The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1850-04-26
LITTELL'S LIVING AGE.
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Il Museum of Foreign Literature, (Which was
favorably received by the public for twenty ycars)
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things which were excluded by months delay,
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The elaborate and stately Essays of the Edin-
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descriptions of rural and mountain scenery; and
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Chambers's admirable Journal. We do not con-
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enough, make use Of the thunder Of The Times.
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