The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-09-15
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Il Museum Of Foreign Literature, (Which was
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things which were excluded by months delay,
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satisfy the wants Of the American reader.
The elaborate and stately Essays Of the Edin-
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