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... tion , will throw the advantage on the side of the historian . The author in all his labors for the advancement of education , has endeavored to keep this fact continually in view . The object of this volume is to make the reader ...
... tion , will throw the advantage on the side of the historian . The author in all his labors for the advancement of education , has endeavored to keep this fact continually in view . The object of this volume is to make the reader ...
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... tion . Dionysius was already there ; he was exalted on a movable throne , drawn by six white horses , and sat pensive and attentive to the prisoner . Pythias came ; he vaulted lightly on the scaffold , and beholding for a time the ...
... tion . Dionysius was already there ; he was exalted on a movable throne , drawn by six white horses , and sat pensive and attentive to the prisoner . Pythias came ; he vaulted lightly on the scaffold , and beholding for a time the ...
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... tion that was the more poignant , as they knew that though the regiment of guards was one of the finest in the kingdom , yet it was that of which every soldier had the greatest dread , since , being always under the eye of the king , it ...
... tion that was the more poignant , as they knew that though the regiment of guards was one of the finest in the kingdom , yet it was that of which every soldier had the greatest dread , since , being always under the eye of the king , it ...
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... tion to them , inviting them to make free and eat hearty . In the course of the entertainment , he asked the miller a great many questions about his family and his relations ; the miller told him that he was the eldest son of his father ...
... tion to them , inviting them to make free and eat hearty . In the course of the entertainment , he asked the miller a great many questions about his family and his relations ; the miller told him that he was the eldest son of his father ...
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... tion . His piety , and a religious sense of his depend- ence on God , formed the basis of all his virtues , and the principle of his whole conduct . He was too sensible of his weakness , to ascribe any thing to himself , or to conceive ...
... tion . His piety , and a religious sense of his depend- ence on God , formed the basis of all his virtues , and the principle of his whole conduct . He was too sensible of his weakness , to ascribe any thing to himself , or to conceive ...
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