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Page 10
... thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an unquenchable fire in the hearts of the op- pressed , and loosed the knees of the oppressors with a strange and unwonted fear ! argue it on general ...
... thousand years , and which , from one end of Europe to the other , have kindled an unquenchable fire in the hearts of the op- pressed , and loosed the knees of the oppressors with a strange and unwonted fear ! argue it on general ...
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... thousand inhabitants . In the various schools about ten thousand children were taught to read ; twelve hundred studied arithmetic ; six hundred received a learned education . The progress of elegant literature and of the fine arts was ...
... thousand inhabitants . In the various schools about ten thousand children were taught to read ; twelve hundred studied arithmetic ; six hundred received a learned education . The progress of elegant literature and of the fine arts was ...
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... thousand people . But there can be no doubt that he was a much less depraved man thar . Wild . The deed for which Mrs. Brownrigg was hanged sinks into nothing , when compared with the conduct of the Roman who treated the public to a ...
... thousand people . But there can be no doubt that he was a much less depraved man thar . Wild . The deed for which Mrs. Brownrigg was hanged sinks into nothing , when compared with the conduct of the Roman who treated the public to a ...
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... thousand touches , which formerly he passed by without notice . But though he understands the merits of the narrative better than formerly , he is far less interested by it . Xury , and Friday , and pretty Poll , the boat with the ...
... thousand touches , which formerly he passed by without notice . But though he understands the merits of the narrative better than formerly , he is far less interested by it . Xury , and Friday , and pretty Poll , the boat with the ...
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... thousand readers are eager for the appearance of a book , a small contribution from each makes up a splendid remuneration for the author . Where literature is a luxury , confined to few , each of them must pay high . If the Empress ...
... thousand readers are eager for the appearance of a book , a small contribution from each makes up a splendid remuneration for the author . Where literature is a luxury , confined to few , each of them must pay high . If the Empress ...
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