American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... 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 , not by the capacity to imbibe and ...
... 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 , not by the capacity to imbibe and ...
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... British vessels and produce , paying 15 per cent . on a valuation made by their own consuls . This treaty expired in 1825. Imported produce generally pays a duty of 24 per cent on a valuation by the cus- tom - house of the country ...
... British vessels and produce , paying 15 per cent . on a valuation made by their own consuls . This treaty expired in 1825. Imported produce generally pays a duty of 24 per cent on a valuation by the cus- tom - house of the country ...
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... British troops , and the removal of the seat of com- bat to another portion of our country . The present volumes em- brace the period of time between the middle of July , 1776 , and the 14th of the same month in the year '78 ; a space ...
... British troops , and the removal of the seat of com- bat to another portion of our country . The present volumes em- brace the period of time between the middle of July , 1776 , and the 14th of the same month in the year '78 ; a space ...
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... 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 ar- mies to battle . Indeed , the military characters of the Duke of Wellington and General ...
... 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 ar- mies to battle . Indeed , the military characters of the Duke of Wellington and General ...
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... British were in great force on Long Island , and had also a large fleet in New York harbour , their object being the gradual expul- sion of the Americans from the city , and if possible from the state . General Greene was entrusted with ...
... British were in great force on Long Island , and had also a large fleet in New York harbour , their object being the gradual expul- sion of the Americans from the city , and if possible from the state . General Greene was entrusted with ...
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