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... hundred years , advanced one step in improvement beyond the contemporaries of Raleigh and the Pilgrims . Not one scientific or literary production ; not a single invention or discovery in even the practical appliances of life ; not an ...
... hundred years , advanced one step in improvement beyond the contemporaries of Raleigh and the Pilgrims . Not one scientific or literary production ; not a single invention or discovery in even the practical appliances of life ; not an ...
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... hundred Dutch virgins of Schuylkill county , ) is to eat sour - krout , and talk Dutch ? That you may know to what delights you are invited , and choose the period of your visit , I will give you briefly an outline of our seasons and ...
... hundred Dutch virgins of Schuylkill county , ) is to eat sour - krout , and talk Dutch ? That you may know to what delights you are invited , and choose the period of your visit , I will give you briefly an outline of our seasons and ...
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... hundred dogs used , about midnight , to set up a general howl , and wake up the village . Is it not strange that a dog in a state of nature only whines , and that barking is an acquirement he attains among men ? I have read that pigs ...
... hundred dogs used , about midnight , to set up a general howl , and wake up the village . Is it not strange that a dog in a state of nature only whines , and that barking is an acquirement he attains among men ? I have read that pigs ...
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... hundred yards to the north of the principal work , and connected with it by a covered passage , is a large square redoubt , with small bastions . The ancient parapet has long since crumbled to a mere mound of earth , and borne trees of ...
... hundred yards to the north of the principal work , and connected with it by a covered passage , is a large square redoubt , with small bastions . The ancient parapet has long since crumbled to a mere mound of earth , and borne trees of ...
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... hundred harps of England Lift high the voice of song . Mid festive lamps and garlands , I wander sad and slow , And I list in vain the lay I loved , In the days of long ago ; While aye yon laurel'd Tyre Seems mournfully to swell , Moans ...
... hundred harps of England Lift high the voice of song . Mid festive lamps and garlands , I wander sad and slow , And I list in vain the lay I loved , In the days of long ago ; While aye yon laurel'd Tyre Seems mournfully to swell , Moans ...
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