American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 59Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1862 |
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His mind may not inaptly be likened to a glittering kaleidoscope ; whichever way you view it you behold dazzling combinations ; whichever way it is turned you discern a new and original element . One of nature's aristocrats – the ...
His mind may not inaptly be likened to a glittering kaleidoscope ; whichever way you view it you behold dazzling combinations ; whichever way it is turned you discern a new and original element . One of nature's aristocrats – the ...
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... but perhaps he feels it absolutely incumbent on him not to appear happy ; and then again , perhaps his knitted brows , his negligently knotted neck - tie , and carefully turned - down shirt - collar , and his admirably disordered ...
... but perhaps he feels it absolutely incumbent on him not to appear happy ; and then again , perhaps his knitted brows , his negligently knotted neck - tie , and carefully turned - down shirt - collar , and his admirably disordered ...
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Humboldt's reading had been enormous , it continued gigantic ; he turned off speedily the works thus submitted to him , with his written opinion , which determined their fate . His judgment was usually expressed with the utmost brevity ...
Humboldt's reading had been enormous , it continued gigantic ; he turned off speedily the works thus submitted to him , with his written opinion , which determined their fate . His judgment was usually expressed with the utmost brevity ...
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Ann agreed with me , all hands turned in , ' and before noon the house was bare of Brussels , ingrain , or rag . When the floors were mopped , the chairs turned into each other , and covered with sheets , and the larger pieces of ...
Ann agreed with me , all hands turned in , ' and before noon the house was bare of Brussels , ingrain , or rag . When the floors were mopped , the chairs turned into each other , and covered with sheets , and the larger pieces of ...
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I write occasionally , at largely remunerative rates , for the ' Weekly Calomel ; ' and even , at long intervals , for the ' Badger . ' To creative literature , then , I gave my thoughts . With a pail turned upside down for my divan ...
I write occasionally , at largely remunerative rates , for the ' Weekly Calomel ; ' and even , at long intervals , for the ' Badger . ' To creative literature , then , I gave my thoughts . With a pail turned upside down for my divan ...
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