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Anno 1636 , there was a stray sow in Boston , which was brought to Captain Keayne : he had it cried divers times , and divers came to see it , but none made claim to it for near a year . He kept it in his yard with a sow of his own .
Anno 1636 , there was a stray sow in Boston , which was brought to Captain Keayne : he had it cried divers times , and divers came to see it , but none made claim to it for near a year . He kept it in his yard with a sow of his own .
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As the sweetness of the liquid frequently brought small flies and gnats about the cage , and cup , the birds amused themselves by snapping at them on wing , and swallowing them with eagerness , so that these insects formed no ...
As the sweetness of the liquid frequently brought small flies and gnats about the cage , and cup , the birds amused themselves by snapping at them on wing , and swallowing them with eagerness , so that these insects formed no ...
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He explained that he had been brought up in the school of Voltaire and Delambert , and amidst the storms of the revolution ; " a bad kind of discipline , ” he rejoined , " to make a good Christian . ” He averred , that he did not repent ...
He explained that he had been brought up in the school of Voltaire and Delambert , and amidst the storms of the revolution ; " a bad kind of discipline , ” he rejoined , " to make a good Christian . ” He averred , that he did not repent ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Colonial and Federalist American Writing Odyssey surveys of American writing |
| Authors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Editors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Publisher | Odyssey Press, 1966 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 946 pages |
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