The American Monthly Magazine, Volumen1Nathaniel Parker Willis Peirce and Williams, 1829 |
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... observed foreign character and manners , are not wealthy scholars , who return with time on their hands and the ability to embody their knowledge in vivid sketches ; and our military men ( of which class in England , a great number are ...
... observed foreign character and manners , are not wealthy scholars , who return with time on their hands and the ability to embody their knowledge in vivid sketches ; and our military men ( of which class in England , a great number are ...
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... observations on descriptive writing : — " There are indeed few things by which a writer of real genius is more easily known , than by his descriptions . This is the most difficult , and the most delight- ful chord of the poet's harp ...
... observations on descriptive writing : — " There are indeed few things by which a writer of real genius is more easily known , than by his descriptions . This is the most difficult , and the most delight- ful chord of the poet's harp ...
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... observed , that those magni- ficent edifices were raised , not by the real Mexican race , which had inhabited the country for fifteen generations ; but by the Toltecs , a much more ancient race or nation , who , according to the most ...
... observed , that those magni- ficent edifices were raised , not by the real Mexican race , which had inhabited the country for fifteen generations ; but by the Toltecs , a much more ancient race or nation , who , according to the most ...
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... observe , that these artificial masses of earth , and of other materials , as stone and brick , although called pyramids by most travellers and writers , are not altogether like the structures in Egypt , which bear the same name . They ...
... observe , that these artificial masses of earth , and of other materials , as stone and brick , although called pyramids by most travellers and writers , are not altogether like the structures in Egypt , which bear the same name . They ...
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... the three particularly mentioned by Moses , who were born after the flood ; or he might take with him one of the sons of Shem . VOL . I.-NO. I. 7 As already observed , the people of India and China Aborigines of America . 49.
... the three particularly mentioned by Moses , who were born after the flood ; or he might take with him one of the sons of Shem . VOL . I.-NO. I. 7 As already observed , the people of India and China Aborigines of America . 49.
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