Cooper's Works, Volume 17Stringer and Townsend, 1855 - American literature |
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Page 17
... consequence of that occurrence , are now easily authenticated by valid minutes and docu- mentary evidence . Thus it is that there exists no void in the annals of our family , even that period which is usually remembered through ...
... consequence of that occurrence , are now easily authenticated by valid minutes and docu- mentary evidence . Thus it is that there exists no void in the annals of our family , even that period which is usually remembered through ...
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... of tax- ation , however , were singularly caustic , and well applied . He railed at the public debt , as at a pub- ic curse , and ominously predicted the dissolution of society , in consequence of the burthens and in- 26 THE MONIKINS .
... of tax- ation , however , were singularly caustic , and well applied . He railed at the public debt , as at a pub- ic curse , and ominously predicted the dissolution of society , in consequence of the burthens and in- 26 THE MONIKINS .
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James Fenimore Cooper. of society , in consequence of the burthens and in- cumbrances it was hourly accumulating on the already overloaded shoulders of the trader . The period of his marriage and of his succession to the hoardings of his ...
James Fenimore Cooper. of society , in consequence of the burthens and in- cumbrances it was hourly accumulating on the already overloaded shoulders of the trader . The period of his marriage and of his succession to the hoardings of his ...
Page 73
... consequence of some extravagant risks on ' Change , and eventually I re- ceived but three shillings and four - pence in the pound , for my bond of sixty - three thousand . When the money was paid , I could not help ex- claiming ...
... consequence of some extravagant risks on ' Change , and eventually I re- ceived but three shillings and four - pence in the pound , for my bond of sixty - three thousand . When the money was paid , I could not help ex- claiming ...
Page 75
... consequence of the late incumbent having taken office . The new minister , for he was a member of the cabinet , had just ended his canvass , and he was about to address his fellow - subjects , from a window of the tavern in which he ...
... consequence of the late incumbent having taken office . The new minister , for he was a member of the cabinet , had just ended his canvass , and he was about to address his fellow - subjects , from a window of the tavern in which he ...
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Page 327 - ... that he must have the attributes of a conscience, of which memory formed one of the most essential features. Conscience was defined to be " the faculty by which we judge of the goodness or wickedness of our own actions.