THE

AMERICAN REVIEW

OF

HISTORY AND POLITICS,

AND

GENERAL REPOSITORY OF LITERATURE AND

STATE PAPERS.

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Præmia.

Virgil, Lib. xü.

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Page THE fifth number of the American Review,” is ng ed to the public. The undertaking has as yet experiencım indulgence, and will be assiduously prosecuted, in thexpect tation, that it will not only continue to attract attenti, but finally engage in its support the literary talents of the entry. Were the list of literary contributors such as it mighie, or any way proportionate to that of the subscribers, nothingould be wanting, to insure the accomplishment of the im rtant purposes, for which the work was instituted.

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