The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1851-09-25
T,VTTELL,s LIVING AGE.
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favorably received by the public for twenty years
but is twice as large, and appears so often, wo
not only give spirit and freshness to II by many
shines which were excluded by months delay,
but while thus extending our scope, and gathering
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satisfy the wants of the American reader
The elaborate and stately Essays of the Edir-
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of the British colonies
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and politicians, with all parts of the world; so that,
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only because of their nearer connexion with our
selves, but because the ations seem to be hasten
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state of things which the merely political prophet
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geographical Discoveries, the progress of Coloni-
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he great department OF foreign aHalrs, withoute
tirely neglecting our own.
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