The Bowser Family History

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Excelsior Printing Company, 1922 - Reference - 310 pages
 

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Page 17 - NOW THE LORD said unto Abram: 'Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee.
Page 17 - Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto the land that I will show thee. ;And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and be thou a blessing. 'And I will bless them that bless thee, and him that curseth thee will I curse; and in thee shall all the families of the earth be blessed.
Page 48 - In the Name of God Amen.- 1, George Vogeley Sr. of the Borough of Butler, Butler County and State of Pennsylvania, Yeoman, being of sound mind, memory, and understanding, do make and publish this my last will and testament, hereby revoking and making void all former wills by me at any time heretofore made.
Page 16 - I abhor two principles in religion, and pity them that own them : the first is obedience upon authority without conviction ; and the other, destroying them that differ from me for God's sake.
Page 11 - Neither innocent childhood, nor helpless old age ; neither youth, sex, rank, nor beauty, could disarm the fury of the conquerors. Wives were abused in the arms of their husbands, daughters at the feet of their parents ; and the defenceless sex exposed to the double sacrifice of virtue and life.
Page 11 - ... lifeless mothers. More than six thousand bodies were thrown into the Elbe to clear the streets; a much greater number had been consumed by the flames. The whole number of the slain was reckoned at not less than thirty thousand. The entrance of the general, which took place on the 14th, put a stop to the plunder, and saved the few who had hitherto contrived to escape.
Page 48 - Kintzy the testator have to this my will written on one sheet of paper, set my hand and seal this twenty-sixth day of October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and forty-nine.
Page 17 - Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and of one another, covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil body politic...
Page 11 - ... amid the ruins and ashes of the town. Many were suffocated by the smoke; many found rich booty in the cellars, where the citizens had concealed their more valuable effects.
Page 22 - Cathedral of Basel and the wooded heights of the Jura faded in the distance. Sitting on boxes and bundles, which were piled high in the middle of the boat, could be seen gray-haired men and women, old and feeble; yonder stood the young gazing in wonder at the shores as they slipped by. At times they were hopeful, at others sad, and their glances would alternate, now to the north, now to the south toward their abandoned home, which had driven them out so unfeelingly...

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