The North American Review, Volume 41Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge O. Everett, 1835 Vols. 227-230, no. 2 include: Stuff and nonsense, v. 5-6, no. 8, Jan. 1929-Aug. 1930. |
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Page 197
... fact , that the latter sense was want- ing or imperfect , -a defect which , considering the diet of such creatures , would be rather a blessing than a privation . Professor Jameson remarks , that he had suspected the same thing , from ...
... fact , that the latter sense was want- ing or imperfect , -a defect which , considering the diet of such creatures , would be rather a blessing than a privation . Professor Jameson remarks , that he had suspected the same thing , from ...
Page 228
... facts as the author of this great work supplies , are easily ascertained , the contents of this book will undeceive him ; it is hard to verify matters of fact in an extensive library ; it is harder still to ascertain them in the open ...
... facts as the author of this great work supplies , are easily ascertained , the contents of this book will undeceive him ; it is hard to verify matters of fact in an extensive library ; it is harder still to ascertain them in the open ...
Page 349
... facts , honest minds are often deceived , and discontent is excited , when no cause of complaint in fact exists . There is no more common mode of attempting to mislead the public sentiment , than by describing a state of things ex ...
... facts , honest minds are often deceived , and discontent is excited , when no cause of complaint in fact exists . There is no more common mode of attempting to mislead the public sentiment , than by describing a state of things ex ...
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