American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 12Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1838 |
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... mean time Maskelyne , the English astronomer , announced the discovery to M. Messier , and the astrono- mers of Paris ... means of justifying some of the above statements ; and the expose is equally demanded in jus- tice to the memory of ...
... mean time Maskelyne , the English astronomer , announced the discovery to M. Messier , and the astrono- mers of Paris ... means of justifying some of the above statements ; and the expose is equally demanded in jus- tice to the memory of ...
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... means of political preferment . At college he was one of the mildest fellows in the world - winning respect by mental superiority , and retaining it by a thousand natural kindnesses . I used to admire his love for his mother , who was a ...
... means of political preferment . At college he was one of the mildest fellows in the world - winning respect by mental superiority , and retaining it by a thousand natural kindnesses . I used to admire his love for his mother , who was a ...
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... means , and hopes , tending toward one point , and that political advancement . Years ago , I could not see all this as clearly as I now see it . Touching the hours spent in the magistrate's family , I have no- thing now to say . A ...
... means , and hopes , tending toward one point , and that political advancement . Years ago , I could not see all this as clearly as I now see it . Touching the hours spent in the magistrate's family , I have no- thing now to say . A ...
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... means unwelcome , because it is so gradual . In a word , a virtuous life is the only one which can give serenity and peace during the last act of life's drama . The calm beauty of its evening is generally the natural consequence of a ...
... means unwelcome , because it is so gradual . In a word , a virtuous life is the only one which can give serenity and peace during the last act of life's drama . The calm beauty of its evening is generally the natural consequence of a ...
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... mean the Rev. George A. Baxter , D. D. , at present at the head of the Theological Seminary in Virginia . As to the other wit- nesses , Mr. Revely afterward became a member of the Legislature of Virginia , and somewhat distinguished , I ...
... mean the Rev. George A. Baxter , D. D. , at present at the head of the Theological Seminary in Virginia . As to the other wit- nesses , Mr. Revely afterward became a member of the Legislature of Virginia , and somewhat distinguished , I ...
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