The Port Folio, Volume 5Editor and Asbury Dickens, 1811 - Philadelphia (Pa.) |
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... town in Sundgau . His father , whose an- cestors had emigrated from France , when the edict of Nantz was revoked , was by trade a tailor , and had great difficulty to maintain himself and his family , by means of his industry . His ...
... town in Sundgau . His father , whose an- cestors had emigrated from France , when the edict of Nantz was revoked , was by trade a tailor , and had great difficulty to maintain himself and his family , by means of his industry . His ...
Page 8
... town , whence he removed in his fifteenth year to the iron works of M. de la Lampe , situated in the vicinity , where he was appointed book keeper , and obtained an opportunity of learning the French language . Two years after , Mr ...
... town , whence he removed in his fifteenth year to the iron works of M. de la Lampe , situated in the vicinity , where he was appointed book keeper , and obtained an opportunity of learning the French language . Two years after , Mr ...
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... town , or the North Shore . The most common family names are Coffin , and Bunker , and Starbuck , and Hussey , which are frequently combined according to the genius of the place , with the scriptural sirnames of Peleg , and Shubal , and ...
... town , or the North Shore . The most common family names are Coffin , and Bunker , and Starbuck , and Hussey , which are frequently combined according to the genius of the place , with the scriptural sirnames of Peleg , and Shubal , and ...
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... town is supposed to have nearly doubled its population , in the last twenty years . Several new streets have been laid out in straight lines , and a number of houses have been built , within a year or two , with cielings of ten feet ...
... town is supposed to have nearly doubled its population , in the last twenty years . Several new streets have been laid out in straight lines , and a number of houses have been built , within a year or two , with cielings of ten feet ...
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... town to make themselves welcome at any table in the place ; and when they went away to take what fish , they pleased , for nothing . Now two or three widowed families make a living by entertain- ing strangers , and if they want fish ...
... town to make themselves welcome at any table in the place ; and when they went away to take what fish , they pleased , for nothing . Now two or three widowed families make a living by entertain- ing strangers , and if they want fish ...
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