. Philadelphia and its environs . ay isof granite blocks, and is (y]\. feetwide, and the sidewalks, each \6\feet wide, are paved with slate, withencaustic tile borders. The balus-trade and cornice are ornamented Continental Congress, officers of thearmy and navy, and many of theforemost citizens met frequentlyunder this hospitable roof. Here,busy in peace as in war, he after-wards planned those magnificententerprises which were his finan-cial ruin; and from here he wasled away to prison, the victim oflaws equally barbarous and absurd,which, because a man could not paywhat he owed, locked him u
. Philadelphia and its environs . ay isof granite blocks, and is (y]\. feetwide, and the sidewalks, each \6\feet wide, are paved with slate, withencaustic tile borders. The balus-trade and cornice are ornamented Continental Congress, officers of thearmy and navy, and many of theforemost citizens met frequentlyunder this hospitable roof. Here,busy in peace as in war, he after-wards planned those magnificententerprises which were his finan-cial ruin; and from here he wasled away to prison, the victim oflaws equally barbarous and absurd,which, because a man could not paywhat he owed, locked him up lesthe might earn the means to dis-charge his debt. The fortunes of the once magni-ficent mansion have fallen, likethose of its magnificent owner. Itis now a restaurant,where indifferentrefreshments are dealt out at corre-spondingly high prices; for it is anaxiom that men pay most for theworst fare. Next, following the ca-rriage-drive, which, beginning at theGreen Street entrance, runs up theriver, we come to a third hill, for-. VIEW OF SWEET BRIER FROM EGGLESFIELD. PHILADELPHIA AND ITS ENVIRONS.
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