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" ... this I will say for the good providence of God, that of all the many places I have seen in the world, I remember not one better seated; so that it seems to me to have been appointed for a town, whether we regard the rivers, or the conveniency of the... "
The New American Cyclopaedia: A Popular Dictionary of General Knowledge - Page 232
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The History of Pennsylvania: In North America, from the Original Institution ...

Robert Proud - 1797 - 522 pages
...have feen in the world, I remember not 1683. one better feated; fo that it feems to me to have v-^v>^/ been appointed for a town, whether we regard the rivers, or the conveniency of the coves, docks, fprings, the loftinefs and foundnefs of the land, and the air, held by the people of thefe parts to...
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Memoirs of the Private and Public Life of William Penn, Volume 1

Thomas Clarkson - 1813 - 562 pages
...all the places I have seen in the world I remember not one* better seated ; so that it seems to me to have been appointed for a town, whe'ther we regard...the rivers, or the conveniency of the coves, docks, and springs, the loftiness and soundness of the land, and • the air, held by the people of these...
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Philadelphia in 1824: Or, a Brief Account of the Various Institutions and ...

1824 - 288 pages
...the many places I have seen in the world, I remember not one better seated ; so that it seems to me to have been appointed for a town, whether we regard...loftiness and soundness of the land, and the air, held by the people of these parts to be very good. It is advanced within less than a year to about...
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Philadelphia in 1824; Or, a Brief Account of the Various Institutions and ...

1824 - 296 pages
...the many places I have seen in the world, I remember not one better seated ; .so that it seems to me to have been appointed for a town, whether we regard...the rivers or the conveniency of the coves, docks, sprmgs, the loftiness and soundness of the land, and the air, held by the people of these parts to...
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The Select Works of William Penn, Volume 3

William Penn - 1825 - 632 pages
...the many places, I have seen in the world, I remember not one better seated ; so that it seems to me to have been appointed for a town, whether we regard...the loftiness and soundness of the land and the air, held by the people of these parts to be very good. It is advanced within less than a-year to about'...
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Memoirs of the Private and Public Life of William Penn: Who ..., Volumes 1-2

Thomas Clarkson - 1827 - 392 pages
...all the places I have seen in the world 1 remember not one better seated ; so that it seems to mi- to have been appointed for a town, •whether we regard the rivers, or t i ie cotiveniency of the coves, docks, and springs, tKe loftiness and soundness of the land, and...
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Annals of Philadelphia,: Being a Collection of Memoirs, Anecdotes ...

John Fanning Watson - 1830 - 902 pages
...seated ; so that it seems to me to have been appointed for a town, — whether we regard the (two) rivers, or the conveniency of the coves, docks,* springs,...loftiness and soundness of the land and the air," &c. I infer from the premises, that as the primitive comers knew not of such an appointed plot as Philadelphia,...
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American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 15

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, Timothy Flint, John Holmes Agnew - 1840 - 566 pages
...me to hare been appointed for a Town, whether we regard the Rivera, or the cnnveniency of the Covet, Docks, Springs, the loftiness and soundness of the Land and the Air. held by the People of those parts to be very good. It is advanced within less than a year to about...
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The Knickerbocker: Or, New-York Monthly Magazine, Volume 15

Charles Fenno Hoffman, Timothy Flint, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew - 1840 - 558 pages
...Place« 1 bave seen in the World, I remember not one hotter f enter! ; so tiiat it sceme to me to bave been appointed for a Town, whether we regard the Rivers, or the ronveniency of the Cove«, Docke, Spring«, the loftiness and soundness of the Land and the Air, held...
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The Friends' Library, Volume 5

William Evans, Thomas Evans - 1841 - 496 pages
...the many places I have seen in the world, I remember not one better seated ; so that it seems to me to have been appointed for a town, whether we regard...the loftiness and soundness of the land and the air, held by the people of these parts to be very good. It is advanced within less than a year to about...
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