The American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, Volume 2H. Biglow, Orville Luther Holley H. Bigelow, Esq., editor and proprietor, 1817 - American literature |
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... eyes were turn- ed , and reviving a question which had been put at rest without being solved . The impractibility of a North - West pas- sage to the Indies is far from being ascer- certained , and the present occasion has led to a ...
... eyes were turn- ed , and reviving a question which had been put at rest without being solved . The impractibility of a North - West pas- sage to the Indies is far from being ascer- certained , and the present occasion has led to a ...
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... eyes prominent and black , and nothing can exceed the white- ness and delicacy of its feathers . " There is also the common dunghill fowl . Of fish there is not a great variety , nor are they caught in much abundance . Among them ...
... eyes prominent and black , and nothing can exceed the white- ness and delicacy of its feathers . " There is also the common dunghill fowl . Of fish there is not a great variety , nor are they caught in much abundance . Among them ...
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... eyes and teeth , are acute and vivacious , and parti- cularly distinguished for the beauty of their hands . The dress of the women , which is becoming and decent , consists of three parts ; the head - dress , made of a fine cloth of an ...
... eyes and teeth , are acute and vivacious , and parti- cularly distinguished for the beauty of their hands . The dress of the women , which is becoming and decent , consists of three parts ; the head - dress , made of a fine cloth of an ...
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... eyes , an open expression of countenance , and looks of such simple innocence and sweet sensibility , as to render their ap- pearance at once interesting and engag- ing , and it is pleasing to add , their minds and manners were as pure ...
... eyes , an open expression of countenance , and looks of such simple innocence and sweet sensibility , as to render their ap- pearance at once interesting and engag- ing , and it is pleasing to add , their minds and manners were as pure ...
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... eye , it still is a cos- tume ! It is a refinement on necessity , and not the mere and meagre covering of shivering nature ... eyes of a Pompadour had often rested : the other was en habit militaire , and might have been a spruce ensign ...
... eye , it still is a cos- tume ! It is a refinement on necessity , and not the mere and meagre covering of shivering nature ... eyes of a Pompadour had often rested : the other was en habit militaire , and might have been a spruce ensign ...
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