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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... turned his mind occasionally to- wards politics , though never as an active politi- cian . His writings on this subject have been devoted to the support of those great principles which lie at the root of the republican system , and to ...
... turned his mind occasionally to- wards politics , though never as an active politi- cian . His writings on this subject have been devoted to the support of those great principles which lie at the root of the republican system , and to ...
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... turned his back on him in despair . The Caliph , after thanking him for his hospitality , departed with his companions , and when they had reached the street exclaimed- " Allah preserve me ! I will no longer fatigue myself in a vain ...
... turned his back on him in despair . The Caliph , after thanking him for his hospitality , departed with his companions , and when they had reached the street exclaimed- " Allah preserve me ! I will no longer fatigue myself in a vain ...
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... turned with redoubled vigour . I am sorry I did not exhibit Jacob's Dream . If I had dreamt of this suc- cess I certainly would have sent it there . " Leslie , in a letter to me , speaks of the picture of Uriel seated in the Sun. The ...
... turned with redoubled vigour . I am sorry I did not exhibit Jacob's Dream . If I had dreamt of this suc- cess I certainly would have sent it there . " Leslie , in a letter to me , speaks of the picture of Uriel seated in the Sun. The ...
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... turned his attention to the law , to which he gave himself with earnestness , though he never prac- tised the profession . From 1802 to 1804 he was tutor at Yale . In 1806 , having in the meantime pursued the necessary preparation , he ...
... turned his attention to the law , to which he gave himself with earnestness , though he never prac- tised the profession . From 1802 to 1804 he was tutor at Yale . In 1806 , having in the meantime pursued the necessary preparation , he ...
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... turned off a song with great readiness . He also pos- sessed some ability as a miniature and landscape painter . Of his ingenious capacity in the art of punning , a paragraph from a sketch of May Day in New York in his " Comic Annual ...
... turned off a song with great readiness . He also pos- sessed some ability as a miniature and landscape painter . Of his ingenious capacity in the art of punning , a paragraph from a sketch of May Day in New York in his " Comic Annual ...
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