American Monthly Knickerbocker, Volume 18Charles Fenno Hoffman, Lewis Gaylord Clark, Timothy Flint, Kinahan Cornwallis, John Holmes Agnew 1841 - American periodicals |
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... believe myself a capital writer , and cradle my vanity in the sweet delusion that the friends of the ' Old Knick . ' look with almost as much avidity for the crudities of POLYGON , as they do for the mellow maturity of the inimitable ...
... believe myself a capital writer , and cradle my vanity in the sweet delusion that the friends of the ' Old Knick . ' look with almost as much avidity for the crudities of POLYGON , as they do for the mellow maturity of the inimitable ...
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... peering through the latch - hole , I could scarcely believe my eyes , when I saw one of the old musty rascals leisurely and stealthily hopping and shuffling himself toward the door where I stood 1841. ] 23 The Philosophy of Boots .
... peering through the latch - hole , I could scarcely believe my eyes , when I saw one of the old musty rascals leisurely and stealthily hopping and shuffling himself toward the door where I stood 1841. ] 23 The Philosophy of Boots .
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... believe that the good ' constitute the majority . Such a law must be framed with consummate skill , else it will not be obeyed . Our citizens , our temperate citizens , even , will never submit to a law persecuting any class , or ...
... believe that the good ' constitute the majority . Such a law must be framed with consummate skill , else it will not be obeyed . Our citizens , our temperate citizens , even , will never submit to a law persecuting any class , or ...
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... believe it ? in spite of all , she loves me ! ' ' Ah ! ' said the attorney , in a dissatisfied tone , that ' s bad . If it were not so , and she had another lover , and it could be proved slowly , and with great meaning in his looks ...
... believe it ? in spite of all , she loves me ! ' ' Ah ! ' said the attorney , in a dissatisfied tone , that ' s bad . If it were not so , and she had another lover , and it could be proved slowly , and with great meaning in his looks ...
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... believe . ' Without remark , and with a solemnity that struck awe even to the hardened heart of the man who incited him , Wilkins knelt down , and with uplifted hands , and eyes turned toward the throne of the great Omnipotent , called ...
... believe . ' Without remark , and with a solemnity that struck awe even to the hardened heart of the man who incited him , Wilkins knelt down , and with uplifted hands , and eyes turned toward the throne of the great Omnipotent , called ...
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