American Quarterly Review, Issues 39-40Carey, Lea & Carey, 1836 - Serial publications |
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... tion of facts , even to quote an author correctly . A correspondent , cited in the same Journal , ( vol . 28 , p . 312 , ) says- " Mr . Whewell quotes the observation of Capt . Beechey , that at Papiate , one of the Society Islands , it ...
... tion of facts , even to quote an author correctly . A correspondent , cited in the same Journal , ( vol . 28 , p . 312 , ) says- " Mr . Whewell quotes the observation of Capt . Beechey , that at Papiate , one of the Society Islands , it ...
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... tion between the Asiatic nations and the South Sea Islanders , and between either of these and the people of the American continent . In a very general view of this question , it may be stated , with sufficient exactness for our present ...
... tion between the Asiatic nations and the South Sea Islanders , and between either of these and the people of the American continent . In a very general view of this question , it may be stated , with sufficient exactness for our present ...
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Robert Walsh. most formidable obstacles to the establishing of the like connec- tion between the Islanders and the aboriginal Americans . It happens , that the American languages are particularly distin- guished from those of the old ...
Robert Walsh. most formidable obstacles to the establishing of the like connec- tion between the Islanders and the aboriginal Americans . It happens , that the American languages are particularly distin- guished from those of the old ...
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... tion to this curious and interesting subject . Our account of it must be brief . The little spot in question , called Lord North's Island , is now rendered interesting to us by the two years ' captivity of our countrymen , whose simple ...
... tion to this curious and interesting subject . Our account of it must be brief . The little spot in question , called Lord North's Island , is now rendered interesting to us by the two years ' captivity of our countrymen , whose simple ...
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... tion , and the interjection O , as was once actually the case , might be a pregnant text for a series of eleven discourses ! Our readers may be aware that the Jews put what they termed a mystical interpretation upon many parts of the ...
... tion , and the interjection O , as was once actually the case , might be a pregnant text for a series of eleven discourses ! Our readers may be aware that the Jews put what they termed a mystical interpretation upon many parts of the ...
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