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The fastidious reader . will doubtless smile when he is informed that the work , thus highly praised , is a poem consisting only of four lines ; but as there is no reason why a poet should be restricted in his number of verses , as it ...
The fastidious reader . will doubtless smile when he is informed that the work , thus highly praised , is a poem consisting only of four lines ; but as there is no reason why a poet should be restricted in his number of verses , as it ...
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At what part of the mountain the well was situated , what was the reason of the sad misfortune , or how the prudence of Jack forsook him , we are not informed , but so , alas ! it happened , Jack fell down Unfortunate John !
At what part of the mountain the well was situated , what was the reason of the sad misfortune , or how the prudence of Jack forsook him , we are not informed , but so , alas ! it happened , Jack fell down Unfortunate John !
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... wish to elevate his spirit by examples of wisdom , of genius , and of patriotism , if he could not derive them from the illustrious dead , would have better reason than the son of Philip , to weep at the limits which confined him .
... wish to elevate his spirit by examples of wisdom , of genius , and of patriotism , if he could not derive them from the illustrious dead , would have better reason than the son of Philip , to weep at the limits which confined him .
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... that I have no reason , nor had my military friend any , to induce a belief that this was not as genuine and as honest a ghost as ever was beheld by mortal eyes . The fact is , that this young gentleman had . lately seen so many of ...
... that I have no reason , nor had my military friend any , to induce a belief that this was not as genuine and as honest a ghost as ever was beheld by mortal eyes . The fact is , that this young gentleman had . lately seen so many of ...
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... that their resources were great and their army extremely numerous . In addition to these considerations he had no reason to calculate on our precipitate retreat . He was preparing to attack us 116 THE PHILADELPHIA BOOK .
... that their resources were great and their army extremely numerous . In addition to these considerations he had no reason to calculate on our precipitate retreat . He was preparing to attack us 116 THE PHILADELPHIA BOOK .
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| Título | The Philadelphia Book, Or, Specimens of Metropolitan Literature |
| Autor | Peter Stephen Du Ponceau |
| Editor | Key & Biddle, 1836 |
| Procedencia del original | Universidad de Michigan |
| Digitalizado | 28 Feb. 2006 |
| Largo | 380 páginas |
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