Popular Biography: Embracing the Most Eminent Characters of Every Age, Nation, and Profession, Including Painters, Poets, Philosophers, Politicians, Heroes, Warriors, &c., &cLeavitt & Allen, 1832 - 526 páginas |
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Página 3 - ... a member of the state legislature. He was a member of the convention which formed the constitution Т the state, and of that which formed the constitution of...
Página 5 - In 1787, he was a member of the convention, which framed the constitution of the United States, and his name is affixed to that instrument. In October, 1788, he succeeded Franklin as president of the supreme executive council of Pennsylvania, in which station he continued till October.
Página 9 - ... to dive into the depths of dungeons, to plunge into the infection of hospitals, to survey the mansions of sorrow and pain, to take the gauge and dimensions of misery, depression and contempt, to remember the forgotten, to attend to the neglected, to visit the forsaken, and to compare and collate the distresses of all men in all countries.
Página 269 - It was while he was with his brother, that he began to try his powers of literary composition. Street ballads, and articles in a newspaper, were his first efforts. Dissatisfied with the manner in which he was treated by his relative, he, at the age of seventeen, privately quitted him, and went to Philadelphia, where he obtained employment. Deluded by a promise of patronage from the governor, Sir William Keith, he visited England to procure the necessary materials for establishing a printing office...
Página 279 - Enow of such, as for their bellies' sake Creep and intrude and climb into the fold! Of other care they little reckoning make Than how to scramble at the shearers' feast, And shove away the worthy bidden guest. Blind mouths! that scarce themselves know how to hold A sheep-hook, or have learned aught else the least That to the faithful herdman's art belongs!
Página 172 - Rockingham administration, Pitt was appointed lord privy seal, and was raised to the peerage with the title of earl of Chatham. He acquired no glory as one of the new and ill assorted ministry, and he withdrew from it in November, 1768. Though suffering severely from gout, be continued to speak in parliament upon all important questions.
Página 7 - He eats little, drinks little, sleeps little, thinks much, and is most indefatigable in the pursuit of his object. It was this man, who by his superior application, managed, at once the factions in Congress at Philadelphia, and the factions of New-England.
Página 102 - Virginia, and was from infancy addicted to hunting in the woods. He set out on an expedition to explore the region of Kentucky, in May, 1769, with five companions. After meeting with a variety of adventures, Boone was left with his brother, the only white men in the wilderness. They passed the winter in a cabin, and, in the summer of 1770, traversed the country to the Cumberland River. In September, 1773, Boone commenced his removal to Kentucky, with his own and five other families.
Página 8 - Americans were eager that the freedom and equality, which they themselves enjoyed, should be extended to the subjects of the French monarch. Washington anticipated the plans of the factious, and, by prudence and firmness, subdued insurrection, and silenced discontent, till the parties, which the intrigues of Genet, the French envoy, had roused to rebellion, were convinced of the wildness of their measures, and of the wisdom of their governor. The president completed, in 1796, the business of his...
Página 104 - His works principally relate to mineralogy and mining, and are much valued. The process of amalgamation was greatly improved by him. BORROMEO, CHARLES, a cardinal, justly celebrated for his virtues, was of an illustrious Lombard family, and was born, in 1538, at the castle of Arona, in the Milanese. He was created a cardinal and archbishop of Milan, by his uncle Pope Pius IV.