American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 48Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1856 |
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... give a wrong impression of their size and importance . The Danube and the Nile are indeed magnificent streams ; the former re- ceiving the waters of a hundred rivers , with a hundred nations clus- tered on its banks , the latter flowing ...
... give a wrong impression of their size and importance . The Danube and the Nile are indeed magnificent streams ; the former re- ceiving the waters of a hundred rivers , with a hundred nations clus- tered on its banks , the latter flowing ...
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... give reasons : my duty was to obey , and not question . If I had had a mother's bosom on which to weep , tears might have relieved the bursting heart and fevered brain ; but I was alone ; and all around grew dark , oh ! how dark ! and ...
... give reasons : my duty was to obey , and not question . If I had had a mother's bosom on which to weep , tears might have relieved the bursting heart and fevered brain ; but I was alone ; and all around grew dark , oh ! how dark ! and ...
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... give so much time to bank - note vig- nettes , excellent as they are . It is well to consider if there be any thing ridiculous in one's manner or appearance before coming within the scope of Darley's vision . If your nose is retroussez ...
... give so much time to bank - note vig- nettes , excellent as they are . It is well to consider if there be any thing ridiculous in one's manner or appearance before coming within the scope of Darley's vision . If your nose is retroussez ...
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... give a zest to any book . He makes one realize how ironical , acute , observant , and natural it is possible to be with no instrument but a lead - pencil ; he tells a story with a dash , reveals a character by a curve , and embodies an ...
... give a zest to any book . He makes one realize how ironical , acute , observant , and natural it is possible to be with no instrument but a lead - pencil ; he tells a story with a dash , reveals a character by a curve , and embodies an ...
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... give this question their serious and dispassionate consid- eration . Let , also , our handsome ladies on Broadway of a bright day , they who take the least suspicion of dampness or mud on the crossings for an excuse to elevate their ...
... give this question their serious and dispassionate consid- eration . Let , also , our handsome ladies on Broadway of a bright day , they who take the least suspicion of dampness or mud on the crossings for an excuse to elevate their ...
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