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Page 26
... or the elegant trifles of some of the British magazines , to say nothing of the
higher flights of Fracastoro or Johannes Secundus . We know well the demands
of parents , and how too many of them judge of education as gluttons do of feasts
...
... or the elegant trifles of some of the British magazines , to say nothing of the
higher flights of Fracastoro or Johannes Secundus . We know well the demands
of parents , and how too many of them judge of education as gluttons do of feasts
...
Page 56
The influence of Great Britain over the Portuguese government followed it across
the Atlantic , as was apparent in a commercial treaty between the two powers in
1810 , opening the ports of Brazil to British vessels and produce , paying 15 per ...
The influence of Great Britain over the Portuguese government followed it across
the Atlantic , as was apparent in a commercial treaty between the two powers in
1810 , opening the ports of Brazil to British vessels and produce , paying 15 per ...
Page 74
... closed with the evacuation of Boston by the British troops , and the removal of
the seat of combat to another portion of our country . The present volumes
embrace the period of time between the middle of July , 1776 , and the 14th of the
same ...
... closed with the evacuation of Boston by the British troops , and the removal of
the seat of combat to another portion of our country . The present volumes
embrace the period of time between the middle of July , 1776 , and the 14th of the
same ...
Page 75
In this respect , he was not unlike a distinguished British general , whose fortune
it has been , on more than one occasion , to hold the helm of state in England , as
he has also led her armies to battle . Indeed , the military characters of the Duke ...
In this respect , he was not unlike a distinguished British general , whose fortune
it has been , on more than one occasion , to hold the helm of state in England , as
he has also led her armies to battle . Indeed , the military characters of the Duke ...
Page 77
The British were in great force on Long Island , and had also a large fleet in New
York harbour , their object being the gradual expulsion of the Americans from the
city , and if possible from the state . General Greene was entrusted with the ...
The British were in great force on Long Island , and had also a large fleet in New
York harbour , their object being the gradual expulsion of the Americans from the
city , and if possible from the state . General Greene was entrusted with the ...
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