American Quarterly Review, Volume 17Robert Walsh Carey, Lea & Carey, 1835 - American literature |
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... millions of pounds . The im- ports are chiefly wines , brandy , and oil from Portugal ; dry - goods and hardware from England ; flour , salted provisions , naval stores , and household furniture from the United States . In its colonial ...
... millions of pounds . The im- ports are chiefly wines , brandy , and oil from Portugal ; dry - goods and hardware from England ; flour , salted provisions , naval stores , and household furniture from the United States . In its colonial ...
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... million of dollars in foreign productions pass through . Cobíja , annually , for the interior . The original packages are almost all broken up and repacked in smaller parcels , adapted to the strength of the mules and asses , who are ...
... million of dollars in foreign productions pass through . Cobíja , annually , for the interior . The original packages are almost all broken up and repacked in smaller parcels , adapted to the strength of the mules and asses , who are ...
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... millions . For three hundred years Peru was ruled by a succession of tyrants ; and since the revolution , it has been governed by fac- tious military chieftains of unbridled passions , who have sought little else than self ...
... millions . For three hundred years Peru was ruled by a succession of tyrants ; and since the revolution , it has been governed by fac- tious military chieftains of unbridled passions , who have sought little else than self ...
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... millions . The accuracy of this he has himself tested by the examination of small separate districts , in all of which he has found the census of the government in defect rather than in excess . Another Chinese authority quoted by ...
... millions . The accuracy of this he has himself tested by the examination of small separate districts , in all of which he has found the census of the government in defect rather than in excess . Another Chinese authority quoted by ...
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... millions for so many centuries together . No human institution has stood so long , has found so many admirers and followers . If we have to regulate our opinion upon this sub- ject according to the influence exerted upon the Chinese ...
... millions for so many centuries together . No human institution has stood so long , has found so many admirers and followers . If we have to regulate our opinion upon this sub- ject according to the influence exerted upon the Chinese ...
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