The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-11-04
LIrTELL,s LIVING AGE.
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Il Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which was
iavorably received by the public for twenty ycars)
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70 increase the solid and substantial part Of our lit
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The elaborNc and stately Essays of the Edir-
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The continent of Europe, and from the new growth
Of the British colonies.
The steamship has brought Europe Asia, and
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WIN parts oil The world, that.
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he great department OF foreign affairs, without en-
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