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... necessary to practise them : -the citizens of Philadelphia , the districts of Southwark and Northern Liberties , do , by this instrument , present to the above named William Sansom , as a guardian of the poor ; to the above named ...
... necessary to practise them : -the citizens of Philadelphia , the districts of Southwark and Northern Liberties , do , by this instrument , present to the above named William Sansom , as a guardian of the poor ; to the above named ...
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... to acquire for years to come . * * The list here referred to , contained nearly 2,500 names , but is omitted in this fifth edition as no longer necessary . March 1 , 1830 . A SHORT ACCOUNT , & c . CHAPTER I. State xii PREFACE .
... to acquire for years to come . * * The list here referred to , contained nearly 2,500 names , but is omitted in this fifth edition as no longer necessary . March 1 , 1830 . A SHORT ACCOUNT , & c . CHAPTER I. State xii PREFACE .
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... necessary , * At this period , the number of paupers in the Alms House was between three and four hundred ; and the managers , apprehensive of spreading the dis- order among them , enforced the abovementioned order , which had been en ...
... necessary , * At this period , the number of paupers in the Alms House was between three and four hundred ; and the managers , apprehensive of spreading the dis- order among them , enforced the abovementioned order , which had been en ...
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... necessary , to remove them to the hospital . They reserved to themselves , at the same time , the liberty of drawing on the Mayor for such sums as might be necessary to carry their plans into effect . Conformably with these resolves , a ...
... necessary , to remove them to the hospital . They reserved to themselves , at the same time , the liberty of drawing on the Mayor for such sums as might be necessary to carry their plans into effect . Conformably with these resolves , a ...
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... necessary aid that the cases of the sick require ; that the citi- zens be again convened , in order that some effectual means be used , and a plan adopted to mitigate , and , if possible , to afford relief to the afflicted , both in the ...
... necessary aid that the cases of the sick require ; that the citi- zens be again convened , in order that some effectual means be used , and a plan adopted to mitigate , and , if possible , to afford relief to the afflicted , both in the ...
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Sida 420 - Ecstasy ! My pulse, as yours, doth temperately keep time, And makes as healthful music : it is not madness That I have utter'd : bring me to the test, And I the matter will re-word ; which madness Would gambol from.
Sida 420 - ... twere, the mirror up to nature ; to show virtue her own feature, scorn her own image, and the very age and body of the time his form and pressure. Now this overdone or come tardy off, though it make the unskilful laugh, cannot but make the judicious grieve ; the censure of which one must in your allowance o'erweigh a whole theatre of others.
Sida 424 - Why would'st thou be a breeder of sinners ? I am myself indifferent honest ; but yet I could accuse me of such things, that it were better, my mother had not borne me...
Sida 419 - Nor do not saw the air too much with your hand, thus ; but use all gently ; for in the very torrent, tempest, and, as I may say, whirlwind of your passion, you must acquire and beget a temperance that may give it smoothness.
Sida 419 - ... this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory, this most excellent canopy, the air, look you, this brave o'erhanging firmament, this majestical roof fretted with golden fire, why, it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapours.
Sida 420 - ... accent of Christians nor the gait of Christian, pagan, nor man, have so strutted and bellowed that I have thought some of nature's journeymen had made men and not made them well, they imitated humanity so abominably.
Sida 423 - Pale as his shirt, his knees knocking each other, And with a look so piteous in purport As if he had been loosed out of hell To speak of horrors, — he comes before me.
Sida 419 - I have of late — but wherefore I know not — lost all my mirth, forgone all custom of exercises ; and indeed it goes so heavily with my disposition that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory...
Sida 428 - Even for an egg-shell. Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake. How stand I then, That have a father kill'd, a mother stain'd...
Sida 426 - Hold, hold, my heart, And you, my sinews, grow not instant old, But bear me stiffly up ! Remember thee? Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat In this distracted globe.