Scribner's Monthly: An Illustrated Magazine for the People, Volume 7Scribner & Company, 1874 |
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Page 12
... means . grooves in which society in Louisiana and New Orleans had run before the late struggle , were so broken that even a residence in the State was distasteful to him and the society he represented ; since the war , he said , five ...
... means . grooves in which society in Louisiana and New Orleans had run before the late struggle , were so broken that even a residence in the State was distasteful to him and the society he represented ; since the war , he said , five ...
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... means bitterly partisan ; who frankly accepted the results of the war , so far as the abolition of slavery and the consequent ruin of his own and thousands Of course in the French quarter there are of other fortunes were concerned ; who ...
... means bitterly partisan ; who frankly accepted the results of the war , so far as the abolition of slavery and the consequent ruin of his own and thousands Of course in the French quarter there are of other fortunes were concerned ; who ...
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... mean pretensions , and by many handsome residences ; it boasts of Christ Church , the Varieties Theater , the noted restaurants of Victor and Moreau , the statue of Henry Clay , and the new Custom House , which is by no means as elegant ...
... mean pretensions , and by many handsome residences ; it boasts of Christ Church , the Varieties Theater , the noted restaurants of Victor and Moreau , the statue of Henry Clay , and the new Custom House , which is by no means as elegant ...
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... fire , the whole staircase was in flames , and in the highest story was a feeble old woman , apparently cut off from any means of escape . His Majesty offered two thousand francs to any one who would save her from. OLD AND NEW LOUISIANA .
... fire , the whole staircase was in flames , and in the highest story was a feeble old woman , apparently cut off from any means of escape . His Majesty offered two thousand francs to any one who would save her from. OLD AND NEW LOUISIANA .
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... means to perform it . He could not tell me how many schools were in operation in the State at the time of my visit ; nor , indeed , how much the increase had been since the war ; and explained that there was the great- est difficulty in ...
... means to perform it . He could not tell me how many schools were in operation in the State at the time of my visit ; nor , indeed , how much the increase had been since the war ; and explained that there was the great- est difficulty in ...
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