Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1881-05-18
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The DIARY OF A MINISTER'S WIFE. Part II.
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Tom PAINE ON TRIAL AND THE IsFIDELs IN
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SARroR REsARTUs. By Thomas Carlyle. No.
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1t shows pictures Of the struggle OF the soul
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he published in Fraser's the most peculiar
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humor that his or any age has produced"
NAMELEss NoBLEMAN. Boston: j. X. Osgood
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under the general title of the Round. Robin Sc
ries." The hero Of the tale is a young French
nobleman who. having been unsuccessful in love,
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FRIEND sails for America The vessel Is wrecked
OIL Buzzards' Bay, and Francois is washed ashore =,
and saved and nursed back to health bya Quaker
maiden 1t was In the old days whom tho Fronob
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