Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1850-07-11
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ab'y received 10y the public tor twenty years. but
as II E twice as large, and appears SO ofen the
editor not only gives sphit and freshness to il by
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literary, historical, and political harvest, as fully
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TIE elaborate aud stately Essays of the Edin-
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woods noble criticisms ON Poetry, his keen polit-
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Times.
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condition and change of foreign countries. And
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to some new state Of thin.s, which TIE merely po-
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world, and Voyages and Travels, afford favorite
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tor systematically and very fully acquaints his
readers with the great department of Foreign af
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WAsBiSGToN, 9th December, iSIj.
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