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For a long time they indulged the hope of a recall , and they seem to have the zeal which they displayed , seems to have proceeded more directly from their love of magnificence , than from their love of letters ; a proof of the general ...
For a long time they indulged the hope of a recall , and they seem to have the zeal which they displayed , seems to have proceeded more directly from their love of magnificence , than from their love of letters ; a proof of the general ...
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... scattered fragments , and give to them the form and convenience of a regular collection , was a task that requir- ed not money and leisure alone , but indefatigable industry , and an indomitable zeal for the pursuit of letters .
... scattered fragments , and give to them the form and convenience of a regular collection , was a task that requir- ed not money and leisure alone , but indefatigable industry , and an indomitable zeal for the pursuit of letters .
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We possess a curious proof of the poetical enthusiasm which Petrarch carried into the driest part of his researches , in the letters which he addressed to Cicero , and Homer , and others of the old classics .
We possess a curious proof of the poetical enthusiasm which Petrarch carried into the driest part of his researches , in the letters which he addressed to Cicero , and Homer , and others of the old classics .
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Contents
HI POISONING | 27 |
EXECUTION OF AN ITALIAN AT CANTON | 58 |
Life of BLACK HAWK | 68 |
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