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In The Marquesas.
It Was About Three O'Clock Of A Winter'S Afternoon In tai-O-Hae, The French Capital And Port Of Entry Of The Marquesas Islands. The Trades Blew Strong And Squally; The Surf Roared loud On The Shingle Beach; And The Fifty-Ton Schooner Of War, That Carri... Read more...
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The Institution Of Human Slavery, As It Existed In This Country, Has Long Been Dead; And, Happily For All The Sacred Interests Which It Assailed, There Is For It No Resurrection. It May, Therefore, Be Asked To What Purpose Is The Story Which Follows, Of The E... Read more...
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A Citizen Of Massachusetts, Eminent In Public And Private Life, And Now In The Prime Of Manhood, Is The Hon. William W. Crapo, Of New Bedford. He Is The Son Of Henry Howland Crapo, A Man Of Marked Abilities And With A Distinguished Career, Whose Father Wa... Read more...
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Benjamin Harrison, Twenty-Third President Of The United States, Was Born At North Bend, Ohio, August 20, 1833. His Father, John Scott Harrison, Was The Third Son Of General William Henry Harrison, Ninth President Of The United States, Who Was The Third And Youngest Son O... Read more...
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_Parentage--Patons--Grandholm--Jersey--"Peninsular War"--School And Schoolmasters--Flogging--College--Competition For Bursaries--Home Life--Aunt And Grand-Aunt--Holiday Rambles--Letter._
John Hill Burton, The Subject Of This Notice, Was Born On The 22D Of Augus... Read more...
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This Book Is An Attempt To Demonstrate Several Distinct And Novel Propositions. These Are:
1. That There Once Existed In the Atlantic Ocean, Opposite The Mouth Of The Mediterranean Sea, A Large Island, Which Was The Remnant Of An Atlantic Continent, And Known... Read more...
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I Like To Begin At The Beginning; It'S A Good Old Fashion, Not Sufficiently Adhered To In These Modern Times. I Recollect A Young Gentleman Who Said He Was Thinking Of Going To America; On My Asking Him, "How He Intended To Go?" He Replied, "I Don'T Exactly Know; Bu... Read more...
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Washington. Here Are Assembled From Every State In The Union What Ought To Be The Collected Talent, Intelligence, And High Principle Of A Free And Enlightened Nation. Of Talent And Intelligence There Is A Very Fair Supply, But Principle Is Not So Much In Dema... Read more...
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Although, During My Residence In The Cities Of The United States, I Visited Most Of The Public Institutions, I Have Not Referred To Them At The Time In My Diary, As They Have Been So Often Described By Preceding Travellers? I Shall Now, However, Make A Few Rem... Read more...
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In The Days When The Bourbon Reigned over Gaul, Before The "Simple, Sensuous, Passionate" Verse Of Alfred de Musset Had Succeeded the _Débonnaire_ Muse Of Béranger In the Affections Of Young France,--In Days When The Site Of The Trocadero Was A Remote... Read more...
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