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... the reader . As to the rest , I have consulted the usual authorities on that period of our history , a list of which would be too long to give in this place . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . STEEL ENGRAVINGS . Page . Portrait CHAPTER.
... the reader . As to the rest , I have consulted the usual authorities on that period of our history , a list of which would be too long to give in this place . LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS . STEEL ENGRAVINGS . Page . Portrait CHAPTER.
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... gives us one in the human species , men are always expecting she will indicate it by some outward sign . A lioness ... give token when a great soul has arrived on the earth , whose life is to change the current of history . We love to ...
... gives us one in the human species , men are always expecting she will indicate it by some outward sign . A lioness ... give token when a great soul has arrived on the earth , whose life is to change the current of history . We love to ...
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... give their sons a classical edu- cation , were compelled to send them to England . If they could not afford to do this , they had to fall back on a private tutor , or a district school in which only the common rudiments of education ...
... give their sons a classical edu- cation , were compelled to send them to England . If they could not afford to do this , they had to fall back on a private tutor , or a district school in which only the common rudiments of education ...
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... gives a strong character , for it shows a union of the imaginative and reflective faculties , of energy and discretion , impulse and great accuracy - a union which in itself is power . Bona- parte exhibited these traits of character in ...
... gives a strong character , for it shows a union of the imaginative and reflective faculties , of energy and discretion , impulse and great accuracy - a union which in itself is power . Bona- parte exhibited these traits of character in ...
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... give a reason for the detention of the savage chief , the wary old knight replied that the latter was waiting for the present of a gun pro- mised him next morning . The Half - King , having at length obtained his gun , pre- pared to ...
... give a reason for the detention of the savage chief , the wary old knight replied that the latter was waiting for the present of a gun pro- mised him next morning . The Half - King , having at length obtained his gun , pre- pared to ...
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