American slavery: repr. of an article [by N.W. Senior, entitled Slavery in the United States] on 'Uncle Tom's cabin' [by H.E.B. Stowe] and of mr. Sumner's speech of the 19th and 20th of May, 1856. With a notice of the events which followed that speech |
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... Illustrations . 8vo . 21s . BLAINE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA of RURAL SPORTS . Edition ; revised by HARRY HIEOVER , EPHEMERA , and Mr. A. GRAHAM : With above 600 Woodcuts . 8vo . 50s . HINTS on SHOOTING , FISHING , & c . , both on SEA and LAND ...
... Illustrations . 8vo . 21s . BLAINE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA of RURAL SPORTS . Edition ; revised by HARRY HIEOVER , EPHEMERA , and Mr. A. GRAHAM : With above 600 Woodcuts . 8vo . 50s . HINTS on SHOOTING , FISHING , & c . , both on SEA and LAND ...
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... Illustrations . 8vo . 21s . BLAINE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA of RURAL SPORTS . Edition ; revised by HARRY HIEOVER , EPHEMERA , and Mr. A. GRAHAM : With above 600 Woodcuts . 8vo . 50s . HINTS on SHOOTING , FISHING , & c . , both on SEA and LAND ...
... Illustrations . 8vo . 21s . BLAINE'S ENCYCLOPEDIA of RURAL SPORTS . Edition ; revised by HARRY HIEOVER , EPHEMERA , and Mr. A. GRAHAM : With above 600 Woodcuts . 8vo . 50s . HINTS on SHOOTING , FISHING , & c . , both on SEA and LAND ...
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... illustrated by Archbishop Whately . " Christians acknowledge that the Mosaic Dispensation came from God ; and that that , and also the Christian Dispensa- tion , are contained in the volume which we call the Bible . Now any one who ...
... illustrated by Archbishop Whately . " Christians acknowledge that the Mosaic Dispensation came from God ; and that that , and also the Christian Dispensa- tion , are contained in the volume which we call the Bible . Now any one who ...
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... illustration of the prevalent feeling , we copy from a New Orleans paper of the 15th January , 1855 , the following extract from a speech addressed by the Rev. Ch . R. Marshall , Chairman of the Committee of Education , to a convention ...
... illustration of the prevalent feeling , we copy from a New Orleans paper of the 15th January , 1855 , the following extract from a speech addressed by the Rev. Ch . R. Marshall , Chairman of the Committee of Education , to a convention ...
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... illustration , which to some may seem trivial . It is related in Northern mythology , that the god of Force , visiting an enchanted region , was challenged by his royal en- tertainer to what seemed a humble feat of strength -- merely ...
... illustration , which to some may seem trivial . It is related in Northern mythology , that the god of Force , visiting an enchanted region , was challenged by his royal en- tertainer to what seemed a humble feat of strength -- merely ...
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