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... Society . That the subjects are treated in a The Library of the Society is open on the Wednesday and Saturday of each week , under the attendance of Mr. Hutchins , the sub - librarian . popular manner , will not , it is hoped , PREFACE.
... Society . That the subjects are treated in a The Library of the Society is open on the Wednesday and Saturday of each week , under the attendance of Mr. Hutchins , the sub - librarian . popular manner , will not , it is hoped , PREFACE.
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New-York Historical Society. popular manner , will not , it is hoped , exclude them from the attention of the learned . Public opinion has indeed pro- nounced so highly of their merits , that a general wish was manifested to secure to ...
New-York Historical Society. popular manner , will not , it is hoped , exclude them from the attention of the learned . Public opinion has indeed pro- nounced so highly of their merits , that a general wish was manifested to secure to ...
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... manners , of re- ligion , of government , of customs , and of character , fre- quently render examples of one age and country inappli- cable to the circumstances of other countries and of other times . The ferocity of barbarians , and ...
... manners , of re- ligion , of government , of customs , and of character , fre- quently render examples of one age and country inappli- cable to the circumstances of other countries and of other times . The ferocity of barbarians , and ...
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... manners of every nation , taken in the mass , have , generally speaking , a due relation and proportion . They so influence and correct each other , that the business of life goes smoothly on . The social harmony is full . There is no ...
... manners of every nation , taken in the mass , have , generally speaking , a due relation and proportion . They so influence and correct each other , that the business of life goes smoothly on . The social harmony is full . There is no ...
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... and ge- neral inconvenience produced among us , by late events , will have a salutary influence on public manners . War , fruitful as it is with misery and wo , is neverthe- less medicinal to a nation infected by the breath of 36.
... and ge- neral inconvenience produced among us , by late events , will have a salutary influence on public manners . War , fruitful as it is with misery and wo , is neverthe- less medicinal to a nation infected by the breath of 36.
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