The Bland Papers: Being a Selection from the Manuscripts of Colonel Theodorick Bland, Jr. ; to which are Prefixed an Introduction, and a Memoir of Colonel Bland, Volumes 1-2E. & J.C. Ruffin, 1840 - United States |
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... remains on this head to present some history of the manuscripts themselves . Colonel Theodorick Bland was ( as is well known , ) a man of emi- nence in a military , as well as in a civil capacity . Accordingly , for many years , he held ...
... remains on this head to present some history of the manuscripts themselves . Colonel Theodorick Bland was ( as is well known , ) a man of emi- nence in a military , as well as in a civil capacity . Accordingly , for many years , he held ...
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... remain rendered the task of copying them ( to one not at all conversant with matters of the sort ) difficult and perplexing . However , the interest- ing nature of their contents sufficiently compensated for the pains they cost ; and a ...
... remain rendered the task of copying them ( to one not at all conversant with matters of the sort ) difficult and perplexing . However , the interest- ing nature of their contents sufficiently compensated for the pains they cost ; and a ...
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... remain'd , And no other Penates I knew , But those which near Mantua reigned . But soon as I visited Rome , There the godlike Augustus I saw , His helmet adorn'd with a plume , And like Sybil he uttered the law . No sooner I told him my ...
... remain'd , And no other Penates I knew , But those which near Mantua reigned . But soon as I visited Rome , There the godlike Augustus I saw , His helmet adorn'd with a plume , And like Sybil he uttered the law . No sooner I told him my ...
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... remain ? Shall [ Britain's isle , ] once so free , All nations ' envy , nature's pride , Bow down her neck to slavery ? Shall shackled slaves her fate decide ? Shall Brunswick's line , exalted high , And freely placed on Britain's ...
... remain ? Shall [ Britain's isle , ] once so free , All nations ' envy , nature's pride , Bow down her neck to slavery ? Shall shackled slaves her fate decide ? Shall Brunswick's line , exalted high , And freely placed on Britain's ...
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... and north branch of the Poto- mac , the remains of which are yet to be seen . It is about 55 miles north - west of Winchester , on the Maryland side of the Potomac . push'd off into the wide ocean . I was permitted 2 THE BLAND PAPERS . 9.
... and north branch of the Poto- mac , the remains of which are yet to be seen . It is about 55 miles north - west of Winchester , on the Maryland side of the Potomac . push'd off into the wide ocean . I was permitted 2 THE BLAND PAPERS . 9.
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