The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-05-10
LITTELL,S LIVING AGE.
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Il Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which was
favorably received by the public for twenty years,
but it is twice large and appears so often, We
not only give spirit and freshness to it by many
things which were excluded by months delay,
but while thus extending our scope, and gathering
a greater and more attractive variety, are able 30
increase the solid and substantial part of lit
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satisfy the wants of the American reader
The elaborate and stately Essays of the Edin-
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