Inchiquin the Jesuit's Letters, During a Late Residence in the United States of America: Being a Fragment of a Private Correspondence, Accidentally Discovered in Europe, Containing a Favorable View of the Manners, Literature, and State of Society of the United States, and a Refutation of Many of the Aspersions Cast Upon this Country by Former Residents and TouristsI. Riley, 1810 - 165 страници |
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... originals . This , however , is a matter of no great moment , as it can hardly be doubted the names are fictitious , and therefore they afford no clew to the correspondents . The purchaser from the bookseller at Antwerp , was not an ...
... originals . This , however , is a matter of no great moment , as it can hardly be doubted the names are fictitious , and therefore they afford no clew to the correspondents . The purchaser from the bookseller at Antwerp , was not an ...
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... St. Pierre , celebrated for his * This letter is a translation from the French , in which the original is written ..... E . † One word is erased here . A 1 scientific acquirements , and especially for his project of a LETTER I.* ...
... St. Pierre , celebrated for his * This letter is a translation from the French , in which the original is written ..... E . † One word is erased here . A 1 scientific acquirements , and especially for his project of a LETTER I.* ...
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... original English leaven , the aboriginal Indian , the Mulatto , the Creole , African , and other crosses , they must be a most curiously heterogeneous and streaked kind . From all these mixtures there can be no predo- minant complexion ...
... original English leaven , the aboriginal Indian , the Mulatto , the Creole , African , and other crosses , they must be a most curiously heterogeneous and streaked kind . From all these mixtures there can be no predo- minant complexion ...
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... original orders of Grecian - architecture are displayed in the three halls , with perfect chastness and uniformity . As public speaking in all its branches , parliament- ary , forensic , and of the pulpit , is exhibited in the capitol ...
... original orders of Grecian - architecture are displayed in the three halls , with perfect chastness and uniformity . As public speaking in all its branches , parliament- ary , forensic , and of the pulpit , is exhibited in the capitol ...
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... original cast of mind a freethinker on all subjects . With abun- dant experience in diplomacy and politics , he was a master in intrigue . Though commonly too much governed by events , his system was nevertheless well settled ; his mind ...
... original cast of mind a freethinker on all subjects . With abun- dant experience in diplomacy and politics , he was a master in intrigue . Though commonly too much governed by events , his system was nevertheless well settled ; his mind ...
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