Cavour and GaribaldiG. Manwaring, (Succ. to J. Chapman), 1861 - 30 pages |
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... least par- tial recipients of its theory , glorifying women in the abstract as so many embodied ideals of goodness , while occasionally giving women in the concrete very rough usage ; in short , behaving like fetish - adorers in other ...
... least par- tial recipients of its theory , glorifying women in the abstract as so many embodied ideals of goodness , while occasionally giving women in the concrete very rough usage ; in short , behaving like fetish - adorers in other ...
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... least , were in universally ill repute . In the Danish ballads young girls are represented as inconsolable for the loss of their mothers ; a representation which our translator , who thinks it inconceivable that they should have felt ...
... least , were in universally ill repute . In the Danish ballads young girls are represented as inconsolable for the loss of their mothers ; a representation which our translator , who thinks it inconceivable that they should have felt ...
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... least indicate the subject matter and general characteristics of these singular productions . Briefly , then , we find among their number some that move us with their deep pathos and passionate imagination ; some that charm us with ...
... least indicate the subject matter and general characteristics of these singular productions . Briefly , then , we find among their number some that move us with their deep pathos and passionate imagination ; some that charm us with ...
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... least surprised to find these come together again , and form an entire Christian man . In the same way , when a roasted cock crows on the table of king Herod , to announce the birth of Jesus , we take it all as a matter of course ...
... least surprised to find these come together again , and form an entire Christian man . In the same way , when a roasted cock crows on the table of king Herod , to announce the birth of Jesus , we take it all as a matter of course ...
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... least discoloration of it , they were justified in concluding that such discoloration indicated the presence either of alcohol or of some of its derivatives in the expired air . A careful series of experiments was next made for the ...
... least discoloration of it , they were justified in concluding that such discoloration indicated the presence either of alcohol or of some of its derivatives in the expired air . A careful series of experiments was next made for the ...
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Page 159 - In one way or another we are more or less subservient to the North every day of our lives. In infancy we are swaddled in Northern muslin ; in childhood we are humored with Northern gewgaws j in youth we are instructed out of Northern books ; at the age of maturity we sow our
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