Century Monthly Magazine, Volume 116Josiah Gilbert Holland, Richard Watson Gilder Scribner & Company; The Century Company, 1928 - American literature |
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... hundred and forty - seven years ago , the firm of Dawes and Coolidge owned a store . They were brothers - in - law , the sister of William Dawes of the firm , being the wife of John Coolidge , the other member . This William Dawes was ...
... hundred and forty - seven years ago , the firm of Dawes and Coolidge owned a store . They were brothers - in - law , the sister of William Dawes of the firm , being the wife of John Coolidge , the other member . This William Dawes was ...
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... hundred pounds by about their twelfth day . And then there is their drink . That puzzles me . Do the mothers carry them water in their beaks ? In that case , no wonder they are always calling for more ; that would be like trying to ...
... hundred pounds by about their twelfth day . And then there is their drink . That puzzles me . Do the mothers carry them water in their beaks ? In that case , no wonder they are always calling for more ; that would be like trying to ...
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... the fireflies going around with their headlights on behind . It is not very smart - the jingle , I mean .. There goes another ... and another . It is really dark now . A HUNDRED and fifty years ago the farmers , frontiersmen THE BIRDS 29.
... the fireflies going around with their headlights on behind . It is not very smart - the jingle , I mean .. There goes another ... and another . It is really dark now . A HUNDRED and fifty years ago the farmers , frontiersmen THE BIRDS 29.
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... hundred millions , greater then than a hundred billions would now be , be discharged by a people whose exports did not amount to the interest due each year , Eng- land and the continent of Europe slow to open their markets ? At that ...
... hundred millions , greater then than a hundred billions would now be , be discharged by a people whose exports did not amount to the interest due each year , Eng- land and the continent of Europe slow to open their markets ? At that ...
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... hundred pounds in 1814 ; in 1821 it was worth only five dollars a hundred , the price in 1829 hardly better . Beef and pork and forest products were even lower in value . Nor were the returns of industry and finance much better . In ...
... hundred pounds in 1814 ; in 1821 it was worth only five dollars a hundred , the price in 1829 hardly better . Beef and pork and forest products were even lower in value . Nor were the returns of industry and finance much better . In ...
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