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... success and character of New England . Every child , as it was born in- to the world , was lifted from the earth by the genius of the country , and , in the statutes of the land , received , as its birth- right , a pledge of the public ...
... success and character of New England . Every child , as it was born in- to the world , was lifted from the earth by the genius of the country , and , in the statutes of the land , received , as its birth- right , a pledge of the public ...
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... Success and Misfortune . In the campaigns that followed , he won the confidence of his commanders . At Regal , in Tran- sylvania , he distinguished himself in the presence of two armies by slaying in succession , in single combat ...
... Success and Misfortune . In the campaigns that followed , he won the confidence of his commanders . At Regal , in Tran- sylvania , he distinguished himself in the presence of two armies by slaying in succession , in single combat ...
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... success or failure of ap- parently small enterprises . The life of a nation - principles , upon which the welfare of future millions depended — was often at stake in some obscure and apparently insignificant struggle . - - 65. A Guiding ...
... success or failure of ap- parently small enterprises . The life of a nation - principles , upon which the welfare of future millions depended — was often at stake in some obscure and apparently insignificant struggle . - - 65. A Guiding ...
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... Success . Had the issue of this protracted struggle been in favor of France , the course of American history and of American literature would have been very different . French colonization in America represented three distinct ...
... Success . Had the issue of this protracted struggle been in favor of France , the course of American history and of American literature would have been very different . French colonization in America represented three distinct ...
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... success of the French meant the establishment of a wholly different form of belief and worship . The most ... successful , the result would have been , as was contemplated , a new medi- æval France , which in its development , having ...
... success of the French meant the establishment of a wholly different form of belief and worship . The most ... successful , the result would have been , as was contemplated , a new medi- æval France , which in its development , having ...
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