American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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Page 32
... continued to frown as before in sculptured majesty upon the daring innova- tions perpetrated at their very feet , the statues were stripped of divinity , and worshipped no longer with the adoration of fear . It can be no subject of ...
... continued to frown as before in sculptured majesty upon the daring innova- tions perpetrated at their very feet , the statues were stripped of divinity , and worshipped no longer with the adoration of fear . It can be no subject of ...
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... continued till the lady has exhausted her memory , or till she has repeated six or eight stanzas . When the dancers possess humor or wit , as they frequently do , la perdiz ' be- comes the source of great merriment and enjoyment ...
... continued till the lady has exhausted her memory , or till she has repeated six or eight stanzas . When the dancers possess humor or wit , as they frequently do , la perdiz ' be- comes the source of great merriment and enjoyment ...
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... continued Sir Thomas , ' the cap is too high , and the ribbon a very little too blue ; the ladies , for taste in such matters , after all . ' The ladies really thought , as Sir Thomas wished , that they had suggested the faults in the ...
... continued Sir Thomas , ' the cap is too high , and the ribbon a very little too blue ; the ladies , for taste in such matters , after all . ' The ladies really thought , as Sir Thomas wished , that they had suggested the faults in the ...
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... continued its sessions daily until the 18th January , 1834 , when it was dispersed , at the point of the bayonet , by Gamarra and his satellite Bermudez ! A bloody engagement ensued ; Gamarra was driven from Lima , and at the latest ...
... continued its sessions daily until the 18th January , 1834 , when it was dispersed , at the point of the bayonet , by Gamarra and his satellite Bermudez ! A bloody engagement ensued ; Gamarra was driven from Lima , and at the latest ...
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... continued , after the first brunt of the contest had been endured , and the chances of a successful issue appeared more probable ; the whole country being compelled to the use of arms , and supplying better sol- diers from their greater ...
... continued , after the first brunt of the contest had been endured , and the chances of a successful issue appeared more probable ; the whole country being compelled to the use of arms , and supplying better sol- diers from their greater ...
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