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Page 17
... her to enter into minutiƦ about home , could probably tell you similar tales - or if a gentleman takes it into his head to imagine that his readers will be in- 66 terested in his descriptions of the use of tobacco 2 INTRODUCTORY . 17.
... her to enter into minutiƦ about home , could probably tell you similar tales - or if a gentleman takes it into his head to imagine that his readers will be in- 66 terested in his descriptions of the use of tobacco 2 INTRODUCTORY . 17.
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... tell you that he has the round dozen , or he can produce you " any quantity " of little ones ; and then they come , not with a " make your bow , " or " courtesy to the lady , " that is not republican fashion , but with a becoming ...
... tell you that he has the round dozen , or he can produce you " any quantity " of little ones ; and then they come , not with a " make your bow , " or " courtesy to the lady , " that is not republican fashion , but with a becoming ...
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... tell you it never entered their apprehen- sion that their first dear child was mortal , till on being weaned it fell sick ; or , convulsions in teeth- ing , or that wide - wasting destroyer , " summer - com- plaint , " swept it away ...
... tell you it never entered their apprehen- sion that their first dear child was mortal , till on being weaned it fell sick ; or , convulsions in teeth- ing , or that wide - wasting destroyer , " summer - com- plaint , " swept it away ...
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... tell on a people so jealous for liberty as are the Americans . It is melancholy to observe bright children , capa- ble of all manner of impressions , well versed in the brief history of their own country , but utterly igno- rant , so ...
... tell on a people so jealous for liberty as are the Americans . It is melancholy to observe bright children , capa- ble of all manner of impressions , well versed in the brief history of their own country , but utterly igno- rant , so ...
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... tell them of crowns and palms , and harps , and of the city where there is no night , no pain , no difficult tasks , and no death . The idea also arises , that there is an over - tender- ness in the examinators . If a whole class ...
... tell them of crowns and palms , and harps , and of the city where there is no night , no pain , no difficult tasks , and no death . The idea also arises , that there is an over - tender- ness in the examinators . If a whole class ...
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