Colonial Days & DamesJ. B. Lippincott Company, 1894 - 248 páginas A biography of the black singer and songwriter from South Carolina who is credited with introducing the blues, spirituals, protest songs, and other types of African American music to a worldwide audience. |
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... Charles J. Stillé , Mr. David Lewis , Mr. Edward Shippen , Dr. Charles Cad- walader , Mr. F. J. Dreer , Mrs. Oliver Hopkinson , and Miss Marion Wetherill , of Philadelphia . November , 1894 . A. H. W. CONTENTS . COLONIAL DAYS · WOMEN IN ...
... Charles J. Stillé , Mr. David Lewis , Mr. Edward Shippen , Dr. Charles Cad- walader , Mr. F. J. Dreer , Mrs. Oliver Hopkinson , and Miss Marion Wetherill , of Philadelphia . November , 1894 . A. H. W. CONTENTS . COLONIAL DAYS · WOMEN IN ...
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... assisted by his cousin James Logan , became the alma mater of such distinguished divines as William Tennent the younger , Samuel Finley , the Blairs , The ✓ Charles Beatty , and William Robinson , besides claiming the COLONIAL DAYS . 47.
... assisted by his cousin James Logan , became the alma mater of such distinguished divines as William Tennent the younger , Samuel Finley , the Blairs , The ✓ Charles Beatty , and William Robinson , besides claiming the COLONIAL DAYS . 47.
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Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. Charles Beatty , and William Robinson , besides claiming the distinction of being the corner - stone of Princeton College , estab- lished more than twenty years later . An anecdote is told of the Rev. Charles ...
Anne Hollingsworth Wharton. Charles Beatty , and William Robinson , besides claiming the distinction of being the corner - stone of Princeton College , estab- lished more than twenty years later . An anecdote is told of the Rev. Charles ...
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... Charles Bradstreet in 1739 was permitted by the selectmen of the town of Salem to " teach dancing " in con- nection with French , " so long as he keeps good order , " while a little later Lawrence D'Obleville , a native of Paris and a ...
... Charles Bradstreet in 1739 was permitted by the selectmen of the town of Salem to " teach dancing " in con- nection with French , " so long as he keeps good order , " while a little later Lawrence D'Obleville , a native of Paris and a ...
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... Charles Pynchon ; thro ' God's goodness had it so favourably as every day to be about , and in 14 days went out visiting , and on 5th May returned well to Salem , Laus Deo ! " Sometimes an entry records the number of olive - branches ...
... Charles Pynchon ; thro ' God's goodness had it so favourably as every day to be about , and in 14 days went out visiting , and on 5th May returned well to Salem , Laus Deo ! " Sometimes an entry records the number of olive - branches ...
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Página 129 - I desire you would remember the ladies, and be more generous and favorable to them than your ancestors. Do not put such unlimited power into the hands of the husbands. Remember all men would be tyrants if they could. If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold ourselves bound by any laws in which we have no voice, or representation.
Página 145 - But as that's only adding fuel to fire, it makes me the more uneasy, for by often, and unavoidably, being in company with her revives my former passion for your Lowland beauty; whereas, was I to live more retired from young women, I might in some measure eliviate my sorrows, by burying that chaste and troublesome passion in the grave of oblivion...
Página 86 - Amongst other favorite animals that cheered this lady's solitude, a brace of tame deer ran familiarly about the house, and one of them came to stare at me as a stranger. But unluckily spying his own figure in the glass, he made a spring over the tea-table that stood under it, and shattered the glass to pieces, and falling back upon the teatable made a terrible fracas among the china.
Página 39 - Houses who handsomely treat them. Mr. Burroughs cary'd his spouse and Daughter and myself out to one Madame Dowes, a Gentlewoman that lived at a farm House, who gave us a handsome Entertainment of five or six Dishes and choice Beer and metheglin, Cyder, &c.
Página 48 - We had for our chaplain a zealous Presbyterian minister, Mr. Beatty, who complained to me that the men did not generally attend his prayers and exhortations. When they enlisted, they were promised, besides pay and provisions, a gill of rum a day, which was punctually...
Página 39 - Chest by the bed side, and setting up, fell to my old way of composing my Resentments, in the following manner: I ask thy Aid, O Potent Rum! To Charm these wrangling Topers Dum. Thou hast their Giddy Brains possest-- The man confounded with the Beast- And I, poor I, can get no rest. Intoxicate them with thy fumes: O still their Tongues till morning comes!
Página 138 - Mather said distinctly that he "found no just ground in Scripture to apply such a trope as church to a house for public assembly.
Página 40 - Coullers as were their pendants in their ears, which You should see very old women wear as well as Young. They have Vendues very frequently and make their Earnings very well by them for they treat with good Liquor Liberally, and the Customers Drink as Liberally and Generally pay for't as well, by paying for that which they Bid up Briskly for, after the sack has gone plentifully about, tho' sometimes good penny worths are got there.
Página 114 - I was your father confessor, and as though you had committed a crime, great in itself, yet of the venial class. You have reason good, for I find myself strangely disposed to be a very indulgent ghostly adviser on this occasion, and, notwithstanding you are the most offending soul alive...
Página 154 - ... (This was so called from the figure of an ape or monkey, which was carved in oolido at the extremity of the handle. It differed from a common spoon in having a circular and very shallow bowl.) " At the manor these ceremonies were all repeated, another pipe of wine was spiced, and, besides the same presents to the bearers, a pair of black gloves and a handkerchief were given to each of the tenants. The whole expense was said to amount to £500.