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... early English reports and ends with the statutes of Virginia ; the second column lists such books as Dalrymple's Feudal System , Hale's History of the Common Law and Smith's Wealth of Nations , and the third column consists entirely of ...
... early English reports and ends with the statutes of Virginia ; the second column lists such books as Dalrymple's Feudal System , Hale's History of the Common Law and Smith's Wealth of Nations , and the third column consists entirely of ...
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... early historian , " the power of completely interesting and amusing Jefferson in any of the moods of his mind . " He tried out all Jefferson's schemes . He kept a thermometric diary ; he read the books Jefferson recommended ; when ...
... early historian , " the power of completely interesting and amusing Jefferson in any of the moods of his mind . " He tried out all Jefferson's schemes . He kept a thermometric diary ; he read the books Jefferson recommended ; when ...
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... early resolved to build up a library but even if he had had the money this was difficult for there were few bookstores and those but poorly stocked . He did not con- fine his study to technical law books for his conception of the proper ...
... early resolved to build up a library but even if he had had the money this was difficult for there were few bookstores and those but poorly stocked . He did not con- fine his study to technical law books for his conception of the proper ...
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