Colonial and Federalist American WritingWashington Irving -- James Fenimore Cooper. |
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... kind of substance where it stands . . . . The Hornbound tree is a tough kind of Wood , that requires so much pains in riving as is almost incredible , being the best for to make bowls and dishes , not being subject to crack or leak ...
... kind of substance where it stands . . . . The Hornbound tree is a tough kind of Wood , that requires so much pains in riving as is almost incredible , being the best for to make bowls and dishes , not being subject to crack or leak ...
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... kind from anything that men find in themselves by the exercise of natural principles . No improvement of those principles that are natural , no advancing or exalting of them to higher degrees , and no kind of composition will ever bring ...
... kind from anything that men find in themselves by the exercise of natural principles . No improvement of those principles that are natural , no advancing or exalting of them to higher degrees , and no kind of composition will ever bring ...
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... kind of prose , and every kind of poetry - on every subject - now on one side of the question - now on the other . All are striving by these expedients to avoid the inevitable catastrophe of popular favor : to prolong their dominion ...
... kind of prose , and every kind of poetry - on every subject - now on one side of the question - now on the other . All are striving by these expedients to avoid the inevitable catastrophe of popular favor : to prolong their dominion ...
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