Elegant Extracts, Or, Useful and Entertaining Passages from the Best English Authors and Translations: Principally Designed for the Use of Young Persons, 2. köideS. Walker, 1826 |
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... nation . Fran- the sixteenth century , we may see cis I. gave birth to trade , navigation , what they are capable of when pro- and all the arts : but he was too un - perly conducted . Voltaire . fortunate to make them take root in the ...
... nation . Fran- the sixteenth century , we may see cis I. gave birth to trade , navigation , what they are capable of when pro- and all the arts : but he was too un - perly conducted . Voltaire . fortunate to make them take root in the ...
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... nation , who have always attacked trious dead , either from a vain hope with impunity the honour and suc- that they enhance thereby the merit cess of the Italian nation . " What of the living , or that they are natural- vanity can there ...
... nation , who have always attacked trious dead , either from a vain hope with impunity the honour and suc- that they enhance thereby the merit cess of the Italian nation . " What of the living , or that they are natural- vanity can there ...
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... nation year for the public service of the na- was introduced , or at least confirmed , tion , must always be accounted for by an election's coming on while the the very next session , in this house , nation was in that ferment . Do we ...
... nation year for the public service of the na- was introduced , or at least confirmed , tion , must always be accounted for by an election's coming on while the the very next session , in this house , nation was in that ferment . Do we ...
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