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... says , “ a dark - colored hanging - sleeve robe , tufted on the arms , and under it a close - bodied gown of white satin flowered with black , with close sleeves down to the wrist ; has a rich ruby in her ear , bedropt with large pearls ...
... says , “ a dark - colored hanging - sleeve robe , tufted on the arms , and under it a close - bodied gown of white satin flowered with black , with close sleeves down to the wrist ; has a rich ruby in her ear , bedropt with large pearls ...
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... says , " per ajutare a discoprire , " to aid in making discoveries . But the wit- ness of Ojeda is here quoted for the purpose of showing that Vespucci was with him in his visit to the coast of Paria in June and July , 1499 , and yet so ...
... says , " per ajutare a discoprire , " to aid in making discoveries . But the wit- ness of Ojeda is here quoted for the purpose of showing that Vespucci was with him in his visit to the coast of Paria in June and July , 1499 , and yet so ...
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... say , the land of Americus or America . " * A few pages later , he says : " But now these parts are more exten- sively explored , and , as will be seen in the following letters , another fourth part has been discovered by Americus ...
... say , the land of Americus or America . " * A few pages later , he says : " But now these parts are more exten- sively explored , and , as will be seen in the following letters , another fourth part has been discovered by Americus ...
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... says : " This book was printed in the year 1782 , for George Chalmers , Esq . , the author , who wrote an History of the Rise and Progress of the American Colonies , published in quarto . " Will some of your correspondents oblige me by say ...
... says : " This book was printed in the year 1782 , for George Chalmers , Esq . , the author , who wrote an History of the Rise and Progress of the American Colonies , published in quarto . " Will some of your correspondents oblige me by say ...
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... says that he heard a Roman Catholic preacher in France quote with approval a saying of " one of the early fathers " that " Hell is paved with the skulls of priests ! " Who will hunt down , and follow to its original hiding - place ...
... says that he heard a Roman Catholic preacher in France quote with approval a saying of " one of the early fathers " that " Hell is paved with the skulls of priests ! " Who will hunt down , and follow to its original hiding - place ...
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