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... river which bears his name . Imagine his amazement , had some prophetic spirit revealed that this island would , in two centuries from the first European settlement , em- brace a population of twice fifty thousand souls . Europe ...
... river which bears his name . Imagine his amazement , had some prophetic spirit revealed that this island would , in two centuries from the first European settlement , em- brace a population of twice fifty thousand souls . Europe ...
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... River . It was here that American genius , seizing the arm of European science , bent to the purpose of our favourite parent art the wildest and most devouring element . The patron , the inventor , -are no more . But the } names of ...
... River . It was here that American genius , seizing the arm of European science , bent to the purpose of our favourite parent art the wildest and most devouring element . The patron , the inventor , -are no more . But the } names of ...
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... rivers ; yet our soil has been consecrat- ed by the blood of heroes , and by great and holy deeds of peace . Its wide extent has become one vast temple and hallowed asylum , sanctified by the prayers and bless- ings of the persecuted of ...
... rivers ; yet our soil has been consecrat- ed by the blood of heroes , and by great and holy deeds of peace . Its wide extent has become one vast temple and hallowed asylum , sanctified by the prayers and bless- ings of the persecuted of ...
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... rivers , and not yet planted by any Christians , he returned for England , and represented to the king , that the colony of Virginia had not as yet occupied any lands beyond Potowmack river ; whereupon he obtained a promise of the ...
... rivers , and not yet planted by any Christians , he returned for England , and represented to the king , that the colony of Virginia had not as yet occupied any lands beyond Potowmack river ; whereupon he obtained a promise of the ...
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... river , which divides Chester from Lancaster county . His pa- rents were natives of Ireland , but their earlier ancestors , it is believed , came originally from Scotland . His father , John Williamson , was an industrious tradesman ...
... river , which divides Chester from Lancaster county . His pa- rents were natives of Ireland , but their earlier ancestors , it is believed , came originally from Scotland . His father , John Williamson , was an industrious tradesman ...
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