shall pass any law impairing the obligation of contracts...
Page 268 - Man that is born of a woman Is of few days, and full of trouble. He cometh forth like a flower and is cut down; He fleeth as a shadow and continueth not.
Page 289 - The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness.
Page 301 - ... comes home in its effects to every man's fire-side; — it passes on his property, his reputation, his life, his all. Is it not to the last degree important, that he should be rendered perfectly and completely independent, with nothing to control him but God and his conscience?
Page 132 - that the laws of the several States, except where the Constitution, treaties, or statutes of the United States shall otherwise require or provide, shall be regarded as rules of decision in trials at common law in the courts of the United States, in cases where they apply.
Page 292 - I do not conceive we can exist long as a nation without having lodged somewhere a power, which will pervade the whole Union in as energetic a manner as the authority of the State governments extends over the several States.
Page 30 - Resolved, that the clerk of the corporation be requested to transmit a copy of these resolutions to the family of the deceased.
Page 290 - ... our lordly masters in Great Britain will be satisfied with nothing less than the deprivation of American freedom, it seems highly necessary that something should be done to avert the stroke, and maintain the liberty, which we have derived from our ancestors.