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Annals of Philadelphia,: Being a Collection of Memoirs, Anecdotes ... - Page 13
by John Fanning Watson - 1830 - 818 pages
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The North American Review, Volume 22

North American review and miscellaneous journal - 1826 - 520 pages
...take it upon him ; nor could twenty guineas move the under Secretary to vary the name ; for I feared it should be looked on as a vanity in me, and not as a respect in the King to my father, as it really was. Thou may'st communicate my grant to Friends,...
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Memoirs of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania, Volume 1

Historical Society of Pennsylvania - Bibliography - 1826 - 452 pages
...New Wales, Sylvania, and they added Penn to it ; and though I much opposed it, and went to the king to have it struck out and altered, he said 'twas past, and would take it upon him ; nor could twenty guineas move the under secretarys to vary the name, for I feared least it should be lookt...
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American Quarterly Review, Volume 8

Robert Walsh - Serial publications - 1830 - 650 pages
...New Wales,) Sylvania, and they added Penn to it ; and though I much opposed it, and went to the king to have it struck out and altered, he said, 'twas...it should be looked on as a vanity in me, and not as a respect in the king, as it truly was, to my father, whom he often mentions with praise. " In regard...
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Hazard's Register of Pennsylvania: Devoted to the Preservation of ..., Volume 1

Samuel Hazard - Pennsylvania - 1828 - 470 pages
...New Wales, Si/lvania, and they added Penn to it; and though I much opposed it, and went to the king to have it struck out and altered, he said 'twas past, and would take it upon him; nor could twenty guinea* move the under secretarys to vary the name, for I feared least it should be lookt...
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America, and the Americans ...

James Boardman, Citizen of the world - Atlantic States - 1833 - 462 pages
...take it upon him ; nor would twenty guineas move the under-secretary to vary the name ; for I feared it should be looked on as a vanity in me, and not as a respect in the King to my father, as it really was. Thou mayest communicate my grant to friends,...
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The Monthly review. New and improved ser. New and improved ser, Volume 1

1833 - 646 pages
...take it upon him; nor would twenty guineas move the under-secrctary to vary the name ; for I feared it should be looked on as a vanity in me, and not as a respect in. the King to my father. as it really was. Thou mayest communicate my grant to friends,...
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A Book of the United States: Exhibiting Its Geography, Divisions ...

Grenville Mellen - United States - 1839 - 934 pages
...lake it upon him ; nor could twenty guineas move the undersecretary to vary the name ; for I feared it should be looked on as a vanity in me, and not as a respect in the king to my father, as it really was. Thou mayest communicate my grant to friends,...
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The History and Topography of Dauphin, Cumberland, Franklin, Bedford, Adams ...

Israel Daniel Rupp - Adams County (Pa.) - 1846 - 612 pages
...New Wales, Sylvania, and they added Penn to it ; and though I much opposed it, and went to the king to have it struck out and altered, he said 'twas past, and would take it upon him; nor could twenty guineas move the under secretarys to vary the name, for I feared least it should be lookt...
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Annals of Pennsylvania, from the Discovery of the Delaware

Samuel Hazard - Delaware - 1850 - 676 pages
...upon him ; nor could twenty guineas move the under-secretaries to vary the name, for I feared lest it should be looked on as a vanity in me, and not as a respect in the king, as it truly was, to my father, whom he often mentions with praise. Thou inayest...
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Annals of Pennsylvania, from the Discovery of the Delaware

Samuel Hazard - Delaware - 1850 - 684 pages
...upon him ; nor could twenty guineas move the under-secretaries to vary the name, for I feared lest it should be looked on as a vanity in me, and not as a respect in the king, as it truly was, to my father, whom he often mentions with praise. Thou mayest...
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