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THESE light , graceful , and pleasing volumes give as true and charac- teristic a picture ... and none but a lady's hand could have set them forth so agreeably , and placed them in so true as well as so becoming a light .
THESE light , graceful , and pleasing volumes give as true and charac- teristic a picture ... and none but a lady's hand could have set them forth so agreeably , and placed them in so true as well as so becoming a light .
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... the hard - baked earth ringing like metal beneath their horses ' iron - shod hoofs , and a long train of dust rising like smoke behind them . Although the two horses were , in fact , well matched as to speed , Charles's light weight ...
... the hard - baked earth ringing like metal beneath their horses ' iron - shod hoofs , and a long train of dust rising like smoke behind them . Although the two horses were , in fact , well matched as to speed , Charles's light weight ...
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4 7 We had arrived at this point of our analytical attempt , and were about to abandon the investigation in despair , when a light suddenly broke upon us , and enabled us to come to a conclusion , which , whether accepted by the reader ...
4 7 We had arrived at this point of our analytical attempt , and were about to abandon the investigation in despair , when a light suddenly broke upon us , and enabled us to come to a conclusion , which , whether accepted by the reader ...
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