Cyclopaedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices of Authors, and Selections from Their Writings. From the Earliest Period to the Present Day; with Portraits, Autographs, and Other Illustrations, Volume 2Scribner, 1855 |
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... original views of human nature and society . The office of a great general does not differ widely from that of a great mechanician , whose business it is to frame new combinations of physical forces , to adapt them to new circumstances ...
... original views of human nature and society . The office of a great general does not differ widely from that of a great mechanician , whose business it is to frame new combinations of physical forces , to adapt them to new circumstances ...
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... original Review . The first number of the American Review was published in March , 1827. It was continued with great ability for ten years , and among its many excel- lent qualities is to be commended for its frequent and thorough ...
... original Review . The first number of the American Review was published in March , 1827. It was continued with great ability for ten years , and among its many excel- lent qualities is to be commended for its frequent and thorough ...
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... character , especially in his ac- count of the Bonaparte family , of whom , from his long friendship with Joseph Bonaparte , he had original sources of information . Some three hun- dred pages. CHARLES J. INGERSOLL . F 41.
... character , especially in his ac- count of the Bonaparte family , of whom , from his long friendship with Joseph Bonaparte , he had original sources of information . Some three hun- dred pages. CHARLES J. INGERSOLL . F 41.
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... original sources of information . Some three hun- dred pages of the " History " are thus occupied with the fortunes of the Napoleon dynasty . One of the most noteworthy of the American topics discussed is the defence of the system of ...
... original sources of information . Some three hun- dred pages of the " History " are thus occupied with the fortunes of the Napoleon dynasty . One of the most noteworthy of the American topics discussed is the defence of the system of ...
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... original of which mansion was a veritable edifice owned by Gouverneur Kemble on the Passaic , a favorite resort of Geof- frey Crayon in his youthful days . Among other originals of these sketches we have heard it men- tioned that some ...
... original of which mansion was a veritable edifice owned by Gouverneur Kemble on the Passaic , a favorite resort of Geof- frey Crayon in his youthful days . Among other originals of these sketches we have heard it men- tioned that some ...
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