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Page 12
Hall's Loo Choo Islands . * American Journal of Science , vol . xxviii . , p . 8. We
stop to make a single remark here , to show how difficult a matter it is , in the
investigation of facts , even to quote an author correctly . A correspondent , cited
in the ...
Hall's Loo Choo Islands . * American Journal of Science , vol . xxviii . , p . 8. We
stop to make a single remark here , to show how difficult a matter it is , in the
investigation of facts , even to quote an author correctly . A correspondent , cited
in the ...
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But an illustration from our own language will make the matter intelligible . Every
one will immediately perceive , that many English words , which by mere custom
we join together as one , may be analyzed into monosyllables ; for example ...
But an illustration from our own language will make the matter intelligible . Every
one will immediately perceive , that many English words , which by mere custom
we join together as one , may be analyzed into monosyllables ; for example ...
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For the last half century , the thoughts of men have been more than ever before
employed on matters of general utility . The principles of government have been
discussed and applied ; science has been made not only the handmaid but the ...
For the last half century , the thoughts of men have been more than ever before
employed on matters of general utility . The principles of government have been
discussed and applied ; science has been made not only the handmaid but the ...
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The proper names , Adam , Sheth , and Enosh , with which the first book of the
Chronicles opens , would easily furnish matter for long and laborious
investigation , and the interjection 0 , as was once actually the case , might be a
pregnant text ...
The proper names , Adam , Sheth , and Enosh , with which the first book of the
Chronicles opens , would easily furnish matter for long and laborious
investigation , and the interjection 0 , as was once actually the case , might be a
pregnant text ...
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So far as the practical effect is concerned , it matters not how we ' answer this
question ; for no man , who has the ability to write a commentary , will be
restrained from acting his own pleasure in a matter of which he must be
acknowledged to ...
So far as the practical effect is concerned , it matters not how we ' answer this
question ; for no man , who has the ability to write a commentary , will be
restrained from acting his own pleasure in a matter of which he must be
acknowledged to ...
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| Title | American Quarterly Review, Volume 20 Volumes 298-301 of American periodical series, 1800-1850 Library of American civilization |
| Editor | Robert Walsh |
| Publisher | Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 10 Oct 2019 |
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