Select Reviews, and Spirit of the Foreign Magazines, Volume 6Enos Bronson Hopkins and Earle, 1811 - Literature, Modern |
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... respects new points of view , in which he has placed them . We were prepared to find that the conduct of the Russians had been highly creditable to their steadiness and courage ; but we were not altogether aware how much their activity ...
... respects new points of view , in which he has placed them . We were prepared to find that the conduct of the Russians had been highly creditable to their steadiness and courage ; but we were not altogether aware how much their activity ...
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... respecting the condition of his army . Now , not to observe , that it is next to impossible that General Foix could have marched from Alenquer to Pa- ris , even if he had been altogether free from interruption , within the period in ...
... respecting the condition of his army . Now , not to observe , that it is next to impossible that General Foix could have marched from Alenquer to Pa- ris , even if he had been altogether free from interruption , within the period in ...
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... respect- ed , and they are remarkable for their gentle disposition and hospitality to strangers . Beyond these are the Bo- shuanas , next the Barraloos , of the same race with the Koussi , but ad- vanced beyond them in civilization ...
... respect- ed , and they are remarkable for their gentle disposition and hospitality to strangers . Beyond these are the Bo- shuanas , next the Barraloos , of the same race with the Koussi , but ad- vanced beyond them in civilization ...
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... respect to matrimo nial fidelity , it must be acknowledged , is a stain upon their character ; which , though common , appears wholly irrecon- cileable with the general morality of the Spanish character . They are usually fair and ...
... respect to matrimo nial fidelity , it must be acknowledged , is a stain upon their character ; which , though common , appears wholly irrecon- cileable with the general morality of the Spanish character . They are usually fair and ...
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... respect to them , the accomplishment of these and other objects which occurred , left no room for the investigation of many subjects on which we might have expected some information . But little intelli- gence is to be found therefore ...
... respect to them , the accomplishment of these and other objects which occurred , left no room for the investigation of many subjects on which we might have expected some information . But little intelli- gence is to be found therefore ...
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