...speaker, and brought in by Mr. Delancey, administered to some merriment. It had this singular preamble : " Whereas the youth of this colony are found, by manifold...country in the world, therefore, be it enacted," &c. The opposition to the sugar act, which now engrossed so much the public attention, was unsuccessful....

...speaker, and brought in by Mr, Delancey, administered to some merriment. It had this singular preamble : " Whereas the youth of this colony are found, by manifold...country in the world, therefore, be it enacted," &c. The opposition to the sugar act, which now engrossed so much the public attention, was unsuccessful....

...bill for founding this school was brought in by Mr. Delancey, and had this singular preamble : — " Whereas, the youth of this colony are found by manifold...experience to be not inferior in their natural geniuses to those of any other country in the world, Therefore be it enacted," &c. From this the orator remarked...

...by Mr. Delancey, administered to some merriment. It had this singular preamble : " Whereas the jouth of this colony are found, by manifold experience,...country in the world, therefore, be it enacted," &c. The opposition to the sugar act, which now engrossed so much the public attention, was unsuccessful....

...care nothing for York pronunciation, which everybody knows is Dutch and full of corruptions. You'll never do anything worth speaking of in this colony,...other country in the world, therefore be it enacted,* 8cc." " There, sir," I said in exultation, " you * This quotation would seem to be accurate, and it...

...an air of sufficient disdain. Read I did, and in the following sententious and compre- • hensive language, viz :—" Whereas the youth of this colony...* This quotation would seem to be accurate, and it ia somewhat curious to trace the reason why a preamble so singular should have been prefixed to the...

...and brought in by Mr. Delancey, administered to some merriment. It had this singular pre* amble : " Whereas the youth of this colony are found, by manifold...country in the world, therefore, be it enacted," &c. The opposition to the sugar act, which now engrossed so much the public attention, was unsuccessful....

...drafted by Mr. Philipse, the speaker, and brought in by Mr. Delancey, had this singular preamble : " Whereas, the youth of this Colony are found, by manifold...country in the world, therefore be it enacted, &c.'' It appears that at that early period, it was thought necessary to vindicate our country against the...

...care nothing for York pronunciation, which everybody knows is Dutch and full of corruptions. You 'll never do anything worth speaking of in this colony,...in their natural geniuses to the youth of any other «ountry in the world, therefore be it enacted, &c."* * This quotation would seem to be accurate, and...

...by Mr. Be Lancey. The preamble excited a good deal of merriment. It ran thus: 'Whereas, the youth df this colony are found by manifold experience to be not inferior, in their natural geninscs, to the youth of any other country in the world : therefore be it enacted,' &c. Smith's History...