Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania, Volume 161836 |
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... passed . If it does not extend to pre- vious bonds , suit may be brought at any length of time after default . which the wit of man could suggest , short of an open tice . By that act the Postmaster General is requir- and unequivocal ...
... passed . If it does not extend to pre- vious bonds , suit may be brought at any length of time after default . which the wit of man could suggest , short of an open tice . By that act the Postmaster General is requir- and unequivocal ...
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... passed an act granting me the exclu- could understand my explanations , and I could find no sive use of them as prayed for . This act is dated March one willing to risk the expense of the experiment . ― , 1787. But no notice is taken of ...
... passed an act granting me the exclu- could understand my explanations , and I could find no sive use of them as prayed for . This act is dated March one willing to risk the expense of the experiment . ― , 1787. But no notice is taken of ...
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... passed within a few miles of our borough on Friday last , doing much injury to the pro- perty that lay in its course . The greatest injury was sustained by persons living on Lycoming creek . The dwelling house of Mr. Alexander Carothers ...
... passed within a few miles of our borough on Friday last , doing much injury to the pro- perty that lay in its course . The greatest injury was sustained by persons living on Lycoming creek . The dwelling house of Mr. Alexander Carothers ...
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... passed by the canal from the Chesapeake , and 85 from the Delaware . Total 218 vessels . The business on this important work is rapid- ' ly increasing . - Resolved , That a Committee of Correspondence be appointed to inquire of and ...
... passed by the canal from the Chesapeake , and 85 from the Delaware . Total 218 vessels . The business on this important work is rapid- ' ly increasing . - Resolved , That a Committee of Correspondence be appointed to inquire of and ...
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... passed at the last session of the Legislature , the produce of the other State shall bear the brand of entitled , " At Act relating to Inspections , " particular- the name of such state or country , and declare that ly with reference to ...
... passed at the last session of the Legislature , the produce of the other State shall bear the brand of entitled , " At Act relating to Inspections , " particular- the name of such state or country , and declare that ly with reference to ...
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Popular passages
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.