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... ment on the continent of Europe would be better adapted to the edu- cation of their sons or pupils com- mitted to their charge , and facili- tate at the same time the acquire- ment of the German language . Every thing in the local ...
... ment on the continent of Europe would be better adapted to the edu- cation of their sons or pupils com- mitted to their charge , and facili- tate at the same time the acquire- ment of the German language . Every thing in the local ...
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... ment . But , the following spirited imi- tation , by the author of " The Pleasures of Hope , " is greatly superior to the ori- ginal , in fancy , in fire , in dignity , and in grace . We deem the insertion of it pe- culiarly proper at ...
... ment . But , the following spirited imi- tation , by the author of " The Pleasures of Hope , " is greatly superior to the ori- ginal , in fancy , in fire , in dignity , and in grace . We deem the insertion of it pe- culiarly proper at ...
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... ment ; three things to which they are at present utter strangers . In a thousand instances this witty nobleman expresses a compliment with a union of politeness and archness , pe- culiar to himself . " But deafness makes me loquacious ...
... ment ; three things to which they are at present utter strangers . In a thousand instances this witty nobleman expresses a compliment with a union of politeness and archness , pe- culiar to himself . " But deafness makes me loquacious ...
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... ment , or the divine speeches of Samuel Adams and of John Hancock , or the diviner Declaration itself , I could not help observing , with the most pleasura- ble emotions , how finely the savage style was copied . Whenever it was my rare ...
... ment , or the divine speeches of Samuel Adams and of John Hancock , or the diviner Declaration itself , I could not help observing , with the most pleasura- ble emotions , how finely the savage style was copied . Whenever it was my rare ...
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... ment , which we have not at the same moment under our view : the very dif- ferent civility of Europe and of China ; the barbarism of Persia and of Abyssi- nia ; the erratic manners of Tartary and of Arabia ; the savage state of North ...
... ment , which we have not at the same moment under our view : the very dif- ferent civility of Europe and of China ; the barbarism of Persia and of Abyssi- nia ; the erratic manners of Tartary and of Arabia ; the savage state of North ...
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