Observations on a variety of subjects, letters, written by a gentleman of foreign extraction, who resided some time in Philadelphia [signed Tamoc Caspipina].1774 |
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accompliſhments agreeable almoſt AMYNTOR ASPASIA becauſe bleffed breaft called CASPIPINA character CHARLES MARSEILLES chearful Chriftian church circumſtances confifts converfation DEAR CHARLES defires diſcover entertained Ephrata expreffed faid fame favour fcene feek feems felves fenfe fenfible fentiments feveral fhall fhould fide fince fincere friend fingularity fituation fociety fome foon foul fpirit ftill fubject fuch fuffer fufficient fuperior fupport fure furniſhed fweet fympathy happineſs hath heart Heaven himſelf honour houſe human increaſe itſelf juſt Lady laft leaſt lefs LETTER LETTER LORD VISCOUNT Lordship moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary nefs NEW-YORK obfervations OXFORD paffions perfon PHILADELPHIA Philofophical pleaſure polite prefent PROVINCE OF PENNSYLVANIA purpoſe Quakers racter reaſon refpect religion religious rife RIGHT HONOURABLE ſcene ſchool ſeem ſhall ſtate ſuch temper tender thee thefe themſelves theſe thofe thoſe thou thouſand tion true uſe vifit virtue virtuous whilft whofe
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الصفحة 49 - ... of the Dominican friars. The men do not shave the head or beard. The men and women have separate habitations and distinct governments. For these purposes they...
الصفحة 84 - Gospel, ev'n as we. My God, Thou dost prepare for them a way, By carrying first their gold from them away : For gold and grace did never yet agree ; Religion always sides with poverty.
الصفحة 51 - Nay, they go so far, as to admit of works of supererogation ; and declare, that a man may do much more than he is in justice or equity obliged to do ; and that his superabundant works may, therefore, be applied to the salvation of others.
الصفحة 1 - ... lower story is divided into two large rooms, in one of which the Provincial Assembly meet, and in the other the Supreme Court of Judicature is held. The upper story consists of a long gallery, which is generally used for public entertainments, and two rooms adjoining it, one of which is appropriated for the Governor and his Council ; the other, I believe, is yet unoccupied. In one of the wings, which join the main building by means of a brick arcade, is deposited a valuable collection of books,...
الصفحة 47 - Philadelphia (sometimes, as I have been informed, there being above one hundred in a company) carrying down the produce of the country, and returning with all kinds of stores and merchandise.
الصفحة 53 - They make parchment, tan leather and manufacture linen and woollen cloth, more than sufficient to serve their own society.
الصفحة 55 - The performers sat with their heads reclined, their countenances solemn and dejected, their faces pale and emaciated from their manner of living, their clothing exceeding white and quite picturesque, and their music such as thrilled to the very soul I almost began to think myself in the world of spirits, and that the objects before me were ethereal.
الصفحة 51 - The principal tenet of the Tunkers appears to be this — that future happiness is only to be obtained by penance and outward mortifications in this life, and that, as Jesus Christ, by his meritorious sufferings, became the Redeemer of mankind in general, so each individual of the human race, by a life of abstinence and restraint, may work out his own salvation.
الصفحة 133 - ... or worfhip. Alas! my dear Charles ! all this may very properly be called the pedantry of religion, and, like that of human learning, is a fure proof, that their knowledge and experience are extremely fuperfkial.
الصفحة 88 - I am told he is much esteemed by all denominations of Christians in this City, for his prudence, his moderation, his known attachment to British liberty and his unaffected pious labours among the people to whom he officiates.