The Colonial Homes of Philadelphia and Its NeighbourhoodJ.B. Lippincott, 1912 - 365 pages |
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... person whose Chimney shall take Fire and blaze out at the top , not having been swept within one Calendar Month , shall forfeit and pay the sum of Twenty Shillings ; but if swept within that Time and taking Fire and blazing out at the ...
... person whose Chimney shall take Fire and blaze out at the top , not having been swept within one Calendar Month , shall forfeit and pay the sum of Twenty Shillings ; but if swept within that Time and taking Fire and blazing out at the ...
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... person . The notable person that lived there was none other than Nicholas Waln , the lawyer Nicholas , for there were several other Nicholases in the same family , one of the wittiest and keenest as well as one of the most able men in ...
... person . The notable person that lived there was none other than Nicholas Waln , the lawyer Nicholas , for there were several other Nicholases in the same family , one of the wittiest and keenest as well as one of the most able men in ...
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... person to make a note of the Powel dinners . John Adams , who could always be trusted to chronicle duly anything that tickled his palate , licks his chops , so to speak , in his diary over Mayor Powel's dinners , and sets down a list of ...
... person to make a note of the Powel dinners . John Adams , who could always be trusted to chronicle duly anything that tickled his palate , licks his chops , so to speak , in his diary over Mayor Powel's dinners , and sets down a list of ...
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... person . After several years Chandler Price rented the house to John Potter , an English merchant , who subsequently purchased the property . Thereupon the Comte de Sur- villiers then rented from Stephen Girard a house at the southeast ...
... person . After several years Chandler Price rented the house to John Potter , an English merchant , who subsequently purchased the property . Thereupon the Comte de Sur- villiers then rented from Stephen Girard a house at the southeast ...
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... Persons who have the good of their Country at Heart will give their Attendance , as it must be more laudable than to spend their Time and Money to go and see Horse racing , the Consequence of which is the Corruption of Youth , being an ...
... Persons who have the good of their Country at Heart will give their Attendance , as it must be more laudable than to spend their Time and Money to go and see Horse racing , the Consequence of which is the Corruption of Youth , being an ...
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Page 14 - God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills...
Page 55 - Powel's with and many others; a most sinful feast again! everything which could delight the eye or allure the taste; curds and creams, jellies, sweetmeats of various sorts, twenty sorts of tarts, fools, trifles, floating islands, whipped sillibub &c., &c. Parmesan cheese, punch, wine, porter, beer, etc.
Page 134 - I drew up required that every member, in his turn, should produce one or more queries on any point of Morals, Politics, or Natural Philosophy, to be discussed by the company ; and once in three months produce and read an essay of his own writing, on any subject he pleased.
Page 172 - During noon, in place of the usual games of amusement he has the boys employed in throwing up redoubts, skirmishing, etc. I must be candid with you brother Isaac — unless Anthony pays more attention to his books, I shall be under the painful necessity of dismissing him from the school.
Page 284 - I assure you, sir," writes he, "it is a matter of astonishment to every part of the continent to hear that Pennsylvania, the most opulent and populous of all the States, has but twelve hundred militia in the field, at a time when the enemy are endeavoring to make themselves completely masters of, and to fix their quarters in, her capital.
Page 60 - The Philadelphia Contributionship for the Insurance of Houses from Loss by Fire.
Page 259 - Frenchman : their clothes were parti-coloured, and many of them were almost naked ; the best clad wore hunting shirts, large grey linen coats which were much used in Carolina. As to their military tactics, it will be sufficient to say that, for a regiment ranged in order of battle to move forward on the right of its line, it was necessary for the left to make a continued counter march.
Page 131 - But of all absurdities the ladies going about for money1 exceeded everything; they were so extremely importunate that people were obliged to give them something to get rid of them. Mrs. Beech [Bache] and the set with her, came to our door the morning after thee went, and turned back again. The reason she gave to a person who told me was that she did not chuse to face Mrs. S. or her daughters. "H[annah] Thompson, Mrs. [Robert] Morris, Mrs. [James] Wilson, and a number of very genteel women, paraded...
Page 191 - The more I see of it, the more I am convinced that it is one of the most beautiful and healthful situations I have .known, either in America or in England.
Page 65 - I partook of most excellent tea, and I should be even now still drinking it, I believe, if the Ambassador had not charitably notified me at the twelfth cup that I must put my spoon across it when I wished to finish with this sort of warm water. He said to me : it is almost as ill-bred to refuse a cup of tea when it is offered to you, as it would be indiscreet for the mistress of the house to propose a fresh one, when the ceremony of the spoon has notified her that we no longer wish to partake of...