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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... reason , it is certainly no great praise , at the present day , to say of an author , that he writes well . But to accord to him , with any shew of justice , the praise of being the best writer of the time , is , for the same reason , a ...
... reason , it is certainly no great praise , at the present day , to say of an author , that he writes well . But to accord to him , with any shew of justice , the praise of being the best writer of the time , is , for the same reason , a ...
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... reason was , that they could not get it , — and the reason why Moses did not go by the sun was , that nobody knew the exact length of the solar year . His only remedy was to add this thirteenth month when it became necessary , and the ...
... reason was , that they could not get it , — and the reason why Moses did not go by the sun was , that nobody knew the exact length of the solar year . His only remedy was to add this thirteenth month when it became necessary , and the ...
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... reason for his dwelling at length on so familiar a thing . The luxury of being overset in one of the cars , which he enjoyed , is not so common ; but unless proper cau- tion be observed , such adventures will be more frequent than we ...
... reason for his dwelling at length on so familiar a thing . The luxury of being overset in one of the cars , which he enjoyed , is not so common ; but unless proper cau- tion be observed , such adventures will be more frequent than we ...
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