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... reign Affairs , and filled various other born at Hallowell , in the State of Maine , offices . After representing the Porte at in 1803. He graduated at Bowdoin B 66 College in 1820 , and became a Congrega- | COTEMPORARY BIOGRAPHY. ...
... reign Affairs , and filled various other born at Hallowell , in the State of Maine , offices . After representing the Porte at in 1803. He graduated at Bowdoin B 66 College in 1820 , and became a Congrega- | COTEMPORARY BIOGRAPHY. ...
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... various means to cool his ardour . Fortunately , however , his indomitable perseverance and assi- duity attracted the notice of the great German publisher , Cotta , who advanced him such money as he required for the successful ...
... various means to cool his ardour . Fortunately , however , his indomitable perseverance and assi- duity attracted the notice of the great German publisher , Cotta , who advanced him such money as he required for the successful ...
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... various other works of a miscellaneous character , but his reputation in America rests chiefly on his biographical and philological researches and labours . amount of attention to consistency , sym- | Historical Dictionary , " which ...
... various other works of a miscellaneous character , but his reputation in America rests chiefly on his biographical and philological researches and labours . amount of attention to consistency , sym- | Historical Dictionary , " which ...
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... various gold medals at the Paris his fertile pen . The style of M. Augier Exhibition , and the Cross of the Legion is at once classic and easy , dignified and of Honour . yet pictorial , never heavy , and always AYTOUN , WILLIAM ...
... various gold medals at the Paris his fertile pen . The style of M. Augier Exhibition , and the Cross of the Legion is at once classic and easy , dignified and of Honour . yet pictorial , never heavy , and always AYTOUN , WILLIAM ...
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... various pieces of mechanism wrote several romances . The earliest employed in the arts . On his return he of these was " Ettore Fieramosca , " pub- | published his Economy of Manufac- lished in 1833 , which , conceived in the tures ...
... various pieces of mechanism wrote several romances . The earliest employed in the arts . On his return he of these was " Ettore Fieramosca , " pub- | published his Economy of Manufac- lished in 1833 , which , conceived in the tures ...
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