Southern Literature from 1579-1895: A Comprehensive Review, with Copious Extracts and Criticisms for the Use of Schools and the General Reader |
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... called in question , it was but our duty to subject every one of the nearly forty thousand lines of this book to a most searching criticism ; scanning every assertion of fact most keenly , and making the Text , by the insertion of a ...
... called in question , it was but our duty to subject every one of the nearly forty thousand lines of this book to a most searching criticism ; scanning every assertion of fact most keenly , and making the Text , by the insertion of a ...
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... called Ronoak Island , where the ruins of a fort are to be seen at this day , as well as some old English coins which have been lately found ; and a brass gun , a powder horn , and one small quarter - deck gun , made of iron staves ...
... called Ronoak Island , where the ruins of a fort are to be seen at this day , as well as some old English coins which have been lately found ; and a brass gun , a powder horn , and one small quarter - deck gun , made of iron staves ...
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... called to the bar in the Middle Temple , studied for some time in the Low Countries , visited the Court of France , and was chosen Fellow of the Royal Society . Thus eminently fitted for the service and ornament of his country , he was ...
... called to the bar in the Middle Temple , studied for some time in the Low Countries , visited the Court of France , and was chosen Fellow of the Royal Society . Thus eminently fitted for the service and ornament of his country , he was ...
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... called Richmond , and the other at the Point of Appamattuck River , to be nam'd Pe- tersburgh . These Major Mayo offered to lay out into Lots without Fee or Reward . The Truth of it is , these two places being the uppermost Landing of ...
... called Richmond , and the other at the Point of Appamattuck River , to be nam'd Pe- tersburgh . These Major Mayo offered to lay out into Lots without Fee or Reward . The Truth of it is , these two places being the uppermost Landing of ...
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... called the Rapidan . At night we drank pros- perity to all the Colonel's Projects in a Bowl of Rack Punch , and then retired to our Devotions . DISMAL SWAMP . ( From The Dividing Line . ) 1728 , March . - Tis hardly credible how little ...
... called the Rapidan . At night we drank pros- perity to all the Colonel's Projects in a Bowl of Rack Punch , and then retired to our Devotions . DISMAL SWAMP . ( From The Dividing Line . ) 1728 , March . - Tis hardly credible how little ...
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