American Quarterly Review, Issues 39-40Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 - Serial publications |
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... supposed to be the most distant country from Asia , to which this custom could be traced . " 7. The islanders , particularly of the South Pacific , have a tradition , that their first ancestors came from the north west . 8. According to ...
... supposed to be the most distant country from Asia , to which this custom could be traced . " 7. The islanders , particularly of the South Pacific , have a tradition , that their first ancestors came from the north west . 8. According to ...
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... the Islanders and the Asiatics , that is , the supposed monosyllabic character of the languages of both of them , becomes one of the most formidable obstacles to the establishing of the like connec- 1836. ] 21 South Sea Islands .
... the Islanders and the Asiatics , that is , the supposed monosyllabic character of the languages of both of them , becomes one of the most formidable obstacles to the establishing of the like connec- 1836. ] 21 South Sea Islands .
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... supposed exigency of the case in hand . The imagination scorned the restraints of sound philo- logy ; the words , if interpreted literally , or according to their usual acceptation , would not so readily carry the mind into the elysian ...
... supposed exigency of the case in hand . The imagination scorned the restraints of sound philo- logy ; the words , if interpreted literally , or according to their usual acceptation , would not so readily carry the mind into the elysian ...
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... supposed classical purity of the style of his author ; another , in framing analogies between the natural and spiritual , showing that the literal meaning of all scripture has a hidden counterpart in the realm of the superna- tural ...
... supposed classical purity of the style of his author ; another , in framing analogies between the natural and spiritual , showing that the literal meaning of all scripture has a hidden counterpart in the realm of the superna- tural ...
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... supposed , that you will be able to converse with them to the greatest advan- tage ; to discover , in their intended significancy , their peculiar shades of meaning , or enter at all into their sympathies , if you have never conversed ...
... supposed , that you will be able to converse with them to the greatest advan- tage ; to discover , in their intended significancy , their peculiar shades of meaning , or enter at all into their sympathies , if you have never conversed ...
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