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... who is remorselessly hunted from his lands and possessions by his Anglo - Ame rican invaders . But , with a view to turn the cur- rent of this feeling , Dr. BIRD exhibits to us the Aborigines of North America , not as men possessing the A ...
... who is remorselessly hunted from his lands and possessions by his Anglo - Ame rican invaders . But , with a view to turn the cur- rent of this feeling , Dr. BIRD exhibits to us the Aborigines of North America , not as men possessing the A ...
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... feelings , and in every other respect unfitted to be her associates . She looked upon the face of her kinsman , and seeing that it grew the darker and gloomier the nearer they approached the scene of rejoicing , she laid her hand upon ...
... feelings , and in every other respect unfitted to be her associates . She looked upon the face of her kinsman , and seeing that it grew the darker and gloomier the nearer they approached the scene of rejoicing , she laid her hand upon ...
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... feelings towards his brothers ; who , pursu- ing the principles they had so early avowed , were among the first to take arms among the patriots of Virginia , and fell , as Roland had said , at Norfolk , leaving each an orphan child ...
... feelings towards his brothers ; who , pursu- ing the principles they had so early avowed , were among the first to take arms among the patriots of Virginia , and fell , as Roland had said , at Norfolk , leaving each an orphan child ...
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... feelings of the hardy Ken- tuckian ; but they were affected still more strongly by the generous self - sacrifice , as it might be called , which the young soldier was evidently making for his kinswoman , for whom he had given up an ...
... feelings of the hardy Ken- tuckian ; but they were affected still more strongly by the generous self - sacrifice , as it might be called , which the young soldier was evidently making for his kinswoman , for whom he had given up an ...
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... feelings with which he approached the non - combatant ; though it was more than probable , the disgust he , in common with the other warlike personages , entertained towards the peaceable Nathan , might have rendered him a little more ...
... feelings with which he approached the non - combatant ; though it was more than probable , the disgust he , in common with the other warlike personages , entertained towards the peaceable Nathan , might have rendered him a little more ...
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