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It is not till a nation has gained a certain point in civilization that it desires to look back ; but when action allows ... and the mechanical and customary has succeeded to the adventurous and unexpected , then we desire to trace the ...
It is not till a nation has gained a certain point in civilization that it desires to look back ; but when action allows ... and the mechanical and customary has succeeded to the adventurous and unexpected , then we desire to trace the ...
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As to the value of life , and the desire to make the most of it , we meet with proofs at every turn . The king has his life - guards , the old ladies have their life preservers , the ' long - shore men have their life - boats ...
As to the value of life , and the desire to make the most of it , we meet with proofs at every turn . The king has his life - guards , the old ladies have their life preservers , the ' long - shore men have their life - boats ...
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And desires that his wife should possess talent . In the first place she must paint ; now , I ask you , what female amateur paints a better portrait than Maria ? " " A portrait ! but that can hardly be called painting .
And desires that his wife should possess talent . In the first place she must paint ; now , I ask you , what female amateur paints a better portrait than Maria ? " " A portrait ! but that can hardly be called painting .
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The Gurney Papers Nos XIII XIV XV XVI By the Author | 264 |
Little Pedlington in a Pucker By the Author of Paul Pry | 321 |
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| Title | New Monthly Magazine, and Universal Register, Volume 52 |
| Contributors | Thomas Campbell, Samuel Carter Hall, Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton, Theodore Edward Hook, Thomas Hood, William Harrison Ainsworth |
| Publisher | E. W. Allen, 1838 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 24 Sep 2007 |
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