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Page 233 - I am in earnest. I will not equivocate — I will not excuse — I will not retreat a single inch. AND I WILL BE HEARD.
Page 266 - He either fears his fate too much, Or his deserts are small, Who dares not put it to the touch, To gain or lose it all.
Page 538 - All laws regulating the holding of elections by the citizens, or for the registration of electors, shall be uniform throughout the State, except that laws regulating and requiring the registration of electors may be enacted to apply to cities only, provided that such laws be uniform for cities of the same class...
Page 257 - No, Sir ; there is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn.
Page 436 - ... my heart desires. For nations want a precedent, and till vice and corrupt manners be impartially rebuked and punished, and till virtue and sobriety be cherished, the wrath of God will hang over nations. I do, therefore, desire the Lord's wisdom to guide me, and those that may be concerned with me, that we may do the thing that is truly wise and just.
Page 528 - All fines collected under this act shall be paid into the State Treasury, for the use of the Commonwealth.
Page 546 - The Settlement of Germantown, Pennsylvania, and the Beginning of German Emigration to North America.
Page 45 - The school grammar tells us, for instance, that a noun is "the name of a person, place, or thing.
Page 535 - The State shall be divided into fifty senatorial districts of compact and contiguous territory as nearly equal in population as may be, and each district shall be entitled to elect one Senator. Each county containing one or more ratios of population shall be entitled to one Senator for each ratio, and to an additional Senator for a surplus of population exceeding threefifths of a ratio, but no county shall form a separate district...
Page 534 - I suggest that you consider the propriety of imposing a slight tax upon each ton of coal ntined, so small in amount that it would not prove burdensome to consumers or interfere with trade, the proceeds of the tax to be used only in the construction of roads, or in the maintenance of schools in relief of the school tax now imposed by the counties. The Constitution directs that immediately after each decennial United States Census, the General Assembly shall apportion the State into Senatorial and...