The Southern Review, Том 4A. E. Miller., 1829 |
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... less exquisite , but equally perverted , fattened their pris- oners to feast on them - how the widows of African kings had to poison themselves on the demise of their lords - how the Mexicans adored an idol formed from every known seed ...
... less exquisite , but equally perverted , fattened their pris- oners to feast on them - how the widows of African kings had to poison themselves on the demise of their lords - how the Mexicans adored an idol formed from every known seed ...
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... less from such dangerous and disorganizing tenets as have sometimes disgraced revolutions in other countries . It was , nevertheless , proper that the salutary doctrine of this subject should be clearly inculcated . " pp . 223- 226 ...
... less from such dangerous and disorganizing tenets as have sometimes disgraced revolutions in other countries . It was , nevertheless , proper that the salutary doctrine of this subject should be clearly inculcated . " pp . 223- 226 ...
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... less poetic , though more marketable game than the Python . We cannot boast , it is true , the advantages of games and gymnasia , but the exercises of our hardy foresters and mountaineers are as health- ful , and as well calculated to ...
... less poetic , though more marketable game than the Python . We cannot boast , it is true , the advantages of games and gymnasia , but the exercises of our hardy foresters and mountaineers are as health- ful , and as well calculated to ...
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Nor is it less a source of regret that the names of West and Coply , Leslie and Newton , are all we can boast of these emi- nent Americans , whilst their works are the ornaments of foreign capitals . The only painter we feel at liberty ...
Nor is it less a source of regret that the names of West and Coply , Leslie and Newton , are all we can boast of these emi- nent Americans , whilst their works are the ornaments of foreign capitals . The only painter we feel at liberty ...
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... less merit than the portraits of Miltiades and his com- patriots , which the Athenians placed in the Pæcile . Although this country has advanced very rapidly since the period above referred to , it is not yet able to divide its ...
... less merit than the portraits of Miltiades and his com- patriots , which the Athenians placed in the Pæcile . Although this country has advanced very rapidly since the period above referred to , it is not yet able to divide its ...
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