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... light , thrown upon the desert in the back ground , served to give some idea of the immense extent and dreary solitude of the wastes , in which this venerable ruin stands . " The Birs of Nimrod is an oblong mound , in circumference ...
... light , thrown upon the desert in the back ground , served to give some idea of the immense extent and dreary solitude of the wastes , in which this venerable ruin stands . " The Birs of Nimrod is an oblong mound , in circumference ...
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... light . Then pity , kind gentleman , spare from your store , Nor turn the Blind Beggar unblest from your door ! My Bessy dear , my treasure ! All sightless though I be , And lose a Father's pleasure , Of gazing , sweet , on thee ! My ...
... light . Then pity , kind gentleman , spare from your store , Nor turn the Blind Beggar unblest from your door ! My Bessy dear , my treasure ! All sightless though I be , And lose a Father's pleasure , Of gazing , sweet , on thee ! My ...
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... light horse ; she was fired at and wounded in her left arm ; but , undismayed , took a loaded firelock , shot the rebel , and brought his horse to Philadelphia ( the head - quarters of the army ) , which she was permitted to sell to one ...
... light horse ; she was fired at and wounded in her left arm ; but , undismayed , took a loaded firelock , shot the rebel , and brought his horse to Philadelphia ( the head - quarters of the army ) , which she was permitted to sell to one ...
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... lights . The knowledge of the actions of men in the first ages is a vast and unknown sea , on which we sail without chart or compass . The Genesis and the sacred books that Moses left us , are not sufficient to enlighten us ; if they ...
... lights . The knowledge of the actions of men in the first ages is a vast and unknown sea , on which we sail without chart or compass . The Genesis and the sacred books that Moses left us , are not sufficient to enlighten us ; if they ...
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... light or certainty from his- torians . To study history with advantage , the original authors should be well consulted . Who can better know the manners of a state , than an author born and bred in it ? I think , gene- rally speaking ...
... light or certainty from his- torians . To study history with advantage , the original authors should be well consulted . Who can better know the manners of a state , than an author born and bred in it ? I think , gene- rally speaking ...
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