Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Volume 3M'Carty and Davis, 1834 |
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Page 177
... object in view , but alterable at the pleasure of the board . They were signed by the trustees on the 13th of November , 1749 . Having thus constituted themselves governors of the pro- posed institution , they proceeded to provide funds ...
... object in view , but alterable at the pleasure of the board . They were signed by the trustees on the 13th of November , 1749 . Having thus constituted themselves governors of the pro- posed institution , they proceeded to provide funds ...
Page 109
... object to exercise and expand the mind . The faculties become torpid , from the want of excitement from external circumstances . I recollect to have heard or read of a German philosopher , who , by shutting himself up in a room from ...
... object to exercise and expand the mind . The faculties become torpid , from the want of excitement from external circumstances . I recollect to have heard or read of a German philosopher , who , by shutting himself up in a room from ...
Page 177
... object on his arrival must have been to con- ciliate the favour of the natives , by friendly conferences , by mutual promises - in short , by treaties of amity and friend- ship . To have shown immediately an extraordinary avidity for ...
... object on his arrival must have been to con- ciliate the favour of the natives , by friendly conferences , by mutual promises - in short , by treaties of amity and friend- ship . To have shown immediately an extraordinary avidity for ...
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THE TRANSLATORS PREFACE | v |
BOOK | 13 |
In what manner at what time and by what European Nations | 24 |
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