American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 59Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1862 |
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Mr. Kimball is , by inheritance , of the first class of New - England men , numbering in his family a signer of the Declaration of Independence , a president of the Continental Congress , and several other persons honorably ...
Mr. Kimball is , by inheritance , of the first class of New - England men , numbering in his family a signer of the Declaration of Independence , a president of the Continental Congress , and several other persons honorably ...
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The next likeness is that of a young gentleman , gotten up in the most sombre style by the person who makes his outside habiliments . The young man is seated by a table , on which his left arm rests with a careless , if not an utterly ...
The next likeness is that of a young gentleman , gotten up in the most sombre style by the person who makes his outside habiliments . The young man is seated by a table , on which his left arm rests with a careless , if not an utterly ...
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... very slow about letting any person in who happens to come in company with , or under the guidance of such suspiciously pious individuals ; probably because he does not think heaven half good enough for those under the spiritual ...
... very slow about letting any person in who happens to come in company with , or under the guidance of such suspiciously pious individuals ; probably because he does not think heaven half good enough for those under the spiritual ...
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... or plaster - paris column of the Corinthian order , if he were standing up ; every person apparently so given to literature that he must have at least a large octavo volume , and perhaps at most a good - sized library contiguous to ...
... or plaster - paris column of the Corinthian order , if he were standing up ; every person apparently so given to literature that he must have at least a large octavo volume , and perhaps at most a good - sized library contiguous to ...
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slightest spark of vanity alive in a person in such a case , it is sure to get fanned into a ridiculous conflagration , painfully perceptible to the naked eye , if that organ be in a normal condition . If the philosopher craves for a ...
slightest spark of vanity alive in a person in such a case , it is sure to get fanned into a ridiculous conflagration , painfully perceptible to the naked eye , if that organ be in a normal condition . If the philosopher craves for a ...
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