The Classic and the Beautiful from the Literature of Three Thousand Years, Volume 1Carson and Simpson, 1896 - Anthologies |
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... never in any country been applied to an extensive territory . Large grants and sales of public land took place before the Revolu- tion and in the interval between the peace and the adoption of the Constitution , but the limits of these ...
... never in any country been applied to an extensive territory . Large grants and sales of public land took place before the Revolu- tion and in the interval between the peace and the adoption of the Constitution , but the limits of these ...
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... never , " he adds , " succeeded but in a single case , and that was a location and survey made by Gen- eral Washington before the Revolution , and I am not acquainted with any surveys , ex- cept those made by him , but what have been ...
... never , " he adds , " succeeded but in a single case , and that was a location and survey made by Gen- eral Washington before the Revolution , and I am not acquainted with any surveys , ex- cept those made by him , but what have been ...
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... never was an age more distinguished for ingenious research , for novel result and bold generalization . foundation of the observatory at Greenwich , | side - and it seems to me there never was an and no one subject has received more of ...
... never was an age more distinguished for ingenious research , for novel result and bold generalization . foundation of the observatory at Greenwich , | side - and it seems to me there never was an and no one subject has received more of ...
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... never- theless . Yes , the earth moves , and the planets move , and the mighty waters move , and the great sweeping tides of air move , and the empires of men move , and the world of thought moves , ever onward and upward to higher ...
... never- theless . Yes , the earth moves , and the planets move , and the mighty waters move , and the great sweeping tides of air move , and the empires of men move , and the world of thought moves , ever onward and upward to higher ...
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... never come above ground - who had heard , however , by fame and report , of the being and power of the gods - if at a certain time , the portals of the earth being thrown open , they had been able to emerge from those hidden abodes to ...
... never come above ground - who had heard , however , by fame and report , of the being and power of the gods - if at a certain time , the portals of the earth being thrown open , they had been able to emerge from those hidden abodes to ...
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