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... Letters of the late Hon . Samuel Jones , procured through the zeal of a most active member , are so valuable and so pertinent , that they excite a regret that the distinguished writer had not found leisure for more ex- tensive ...
... Letters of the late Hon . Samuel Jones , procured through the zeal of a most active member , are so valuable and so pertinent , that they excite a regret that the distinguished writer had not found leisure for more ex- tensive ...
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... letters , and liberty . When we look back upon the earlier European dis- coveries and conquests in this hemisphere , the mind re- coils with horror from the scene of carnage and devas- tation with which the mighty drama of American his ...
... letters , and liberty . When we look back upon the earlier European dis- coveries and conquests in this hemisphere , the mind re- coils with horror from the scene of carnage and devas- tation with which the mighty drama of American his ...
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... Letters . " 9 b " M. Penn est un veritable Lycurgue , quoique le premier ait eu la paix pour objet comme l'autre a eu la guerre , ' & c . L'Esprit des Loix , Liv . IV . chap . 6 . 1 widely as they differed in the character of their 1 63.
... Letters . " 9 b " M. Penn est un veritable Lycurgue , quoique le premier ait eu la paix pour objet comme l'autre a eu la guerre , ' & c . L'Esprit des Loix , Liv . IV . chap . 6 . 1 widely as they differed in the character of their 1 63.
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... letters , the chosen friend of men of genius , and the theme of praise for great poets . In his youth , after having been the confidential aid- de - camp of the Earl of Peterborough , whom he resem- bled in his restless activity of mind ...
... letters , the chosen friend of men of genius , and the theme of praise for great poets . In his youth , after having been the confidential aid- de - camp of the Earl of Peterborough , whom he resem- bled in his restless activity of mind ...
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... letters , that excited the warm admiration of John- son , who intended to become his biographer - that call- ed forth the eulogy of Pope , in those well - known lines , And driven by strong benevolence of soul , Shall fly , like ...
... letters , that excited the warm admiration of John- son , who intended to become his biographer - that call- ed forth the eulogy of Pope , in those well - known lines , And driven by strong benevolence of soul , Shall fly , like ...
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