The History of Pennsylvania in North America, from the Original Institution and Settlement of that Province Under the First Proprietor and Governor, William Penn, in 1681, Till After the Year 1742: With an Introduction Respecting the Life of W. Penn, Prior to the Grant of the Province, and the Religious Society of the People Called Quakers : with the First Rise of the Neighbouring Colonies, More Particularly of West-New-Jersey, and the Settlement of the Dutch and Swedes on Delaware : to which is Added a Brief Description of the Said Province and of the General States in which it Flourished, Principally Between the Years 1760 and 1770 : the Whole Including a Variety of Things, Useful and Interesting to be Known, Respecting that Country in Early Time, &c. : with an AppendixZachariah Poulson, Junior, number eighty, Chesnut-Street, 1797 - Delaware |
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... , or , that a renovation , or melioration , to balance this decay , is always neceffary , both in an individual and collective capacity ? -But then do all ^ W. Penn a wife pro- moter of improve- ment Preface dedicatory . 7.
... , or , that a renovation , or melioration , to balance this decay , is always neceffary , both in an individual and collective capacity ? -But then do all ^ W. Penn a wife pro- moter of improve- ment Preface dedicatory . 7.
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... ment , & c . Extracts from W. Penn's writings . all the boasted improvement of men , or melio- ration of the human race , & c . in reality , and in the general , amount to any more , than what is intimated by this fimilitude ? viz ...
... ment , & c . Extracts from W. Penn's writings . all the boasted improvement of men , or melio- ration of the human race , & c . in reality , and in the general , amount to any more , than what is intimated by this fimilitude ? viz ...
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... ment indulge that , which it is inftituted to cor- the magif rect ? This were to render the magiftracy ufelefs , and tracy , & c . the bearing of the fword vain ; there would be then no fuch thing , in government , as a terror to evil ...
... ment indulge that , which it is inftituted to cor- the magif rect ? This were to render the magiftracy ufelefs , and tracy , & c . the bearing of the fword vain ; there would be then no fuch thing , in government , as a terror to evil ...
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... ment . Great im- Respecting modes of government , the memo- rable founder of that of Pennsylvania declares , - " There is hardly one frame of government , in the world , fo ill defigned by its firft founder , that , in good hands would ...
... ment . Great im- Respecting modes of government , the memo- rable founder of that of Pennsylvania declares , - " There is hardly one frame of government , in the world , fo ill defigned by its firft founder , that , in good hands would ...
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... ment of it to be founded on fuch notions ; William ther coun Penn was far from being actuated by the extrava- tries , & c . gance of this kind of enthufiafm , in giving fuch an excellent example to mankind , and fhewing them how happy ...
... ment of it to be founded on fuch notions ; William ther coun Penn was far from being actuated by the extrava- tries , & c . gance of this kind of enthufiafm , in giving fuch an excellent example to mankind , and fhewing them how happy ...
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