Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania, Volume 161836 |
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... side at the end of the arm , similar to Barker's rotary tube mill , as described in the books ; It immediately occurred to me that here was the pow - a gill of water put into this barrel , with fire applied to er to propel any wagon ...
... side at the end of the arm , similar to Barker's rotary tube mill , as described in the books ; It immediately occurred to me that here was the pow - a gill of water put into this barrel , with fire applied to er to propel any wagon ...
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... side of Market street , where the driving of twelve saws , in heavy frames , sawing at the rate of 100 feet of marble stone in 12 hours , made a great show , and ex- cited much attention . I thought this was sufficient to convince the ...
... side of Market street , where the driving of twelve saws , in heavy frames , sawing at the rate of 100 feet of marble stone in 12 hours , made a great show , and ex- cited much attention . I thought this was sufficient to convince the ...
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... side walks were inundated , and the cellers of the buildings filled , literally filled with water . This was the case on the east side of Dock street , from Walnut to Second street , and of course much injury was sustained by the own ...
... side walks were inundated , and the cellers of the buildings filled , literally filled with water . This was the case on the east side of Dock street , from Walnut to Second street , and of course much injury was sustained by the own ...
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... side of Dock street at the corner above Second street , not only was the cellar filled , but the water was a foot deep in the bar room . The street called Little Dock street , as far as its junction with Second street , suffered in the ...
... side of Dock street at the corner above Second street , not only was the cellar filled , but the water was a foot deep in the bar room . The street called Little Dock street , as far as its junction with Second street , suffered in the ...
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... side being hills covered JOHN SERGEANT . with oak , and rising from the water's edge , at a slope of one or two hundred feet in forty perches . In some places a margin of two or three rods wide is low enough to be covered by the floods ...
... side being hills covered JOHN SERGEANT . with oak , and rising from the water's edge , at a slope of one or two hundred feet in forty perches . In some places a margin of two or three rods wide is low enough to be covered by the floods ...
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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.