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... appeared among them during those two centuries , which have witnessed , in close proximity to them , a little one become a thousand , and a small one a strong nation , ' and innumerable square miles of wilderness transformed into a ...
... appeared among them during those two centuries , which have witnessed , in close proximity to them , a little one become a thousand , and a small one a strong nation , ' and innumerable square miles of wilderness transformed into a ...
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... appeared , Which oft my boyhood's eye had cheered , By fairer landscape never blest ; White clouds in motion , hills at rest , By passing shadows overrun ! Passaic basking in the sun ; Far city - spires that task the eye , Pricking like ...
... appeared , Which oft my boyhood's eye had cheered , By fairer landscape never blest ; White clouds in motion , hills at rest , By passing shadows overrun ! Passaic basking in the sun ; Far city - spires that task the eye , Pricking like ...
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... appearance , on close inspection , yet they were highly picturesque at a distance . There were large flocks of snowy sheep feeding upon the delicate white clover that grew upon the hilly fields , and numerous herds of fat and lordly ...
... appearance , on close inspection , yet they were highly picturesque at a distance . There were large flocks of snowy sheep feeding upon the delicate white clover that grew upon the hilly fields , and numerous herds of fat and lordly ...
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... appeared very odd to him , as every thing will appear to travellers , which they may not have been in the habit of seeing at home . But all these curiosities did not divert John's mind from the breakfast upon which he feasted with his ...
... appeared very odd to him , as every thing will appear to travellers , which they may not have been in the habit of seeing at home . But all these curiosities did not divert John's mind from the breakfast upon which he feasted with his ...
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... appeared disposed to take the world very easy . Do tell me , ' she said , addressing Jere- miah , if you are all the way from York ? ' · ' Yes , madam , ' said Jeremiah ; ' we left there the day before yes- terday . ' ' Well , I want to ...
... appeared disposed to take the world very easy . Do tell me , ' she said , addressing Jere- miah , if you are all the way from York ? ' · ' Yes , madam , ' said Jeremiah ; ' we left there the day before yes- terday . ' ' Well , I want to ...
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