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... mind that there are fairer things than blossom or flower , and better treasures than corn and oil . Such memory will give grace to the New Year so often as it shall be our fate to welcome its recurrerce . A cheerful spirit is the most ...
... mind that there are fairer things than blossom or flower , and better treasures than corn and oil . Such memory will give grace to the New Year so often as it shall be our fate to welcome its recurrerce . A cheerful spirit is the most ...
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... mind of man to conceive what the future has in store for the human race . The course of the year upon which we have entered will be marked by one of the most memorable movements in the history of our national career . The arrangements ...
... mind of man to conceive what the future has in store for the human race . The course of the year upon which we have entered will be marked by one of the most memorable movements in the history of our national career . The arrangements ...
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... mind in the middle of the nineteenth century ask in vain to be placed on a footing with the furnace and the loom ? Let the new year give to such a question an emphatic- No ! The existing agitation - I will not say distress - among the ...
... mind in the middle of the nineteenth century ask in vain to be placed on a footing with the furnace and the loom ? Let the new year give to such a question an emphatic- No ! The existing agitation - I will not say distress - among the ...
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... mind , I do not mean courage ; far be it from me to im- pugn the valour of nine out of every ten men who wear the garb of the chase ; many of them would ( indeed many of them have ) as unhesi- tatingly charge a battery as a bull - finch ...
... mind , I do not mean courage ; far be it from me to im- pugn the valour of nine out of every ten men who wear the garb of the chase ; many of them would ( indeed many of them have ) as unhesi- tatingly charge a battery as a bull - finch ...
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... mind , it's all down hill to the first fence ; and now , if ever , is the time to gallop and jump . Sir Charles and Downright are both clear of the covert : the latter , smashing a strong rail in his exit , is now blazing down the hill ...
... mind , it's all down hill to the first fence ; and now , if ever , is the time to gallop and jump . Sir Charles and Downright are both clear of the covert : the latter , smashing a strong rail in his exit , is now blazing down the hill ...
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