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agreed to designate the seven sounds , composing the octave , by the seven first letters of the alphabet , as A to G ; and it is the practice , the reason of which I have not seen explained , to begin the octave with C. Whoever ...
agreed to designate the seven sounds , composing the octave , by the seven first letters of the alphabet , as A to G ; and it is the practice , the reason of which I have not seen explained , to begin the octave with C. Whoever ...
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Although her notions may be better drest , They are but vulgar notions at the best ; -Mere petrifactions , formed as time runs by , Hard and unmalleable , and dull and dry , Ne'er placed in reason's crucible - in short , Opinions made ...
Although her notions may be better drest , They are but vulgar notions at the best ; -Mere petrifactions , formed as time runs by , Hard and unmalleable , and dull and dry , Ne'er placed in reason's crucible - in short , Opinions made ...
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As it has been frequently said , that the town would have done something handsome , had I not stipulated the sum which they must grant , or nothing , they have had reason since to think , that in this also they were greatly deceived ...
As it has been frequently said , that the town would have done something handsome , had I not stipulated the sum which they must grant , or nothing , they have had reason since to think , that in this also they were greatly deceived ...
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Contents
Adams President letter from | 48 |
in Rhyme | 68 |
Lines from London Morning | 76 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | North-American Review and Miscellaneous Journal, Volume 4 |
| Editors | Jared Sparks, Edward Everett, James Russell Lowell, Henry Cabot Lodge |
| Publisher | University of Northern Iowa, 1965 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2020 |
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