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... Greece and Rome . The plates are designed not merely as embellishments . It is believed they may be studied with advantage . The Poetical Gestures are selected from Austin's Chironomia ; the Frontispiece from Henry Siddons , on Gesture ...
... Greece and Rome . The plates are designed not merely as embellishments . It is believed they may be studied with advantage . The Poetical Gestures are selected from Austin's Chironomia ; the Frontispiece from Henry Siddons , on Gesture ...
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... Greece . 62. The Criminality of Dueling . 63. Against the Invasion of Canada . 65. The Ghost of Banquo . Vindication of South Carolina . 64. The United States Navy , France , and Great Britain . 66 . 67. South Carolina During the ...
... Greece . 62. The Criminality of Dueling . 63. Against the Invasion of Canada . 65. The Ghost of Banquo . Vindication of South Carolina . 64. The United States Navy , France , and Great Britain . 66 . 67. South Carolina During the ...
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... Greece . 39. The Maniac . 40. The Fatherless . 41. Lament for La Fayette . 42 . We are Seven . 43 . Alonzo the Brave . 44. The Owl . 45. The Maid of the Inn . PAGE . Scott . 296 Anonymous . 297 Leicester . 299 Thelwall . 300 Anonymous ...
... Greece . 39. The Maniac . 40. The Fatherless . 41. Lament for La Fayette . 42 . We are Seven . 43 . Alonzo the Brave . 44. The Owl . 45. The Maid of the Inn . PAGE . Scott . 296 Anonymous . 297 Leicester . 299 Thelwall . 300 Anonymous ...
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... Greece . When was it that Rome attracted most strongly the admiration of mankind , and impressed the deepest sentiment of fear on the hearts of her enemies ? It was when seventy thousand of her sons lay bleeding at Cannæ , and Han ...
... Greece . When was it that Rome attracted most strongly the admiration of mankind , and impressed the deepest sentiment of fear on the hearts of her enemies ? It was when seventy thousand of her sons lay bleeding at Cannæ , and Han ...
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... Greece but once ? Whilst the Mississippi continues to bear the tributes of the Iron Mountains and the Alleghanies to her Delta and to the Gulf of Mexico , the eighth of January shall be remembered , and the glory of that day shall ...
... Greece but once ? Whilst the Mississippi continues to bear the tributes of the Iron Mountains and the Alleghanies to her Delta and to the Gulf of Mexico , the eighth of January shall be remembered , and the glory of that day shall ...
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