American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 59Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1862 |
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A chivalrous and an enterprising youth is he , you had better believe ; and one who knows his ' biz , ' and a thing or two , ' you bet ; ' and one whose knowledge of practical hydraulics is fathomless ; and one whose acquaintance with ...
A chivalrous and an enterprising youth is he , you had better believe ; and one who knows his ' biz , ' and a thing or two , ' you bet ; ' and one whose knowledge of practical hydraulics is fathomless ; and one whose acquaintance with ...
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Peter is , we believe , 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 ...
Peter is , we believe , 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 ...
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It is admitted , we believe , that Moses was not a professor of geology . Being learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians , perhaps he was an emeritus in chemistry . If so , he knew that such elements as nitre and silica could not be ...
It is admitted , we believe , that Moses was not a professor of geology . Being learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians , perhaps he was an emeritus in chemistry . If so , he knew that such elements as nitre and silica could not be ...
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That the ancients invented spectacles , we cannot believe , at least , history does not lead us to infer it . Beside , how could such an invention have been lost ? Necessary knowledge , that which pertains to the arts and sciences ...
That the ancients invented spectacles , we cannot believe , at least , history does not lead us to infer it . Beside , how could such an invention have been lost ? Necessary knowledge , that which pertains to the arts and sciences ...
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Mr. Tom Argent went to the city , with directions to buy furniture - for the widow Holly says that her servant - girl listened at the door , though I believe it was herself , for she was always a gossiping old thing -- and Mr. Retzcar ...
Mr. Tom Argent went to the city , with directions to buy furniture - for the widow Holly says that her servant - girl listened at the door , though I believe it was herself , for she was always a gossiping old thing -- and Mr. Retzcar ...
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| Title | American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 59 |
| Editors | Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew |
| Published | 1862 |
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