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... spirit , and of the knowledge brought by those pursuits which involve travel and adventure . The English tobacco - ships worked their way up the rivers , taking the great staple , and leaving their varied goods , and their tardy news ...
... spirit , and of the knowledge brought by those pursuits which involve travel and adventure . The English tobacco - ships worked their way up the rivers , taking the great staple , and leaving their varied goods , and their tardy news ...
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... spirit of to - day , such an existence and such modes of life appear distress- ingly lax and unprogressive . The sages of the bank parlors and the counting - rooms would shake their heads at such spendthrifts as these , refuse to ...
... spirit of to - day , such an existence and such modes of life appear distress- ingly lax and unprogressive . The sages of the bank parlors and the counting - rooms would shake their heads at such spendthrifts as these , refuse to ...
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... spirit has taken violent possession of the Washington ancestry , and an in- genious gentleman has traced the pedigree of our first president back to Thorfinn and thence to Odin , which is sufficiently remote , dignified , and lofty to ...
... spirit has taken violent possession of the Washington ancestry , and an in- genious gentleman has traced the pedigree of our first president back to Thorfinn and thence to Odin , which is sufficiently remote , dignified , and lofty to ...
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Henry Cabot Lodge. blood , carrying with it across the centuries the wild Berserker spirit which made the adventurous North- men for centuries the terror of Europe . They were a strong race evidently , these Washingtons , whom we see now ...
Henry Cabot Lodge. blood , carrying with it across the centuries the wild Berserker spirit which made the adventurous North- men for centuries the terror of Europe . They were a strong race evidently , these Washingtons , whom we see now ...
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... on its resources and scenery , its government and condition , and the manners and customs of its inhabitants . All through these notes we find the keenly observant spirit , and the evidence of a mind constantly alert ON THE FRONTIER . 61.
... on its resources and scenery , its government and condition , and the manners and customs of its inhabitants . All through these notes we find the keenly observant spirit , and the evidence of a mind constantly alert ON THE FRONTIER . 61.
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