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... delightful of the literary legacies of the colonial age . " JAMES BLAIR ( 1656–1743 ) . Founder of William and Mary College . Author of " The Present State of Virginia and the College , " and " Our Saviour's Divine Sermon on the Mount ...
... delightful of the literary legacies of the colonial age . " JAMES BLAIR ( 1656–1743 ) . Founder of William and Mary College . Author of " The Present State of Virginia and the College , " and " Our Saviour's Divine Sermon on the Mount ...
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... delightfully frank , and takes us , as it were , behind the scenes . I 91. Shrewdness and Industry . - To return to his printing busi- ness , he pushed it with great shrewdness and energy , and with his usual frankness he lets us into ...
... delightfully frank , and takes us , as it were , behind the scenes . I 91. Shrewdness and Industry . - To return to his printing busi- ness , he pushed it with great shrewdness and energy , and with his usual frankness he lets us into ...
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... delightfully hu- morous ; Walt Whitman's " Leaves of Grass " ; Bayard Taylor's " Translation of Goethe's Faust " ; Wm ... delightful . Interesting novels throwing lights on the life of the people in different parts of our country during ...
... delightfully hu- morous ; Walt Whitman's " Leaves of Grass " ; Bayard Taylor's " Translation of Goethe's Faust " ; Wm ... delightful . Interesting novels throwing lights on the life of the people in different parts of our country during ...
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... delightful , and from the start the paper had a flattering success . But after running through twenty numbers , it stopped in the midst of its success as suddenly as it had burst upon the astonished community . 246. A Taste of Politics ...
... delightful , and from the start the paper had a flattering success . But after running through twenty numbers , it stopped in the midst of its success as suddenly as it had burst upon the astonished community . 246. A Taste of Politics ...
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... delightful , mock - heroic vein . The work was received with almost universal acclaim . It became a household word . After a lapse of forty years , Irving tells us that he found New Yorkers of Dutch descent priding them- selves on being ...
... delightful , mock - heroic vein . The work was received with almost universal acclaim . It became a household word . After a lapse of forty years , Irving tells us that he found New Yorkers of Dutch descent priding them- selves on being ...
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