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... Das Goldene Vliess , Dramatisches Gedicht in drey Ab- theilungen , von Franz Grillparzer . - The Golden Fleece . A dramatic poem in three parts . By Francis Grillpar- zer . 229 242 270 283 ART . XX . - Character of Lord Bacon .
... Das Goldene Vliess , Dramatisches Gedicht in drey Ab- theilungen , von Franz Grillparzer . - The Golden Fleece . A dramatic poem in three parts . By Francis Grillpar- zer . 229 242 270 283 ART . XX . - Character of Lord Bacon .
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ART . XX . - Character of Lord Bacon . The Life of Francis Bacon , Lord Chancellor of England . By Mr Mallet . 300 ART . XXI . - Tudor's Life of James Otis . The Life of James Otis of Massachusetts ; containing , also , notices of some ...
ART . XX . - Character of Lord Bacon . The Life of Francis Bacon , Lord Chancellor of England . By Mr Mallet . 300 ART . XXI . - Tudor's Life of James Otis . The Life of James Otis of Massachusetts ; containing , also , notices of some ...
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... Bacon to the office of attorney general , in the eleventh year of James I. Yelverton was made solicitor general . He held this office seven years , when he was appointed attorney general , upon Bacon's being promoted to the office of ...
... Bacon to the office of attorney general , in the eleventh year of James I. Yelverton was made solicitor general . He held this office seven years , when he was appointed attorney general , upon Bacon's being promoted to the office of ...
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... Bacon , assistant United States Agent to Africa . A Report to the Secretary of War of the United States , on Indian Affairs , comprising a narrative of a Tour performed in the Summer of 1820 , under a commission from the President of ...
... Bacon , assistant United States Agent to Africa . A Report to the Secretary of War of the United States , on Indian Affairs , comprising a narrative of a Tour performed in the Summer of 1820 , under a commission from the President of ...
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... bacon at twelve and an half cents per pound ; uncleared lands from two to ten or fifteen dollars per acre . The price of labour was seventy - five cents per day . In 1816 , thirty families only of whites were settled on the left side of ...
... bacon at twelve and an half cents per pound ; uncleared lands from two to ten or fifteen dollars per acre . The price of labour was seventy - five cents per day . In 1816 , thirty families only of whites were settled on the left side of ...
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Page 122 - There, with its waving blade of green, The sea-flag streams through the silent water, And the crimson leaf of the dulse is seen To blush, like a banner bathed in slaughter...
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Page 378 - It is therefore ordered, that every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of 50 householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write & read, whose wages shall be paid either by the parents or masters of such children, or by the inhabitants in general...
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