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... similar passions , governed by kindred sentiments ; debased by the same vices , ennobled by like virtues ; adorned by kindred charms and graces , and endowed with similar moral powers and intellectual capabilities with themselves - that ...
... similar passions , governed by kindred sentiments ; debased by the same vices , ennobled by like virtues ; adorned by kindred charms and graces , and endowed with similar moral powers and intellectual capabilities with themselves - that ...
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... similar extra appendages . Many of the Newmans of Ipswich have the surplus fingers and toes . Two of their boys who attended J. Coffin's school , had them , their parents had not , but ancestors had . 318 OTHER DEFORMITIES HEREDITARY ...
... similar extra appendages . Many of the Newmans of Ipswich have the surplus fingers and toes . Two of their boys who attended J. Coffin's school , had them , their parents had not , but ancestors had . 318 OTHER DEFORMITIES HEREDITARY ...
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... similar expression of the eye when they laughed , and three children , and several grandchildren who took after her in this respect . She inher- ited it from her mother . She and two of her sisters , and a son have also a spasmodic ...
... similar expression of the eye when they laughed , and three children , and several grandchildren who took after her in this respect . She inher- ited it from her mother . She and two of her sisters , and a son have also a spasmodic ...
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... similar ones ; so had a parent ; and one was just beginning to form on a grand - daughter . Her cousin has another . None appeared in childhood . All were de- veloped at about the same age . Many similar extra forma- tions might be ...
... similar ones ; so had a parent ; and one was just beginning to form on a grand - daughter . Her cousin has another . None appeared in childhood . All were de- veloped at about the same age . Many similar extra forma- tions might be ...
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... similar mark occurs in a lad who lives in Newark , N. J. , and was exhibited there by the Author at his lectures on Hereditary Descent , in 1845 , in whose ancestors it was trace- able for five generations ; though it did not appear in ...
... similar mark occurs in a lad who lives in Newark , N. J. , and was exhibited there by the Author at his lectures on Hereditary Descent , in 1845 , in whose ancestors it was trace- able for five generations ; though it did not appear in ...
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Page 200 - I can assume the functions of my office, I have come to bid you an affectionate farewell. So soon as the public business which must necessarily be encountered in arranging a new government, can be disposed of, I shall hasten to Virginia, and" — Here the matron interrupted him.
Page 136 - For he had possession of flocks, and possession of herds, and great store of servants: and the Philistines envied him.
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Page 198 - Meantime in the village of Fredericksburg all was joy and revelry. The town was crowded with the officers of the French and American armies, and with gentlemen from all the country around, who hastened to welcome the conquerors of Cornwallis. The citizens made arrangements for a splendid ball, to which the mother of Washington was specially invited. She observed, that, although her dancing days were pretty well over, she should feel happy in contributing to the general festivity, and consented to...
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