Travels of Four Years and a Half in the United States of America: During 1798, 1799, 1800, 1801, and 1802T. Ostell, 1803 - 454 páginas |
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... become a publisher . Of these some want taste , and others literature ; some incapable of observation , count with profound gravity the number of miles from place to place ; and others , intent only upon feeding , supply a bill of fare ...
... become a publisher . Of these some want taste , and others literature ; some incapable of observation , count with profound gravity the number of miles from place to place ; and others , intent only upon feeding , supply a bill of fare ...
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... becomes the historiographer of his own actions , he can scarcely avoid this error without degenerating into the opposite one of affected diffidence . I have often caught myself making my own panegyric ; the fact is indisputable ; yet it ...
... becomes the historiographer of his own actions , he can scarcely avoid this error without degenerating into the opposite one of affected diffidence . I have often caught myself making my own panegyric ; the fact is indisputable ; yet it ...
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... become the architect of my own fortune . Though on a kindred shore , I had not even an acquaintance to whom I could commu- nicate my projects ; the letter had failed me that was to decide my fortune at one blow , and I found myself ...
... become the architect of my own fortune . Though on a kindred shore , I had not even an acquaintance to whom I could commu- nicate my projects ; the letter had failed me that was to decide my fortune at one blow , and I found myself ...
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... Religion , caused him to become a Sceptic , and reject all belief in revelation . Be- fore this period the Major was a constant atten- dant on the Established Church , but he now enlisted himself under the banners of the Infidel Palmer , ...
... Religion , caused him to become a Sceptic , and reject all belief in revelation . Be- fore this period the Major was a constant atten- dant on the Established Church , but he now enlisted himself under the banners of the Infidel Palmer , ...
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... become enamoured of a young girl named Eliza- beth Falkenham , a native of New - York . Ferdinand was forty , but Elizabeth had scarcely seen six- teen summers . Ferdinand , notwithstanding the disparity of their years , found means to ...
... become enamoured of a young girl named Eliza- beth Falkenham , a native of New - York . Ferdinand was forty , but Elizabeth had scarcely seen six- teen summers . Ferdinand , notwithstanding the disparity of their years , found means to ...
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