Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1851-12-25
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was fovorably received by the pubic for twenty
ears bat as it i, twice as large, and appears
so often, we not only give spirit and freshness
to 1t BY many things winch were excluded by
months delay. but while thus extending our
scope and gathering greater and more allrac-
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substantial part OF our literary, historical aud
political harvest, as fully TO satisfy the wants of
The American reader.
The elaborate ana stately Essays of the Ed
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Backwards noble Cntlcl5n' o. Poetry, his
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mttons seem to be hlsteuiug, through rapid
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