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... remarkable that the Spaniards , whose mental purpose the discovery of the precious metals , explorations and colonizations had for their funda- should have been so near the great object of their desires and yet failed to reach it . Peru ...
... remarkable that the Spaniards , whose mental purpose the discovery of the precious metals , explorations and colonizations had for their funda- should have been so near the great object of their desires and yet failed to reach it . Peru ...
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... remarkable for having been translated into English by Sir John Vanbrugh . It may be found in that author's works under the name of The Country House . taken of " Fable Land , " from Cape Homer to Point Hawthorne ! In those regions of ...
... remarkable for having been translated into English by Sir John Vanbrugh . It may be found in that author's works under the name of The Country House . taken of " Fable Land , " from Cape Homer to Point Hawthorne ! In those regions of ...
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... remarkable for their dog- matism and the effrontery with which he pronounces judgment on every thing that comes before him , eriti- cising men , manners , and institutions with an assump- ludicrous . But , on the other hand , he has ...
... remarkable for their dog- matism and the effrontery with which he pronounces judgment on every thing that comes before him , eriti- cising men , manners , and institutions with an assump- ludicrous . But , on the other hand , he has ...
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... remarkable was the Panharmonica , said to be at present in this country . The automaton chess- player , which became remarkable in connection with this gentleman's name , is also in this country , at Philadelphia . It is said that Verdi ...
... remarkable was the Panharmonica , said to be at present in this country . The automaton chess- player , which became remarkable in connection with this gentleman's name , is also in this country , at Philadelphia . It is said that Verdi ...
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... remarkable coincidence . " In a tale writ- ten by me about two years ago , published at that time in " Stories from a Screen , " there is an incident which so in the New Monthly Magazine , and republished last May closely resembles Mr ...
... remarkable coincidence . " In a tale writ- ten by me about two years ago , published at that time in " Stories from a Screen , " there is an incident which so in the New Monthly Magazine , and republished last May closely resembles Mr ...
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Page 67 - A moment after, and hands unseen Were hanging the night around us fast; But we knew that a bar was broken between Life and life: we were mixed at last In spite of the mortal screen.
Page 4 - But now shine on, and what care I, Who in this stormy gulf have found a pearl The countercharm of space and hollow sky, And do accept my madness, and would die To save from some slight shame one simple girl.
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