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... America , why should a good man be offended with me for drawing good characters ? And if I draw ill ones , can they fit any but those that de- serve them ? And ought any but such to be con- cerned that they have their deserts ? I have ...
... America , why should a good man be offended with me for drawing good characters ? And if I draw ill ones , can they fit any but those that de- serve them ? And ought any but such to be con- cerned that they have their deserts ? I have ...
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... America was not heard of , nor so much as a sug- gestion in the minds of men that any part of the world lay that way . The coasts of Greenland , or Spitsbergen , and the whale fishing , not known : the best navigators in the world , at ...
... America was not heard of , nor so much as a sug- gestion in the minds of men that any part of the world lay that way . The coasts of Greenland , or Spitsbergen , and the whale fishing , not known : the best navigators in the world , at ...
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... Cape ! that as to America , it was never supposed there was any such place ; neither had the world , though they stood upon the shoulders of four thousand years ' experience , the least 68 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
... Cape ! that as to America , it was never supposed there was any such place ; neither had the world , though they stood upon the shoulders of four thousand years ' experience , the least 68 FRANKLIN'S ESSAYS AND LETTERS ,
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... America , marriages are generally in the morning of life ; our children are , therefore , edu- cated and settled in the world by noon ; and thus , our business being done , we have an afternoon and evening of cheerful leisure to ...
... America , marriages are generally in the morning of life ; our children are , therefore , edu- cated and settled in the world by noon ; and thus , our business being done , we have an afternoon and evening of cheerful leisure to ...
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... America , and it begins lately to make its appearance in these states . It is so in- teresting in itself , as not to need the view of gain to induce engaging in it ; and thence it is never played for money . Those , therefore , who have ...
... America , and it begins lately to make its appearance in these states . It is so in- teresting in itself , as not to need the view of gain to induce engaging in it ; and thence it is never played for money . Those , therefore , who have ...
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