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... ture . The work must , therefore , be considered as a kind of overgrown amphigouri , a heterogeneous combi- nation of events , which , pretending to no meaning , may be innocently permitted to surprise for a moment , and then dropt for ...
... ture . The work must , therefore , be considered as a kind of overgrown amphigouri , a heterogeneous combi- nation of events , which , pretending to no meaning , may be innocently permitted to surprise for a moment , and then dropt for ...
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... ture to lay it down as our opinion , - that his poetry is far superiour to his prose ; that his Scottish compositions are greatly to be preferred to his English ones ; and that his songs will probably outlive all his other productions ...
... ture to lay it down as our opinion , - that his poetry is far superiour to his prose ; that his Scottish compositions are greatly to be preferred to his English ones ; and that his songs will probably outlive all his other productions ...
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... ture revolted at a crime which violated all her laws . Suddenly , Frikmann stopped ; and in a strong and gloomy voice , he said , in German , five or six words which were repeated by the echoes of both the shores . A minute afterward ...
... ture revolted at a crime which violated all her laws . Suddenly , Frikmann stopped ; and in a strong and gloomy voice , he said , in German , five or six words which were repeated by the echoes of both the shores . A minute afterward ...
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... ture , or even to our security , fore- sight can assign no definite boundary , even hope can hardly anticipate a very speedy termination . In this new and portentous condition of Eu- rope , we are called upon to look more widely around ...
... ture , or even to our security , fore- sight can assign no definite boundary , even hope can hardly anticipate a very speedy termination . In this new and portentous condition of Eu- rope , we are called upon to look more widely around ...
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... ture opportunity . When war was again declared against France in 1803 , the business of South America formed one of the principal designs of ministers ; and measures were taken to carry it into effect , the moment that the peace which ...
... ture opportunity . When war was again declared against France in 1803 , the business of South America formed one of the principal designs of ministers ; and measures were taken to carry it into effect , the moment that the peace which ...
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