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... according to Act of Congress , in the year 1850 , BY GEORGE P. PUTNAM , In the District Court of the United States , for the Southern District of New York . STEREOTYPED BY BILLIN & BRO'S , 20 North William - street , New York . 11445.21 ...
... according to Act of Congress , in the year 1850 , BY GEORGE P. PUTNAM , In the District Court of the United States , for the Southern District of New York . STEREOTYPED BY BILLIN & BRO'S , 20 North William - street , New York . 11445.21 ...
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... court , the church , and the law . It must be so : for Providence , which designed the world should be governed by many heads , made it a business within the reach of common understand- ings ; while one great genius is hardly found in ...
... court , the church , and the law . It must be so : for Providence , which designed the world should be governed by many heads , made it a business within the reach of common understand- ings ; while one great genius is hardly found in ...
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... , cries of fire and stop thief ; Inns of Court , with their learned air , and stalls and butteries just like Cambridge colleges ; old bookstalls , " Jeremy Taylors , " " Burtons on Melancholy 24 AFTER DINNER TABLE - TALK .
... , cries of fire and stop thief ; Inns of Court , with their learned air , and stalls and butteries just like Cambridge colleges ; old bookstalls , " Jeremy Taylors , " " Burtons on Melancholy 24 AFTER DINNER TABLE - TALK .
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... court to give up the gum trade- " As you have permitted the French to draw your teeth , they would be fools , indeed , to quarrel with you about your gums . " At the trial of the rebel lords , seeing Bethel's sharp visage looking ...
... court to give up the gum trade- " As you have permitted the French to draw your teeth , they would be fools , indeed , to quarrel with you about your gums . " At the trial of the rebel lords , seeing Bethel's sharp visage looking ...
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... - " I have often , " he said , " heard of the sovereignty of the people ; I suppose your highnesses are in court mourning . " Edinburgh Review . . AMERICAN ICE . Sydney Smith , in London , was AFTER - DINNER TABLE - TALK . 27.
... - " I have often , " he said , " heard of the sovereignty of the people ; I suppose your highnesses are in court mourning . " Edinburgh Review . . AMERICAN ICE . Sydney Smith , in London , was AFTER - DINNER TABLE - TALK . 27.
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